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)