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My God the nostalgia. I played Pokémon in school under my desk thanks to the Gameboy emulator liberty on the m105 if I am not mistaken. Might also have been my

My God the nostalgia. I played Pokémon in school under my desk thanks to the Gameboy emulator liberty on the m105 if I am not mistaken. Might also have been my next model a m505. Before I am being called a snob, I bought the m505 as broken on ebay for 100 DM (now around 50€) and "fixed" it by applying a hardware reset and charging it. I was beyond lucky.

prmoustache 4y ago
- stonogo 4y ago
  What is your intended contribution here?
  - mdp2021 4y ago
    A probable attempt to ignite a "Four Yorkshiremen" (from the recently lost Tim Brooke-Taylor - with Cleese, Chapman and Feldman) chain of Palm relevant amarcords, triggered by the OP's excuses for being a «"snob"». But really, something so high quality like a Palm was pure wealth in one's hands. I miss the days. They haven't been really overridden - trustable, manageable system, transflective display... Fast coding...
    - throwanem 4y ago
      No notifications! Hard to even imagine that, these days.
    - mdp2021 4y ago
      Now, suddenly, I remember! Also: pretty straightforward on device coding... Probably PocketC at least... On current "hyperpowerful" mobile devices I still do not have a decent on-device development environment.
- razemio 4y ago
  For my first m105 I saved 2 years (birthday / Christmas / pocket money). My parents did not want me to have an organizer. I am not saying I haven't had a good life, and maybe I am a snob. It is always a matter of perspective, I guess. I was pretty proud back in the day to get a perfectly working m505 for the friction of what it usually costs.
kajecounterhack 4y ago
Liberty + pokemon on the m505 was a dream. Before that, native palm RPGs were the shit: Dragon Bane and Kyle's Quest on Palm III. Black and white with that blue backlight felt so cool. Is it weird to miss greyscale? My palm devices were also gifts. Dad got his black-and-white Palm III from work. Aunt got hers from the elementary school at which she taught. The common denominator was "adult who doesn't understand how these devices help productivity" --> gift to a child. Also "child who wants to play games but parents won't buy them a console" --> turns out they gave me something better.
- razemio 4y ago
  Oh, you triggered another memory. Yes Dragon Bane was awesome but also Ackeron Dark Sun! Holy ** I spent hours with the game under my blanket. I was seeing everything in orange/red for hours because of the green backlight of the m105 :D. Ackeron Dark Sun @ PalmDB: https://palmdb.net/app/ackeron-dark-sun https://palmdb.net/app/ackeron-dark-sun
  - kajecounterhack 4y ago
    Aaaaand now you have me looking into Palm emulators, haha
    - exikyut 4y ago
      Bork bork: "Cloudpilot, a PalmOS emulator for the web": https://cloudpilot-emu.github.io/ https://cloudpilot-emu.github.io/ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30241462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30241462 Mu, a modern PalmOS emulator: https://github.com/meepingsnesroms/Mu https://github.com/meepingsnesroms/Mu / https://meepingsnesroms.github.io/ https://meepingsnesroms.github.io/ Up-and-coming-when-they're-done-I-guess: PumpkinOS: https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/ https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/ rePalm: http://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=27.%20rePalm http://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=27.%20rePalm
account42 4y ago
> 100 DM (now around 50€) Only if you ignore inflation. Even if you take the value from 2001 right before the switch it would be equivalent to almost 70€.
- razemio 4y ago
  I just quoted: https://www.finanzen100.de/devisen/waehrungsrechner/?kurs=deutsche-mark-euro-dem-eur-9351785 https://www.finanzen100.de/devisen/waehrungsrechner/?kurs=de... According to them it is almost exactly half.

prmoustache 4y ago

stonogo 4y ago
What is your intended contribution here?
- mdp2021 4y ago
  A probable attempt to ignite a "Four Yorkshiremen" (from the recently lost Tim Brooke-Taylor - with Cleese, Chapman and Feldman) chain of Palm relevant amarcords, triggered by the OP's excuses for being a «"snob"». But really, something so high quality like a Palm was pure wealth in one's hands. I miss the days. They haven't been really overridden - trustable, manageable system, transflective display... Fast coding...
  - throwanem 4y ago
    No notifications! Hard to even imagine that, these days.
  - mdp2021 4y ago
    Now, suddenly, I remember! Also: pretty straightforward on device coding... Probably PocketC at least... On current "hyperpowerful" mobile devices I still do not have a decent on-device development environment.
razemio 4y ago
For my first m105 I saved 2 years (birthday / Christmas / pocket money). My parents did not want me to have an organizer. I am not saying I haven't had a good life, and maybe I am a snob. It is always a matter of perspective, I guess. I was pretty proud back in the day to get a perfectly working m505 for the friction of what it usually costs.

kajecounterhack 4y ago

Liberty + pokemon on the m505 was a dream. Before that, native palm RPGs were the shit: Dragon Bane and Kyle's Quest on Palm III. Black and white with that blue backlight felt so cool. Is it weird to miss greyscale? My palm devices were also gifts. Dad got his black-and-white Palm III from work. Aunt got hers from the elementary school at which she taught. The common denominator was "adult who doesn't understand how these devices help productivity" --> gift to a child. Also "child who wants to play games but parents won't buy them a console" --> turns out they gave me something better.

razemio 4y ago
Oh, you triggered another memory. Yes Dragon Bane was awesome but also Ackeron Dark Sun! Holy ** I spent hours with the game under my blanket. I was seeing everything in orange/red for hours because of the green backlight of the m105 :D. Ackeron Dark Sun @ PalmDB: https://palmdb.net/app/ackeron-dark-sun https://palmdb.net/app/ackeron-dark-sun
- kajecounterhack 4y ago
  Aaaaand now you have me looking into Palm emulators, haha
  - exikyut 4y ago
    Bork bork: "Cloudpilot, a PalmOS emulator for the web": https://cloudpilot-emu.github.io/ https://cloudpilot-emu.github.io/ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30241462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30241462 Mu, a modern PalmOS emulator: https://github.com/meepingsnesroms/Mu https://github.com/meepingsnesroms/Mu / https://meepingsnesroms.github.io/ https://meepingsnesroms.github.io/ Up-and-coming-when-they're-done-I-guess: PumpkinOS: https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/ https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/ rePalm: http://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=27.%20rePalm http://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=27.%20rePalm

account42 4y ago

> 100 DM (now around 50€) Only if you ignore inflation. Even if you take the value from 2001 right before the switch it would be equivalent to almost 70€.

razemio 4y ago
I just quoted: https://www.finanzen100.de/devisen/waehrungsrechner/?kurs=deutsche-mark-euro-dem-eur-9351785 https://www.finanzen100.de/devisen/waehrungsrechner/?kurs=de... According to them it is almost exactly half.