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Old 01-14-2018, 09:56 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by barryem View Post
Pdb was the Palm extension for data files and there was no format specified. They could contain data in any form whatever, including plain text or text in a markup language or compressed text or even images. There were only 2 extensions possible on Palms, .pdb and .prc. The first, .pdb, was intended for data and .prc was intended for executables but as I recall neither was enforced and they were interchangeable. And I think either could contain anything.

So yes, you can have formatting in pdb files. I think you're right that books from ereader.com did have some formatting. Most of the early Palm ebooks were simply plain text that had been compressed and put into a pdb file.

Barry


I remember having a wonderful PDA that I paid a lot for, something like over $500.

I added some app that could read pdb, .lit, text, and a host of other ebook-type files that I can't remember.

This was about 13 years ago, before I bought my RCA gemstar (whatever it was called) ebook reader.

It was great reading on that PDA, even though the battery charge didn't last very long.

I still have it, but it's in storage and the battery is long dead.

I'll try to find out which one it was and report back.
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