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Old 08-22-2018, 02:43 PM   #5
OregonJim
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Location: Atop a wooded hill in the great piney forest, Oregon
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Originally Posted by ZGottlieb View Post
Welcome OregonJim,

I'm new also, just trying to feel my way around this forum. Your mentioning PalmPilot brought back some pleasant memories. I missed syncing with strangers and sharing one on one without GoogleFacebookTwitterAmazon in my business. Oh well the good old days.
And yes I was an early adopter reading on my PalmPilot. I have an iPod that is my primary reading device and a separate phone so I'm not interrupted while reading.

Z.
Hi Z,

I have fond memories of the PalmPilot as well. I was one of the first developers on the platform - still keep a VM with all of my dev tools on it, and still keep a couple of devices charged & loaded. It was (and still is) my favorite personal device, free from the spying and big brother-ness of all the current toys.

I have a box of ~50 devices that I used for testing when I was a developer. Everything from the original US Robotics Pilot through the Handspring Visors and the Sony Clie's, ending with the ultimate Palm T|X. All still function just fine - just can't bear to get rid of them.

-Jim
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