cross-posted from: https://mamot.fr/users/thibaultamartin/statuses/113879452911907737

Palms were offline devices that only synced with your computer when put on a docking station.

You could read and reply to emails offline, book or cancel meetings, and sync with your computer later. The latest versions allowed you to snap pictures and listen to your music.

No servers running constantly. No data spilled everywhere. Days worth of battery on a single charge.

The future stole our cables, and it took our attention span and our privacy with it.

#privacy #offline #data

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      19 hours ago

      I think the Palm m125 is the best case scenario for running a PalmOS device nowadays because it was the last one that ran on AAAs. The m100 does as well but it has a quarter of the RAM and a slower processor, plus no SD card slot, though it’s REALLY hard to find SD cards small enough to work in a Palm anymore.

      Also, they made a USB sync cable for the m100 but I haven’t been able to track one down, there’s a guy on eBay who has a pallet of their RS-232 sync cables but virtually none for USB. The m125 came with a USB docking cradle so it’s a lot easier to sync with a PC, though good luck finding 64-bit drivers.

      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        You should be able to get a generic RS-232 to USB cable that will work as an adapter. They’re still used for microcontroller and old hardware.

        As for drivers, run the software in a VM with a 32 bit OS. That may work.