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Cloudpilot, a PalmOS Emulator for the Web

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Re: Cloudpilot, a PalmOS Emulator for the Web

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I went $300 into debt to my parents when I was 9 years old for a Handspring Visor Deluxe. It had 8MB of RAM, a 16-ish MHz DragonBall processor, and ran Palm OS 3.1H3. I vaguely recall the Handspring version (H3) of the OS having a few additional goodies like a world clock and better notes app. A year or two layer my buddy Will bought a Palm Vx at a yard sale and I beamed him the Space Trader PDB because it was my favorite game.

Good times. I remember reading about the Springboard modem modules that were available and thinking how cool it would be to have the internet in your pocket and chat with friends on the go... if only I knew :-P

Re: Cloudpilot, a PalmOS Emulator for the Web

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I bought a m105 from my own pocket money. I used it for years. It was neardy but I loved this thing. Later switched to Windows CE / Mobile. My God these things where powerful. First smartphone was a Web OS device for me. Never had a better Hardware keyboard device. I was SO fast on that thing. Sadly there is no up to date smartphone with a horizontal keyboard. I need it so bad for termux. Sad days... Blackberry will introduce a new phone in 2022. The priv and the keyONE do not meet my expectations regarding power.

Re: Cloudpilot, a PalmOS Emulator for the Web

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I went $300 into debt to my parents when I was 9 years old for a Handspring Visor Deluxe. It had 8MB of RAM, a 16-ish MHz DragonBall processor, and ran Palm OS 3.1H3. I vaguely recall the Handspring version (H3) of the OS having a few additional goodies like a world clock and better notes app. A year or two layer my buddy Will bought a Palm Vx at a yard sale and I beamed him the Space Trader PDB because it was my fav…

Someone had previously posted this short documentary about Handspring. You might enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_Vh9h3Ohw

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