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Not Apple related Palm III
i collected this morning a pair of Palm III's.(was 2€ each, but negotiated... 2.5 € for the lot) both weren't complete (a stylus was missing as well as a screen cover)
Both were DOA, the first one was took apart, board was cleaned and both contacts for the batteries were welded back, i also sprayed the board and memory with contact cleaner, and get a working unit :
The second one (IIIx) was a different matter, as the ram/ rom board was missing also :-/
So i used the same treatment to the board, put it back together and swapped the ram/rom board from the working unit, but the only result is a black screen (but maybe the boards cannot been swapped)... so i will keep this one for parts mainly.
In the end i have a complete working unit (i also collected the docking/hot sync station)
Both were DOA, the first one was took apart, board was cleaned and both contacts for the batteries were welded back, i also sprayed the board and memory with contact cleaner, and get a working unit :
The second one (IIIx) was a different matter, as the ram/ rom board was missing also :-/
So i used the same treatment to the board, put it back together and swapped the ram/rom board from the working unit, but the only result is a black screen (but maybe the boards cannot been swapped)... so i will keep this one for parts mainly.
In the end i have a complete working unit (i also collected the docking/hot sync station)
Yes i started collecting those not so long ago, mainly because they are plentiful and really cheap :
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Didn't liked the III series in the first place (mainly because they are huge compared with the V series) but are easy to work at (V's are glued) and powered by batteries (except for the IIIc)
I also collected a Palm Pilot and a Psion 5 (really cute machine)
this morning i left behind a Palm V (not The Vx just the first model) it was just 3 € but was missing the stylus and charging/sync station...and i already have 3 V's !!
No Apple stuff unfortunately was found this morning.
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Didn't liked the III series in the first place (mainly because they are huge compared with the V series) but are easy to work at (V's are glued) and powered by batteries (except for the IIIc)
I also collected a Palm Pilot and a Psion 5 (really cute machine)
this morning i left behind a Palm V (not The Vx just the first model) it was just 3 € but was missing the stylus and charging/sync station...and i already have 3 V's !!
No Apple stuff unfortunately was found this morning.
You are right Gobabushka !!
I was surprised to see the empty slot and supposed somebody has removed it in the first place, so was mistaken.
The IIIx is very different from the III (more or less like a SE/30 and a SE...identical in the outside but rather different in the inside)
Boards and screen cannot be compared, and the standard IIIx slot is empty !!
I was looking at IIIx images this afternoon and discovered a working IIIx with no rom board (and discovered that ram and rom were incorporated in the main board)
So took apart once again the IIIx and discovered i could ear the faint click of the digitizer, but without image
I had my answer now, the screen is gone, everything else is working.
The screen ribbon is gone bad and pressing down that cable improves things a little bit :
Tried to heat that one with an hair dryer (was bad anyway) but no real improvement was found, as soon as i don't press the cable down, the screen stop working. :
the good thing is... i know what is wrong with it.
I was surprised to see the empty slot and supposed somebody has removed it in the first place, so was mistaken.
The IIIx is very different from the III (more or less like a SE/30 and a SE...identical in the outside but rather different in the inside)
Boards and screen cannot be compared, and the standard IIIx slot is empty !!
I was looking at IIIx images this afternoon and discovered a working IIIx with no rom board (and discovered that ram and rom were incorporated in the main board)
So took apart once again the IIIx and discovered i could ear the faint click of the digitizer, but without image
I had my answer now, the screen is gone, everything else is working.
The screen ribbon is gone bad and pressing down that cable improves things a little bit :
Tried to heat that one with an hair dryer (was bad anyway) but no real improvement was found, as soon as i don't press the cable down, the screen stop working. :
the good thing is... i know what is wrong with it.
@ gobabushka
And time to try it with the Palm Pilot... won't work without an easy fix(the III and the Pilot share a different case and cradle, but the pin out is exactly the same )
Remove a small screw (underneath)
And remove the front part of the cradle:
The circuit board (2)is now available:
The Pilot will slide into and use the Palm III cradle without any problem,...hotsync done.
I'm off this week, so time to try the III cradle... working
And time to try it with the Palm Pilot... won't work without an easy fix(the III and the Pilot share a different case and cradle, but the pin out is exactly the same )
Remove a small screw (underneath)
And remove the front part of the cradle:
The circuit board (2)is now available:
The Pilot will slide into and use the Palm III cradle without any problem,...hotsync done.
Another one
just collected a nice Palm M130, nothing included except the Palm (no cradle) but i already have a few of those.
A quick charge, and i get life from it !
The price was just 1 €...so not bad at all.
I left another (Palm Pilot)... was too expensive (3 €) :beige: :beige:
just collected a nice Palm M130, nothing included except the Palm (no cradle) but i already have a few of those.
A quick charge, and i get life from it !
The price was just 1 €...so not bad at all.
I left another (Palm Pilot)... was too expensive (3 €) :beige: :beige:
Here, feast your eyes on my IBM Workpad, which is a Palm Vx undercover:
I remember that it came with PalmOS 3.5, you could call IBM and they sent you a CD with PalmOS 4.0, which you then had to write into the ROM. I also remember that i had an app that would overclock the hardware considerably for games or underclock for longer battery time.
Look, it's shiny:
Of course i also have the original keyboard, it's the part behind the cradle:
Here the keyboard is opened and attached to the Workpad. Never mind that the cradle is labelled Palm, i have one with the blue IBM label too:
The IBM Workpad was used via infrared with this freshly cleaned T40 (people, use ArmorAll, it's the bomb!):
I also have a Mac-serial-to-Palm adapter (really a Mac-serial-to-RS232), so i guess i could try if i can connect MacOS 7 and PalmOS 4. |)
I remember that it came with PalmOS 3.5, you could call IBM and they sent you a CD with PalmOS 4.0, which you then had to write into the ROM. I also remember that i had an app that would overclock the hardware considerably for games or underclock for longer battery time.
Look, it's shiny:
Of course i also have the original keyboard, it's the part behind the cradle:
Here the keyboard is opened and attached to the Workpad. Never mind that the cradle is labelled Palm, i have one with the blue IBM label too:
The IBM Workpad was used via infrared with this freshly cleaned T40 (people, use ArmorAll, it's the bomb!):
I also have a Mac-serial-to-Palm adapter (really a Mac-serial-to-RS232), so i guess i could try if i can connect MacOS 7 and PalmOS 4. |)
.Make up mirror? :lol:
Anyways, my Vx lost it's battery capacity after a few years. Turns out the case is glued together, a real PITA, but with a heatgun i managed.
If someday a Vx with a worn out case comes along my way, i'll transplant it, together with a proper battery and a keyboard, into a real book. I have a copy of "Running SystemV Unix" by Microsoft Press which asks for a mod like that .
Anyways, my Vx lost it's battery capacity after a few years. Turns out the case is glued together, a real PITA, but with a heatgun i managed.
If someday a Vx with a worn out case comes along my way, i'll transplant it, together with a proper battery and a keyboard, into a real book. I have a copy of "Running SystemV Unix" by Microsoft Press which asks for a mod like that
.So far i have collected 3 Vx and 2 V's (excluding my wife's one)...total cost should be around 5 € (the first one was collected just to be sure to have a spare, but worked after a quick charge) all of them are working fine, but not holding the charge for long.
Big troubles are batteries and digitizers, so you will probably end with a bad battery and nice case.
Wake up alarm !!
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