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title: Pilot Bridge and Discord
date: 2024-10-07
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Syncing Via the Web with Pilot Bridge
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While this post was originally going to cover another piece of
software to sync my calendar/email/notes, on Saturday I came across
something else that immediately grabbed my attention.
Earlier on October 3rd, someone commented on a gotosocial post I
did about the Zire that they were working on a web-based hotsync
engine called PilotBridge and if I was interested to join the
Palm Discord.
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I fired it up in Safari, only to get greeted with a message that I
needed to use a browser that supports WebUSB. One Chormium
download later and I was able to hotsync my Zire with my MacBook Pr
laptop.
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Everything seems to sync, but there doesn't appear to be a way to
add/modify PIM-type data like Todo or Calendar. It does make it
extremely simple to add software downloaded off PalmDB, which is
the goto place for any Palm related downloads.
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Exploring Palm Software
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Using Pilot Bridge, I started downloading various things from
PalmDB and was able to give them a try. I tried out a few games
like some Mahjongg games and newer developed games and apps like
Captains MiniGolf, Rosary and pBill.
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| Astraware Mahjongg |
| Captains Minigolf |
| Rosary |
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Captains MiniGolf is what got me first started on wanting to get a
Palm device, since the article written about the development was a
fun read and it was cool to see a modern development on a platform.
It also plays really well on a lower end device like the Zire.
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| Holy smokes, I just released a MiniGolf game for Palm OS in 2024 |
| xBill for PalmOS receives an update after 25 years |
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Palm Discord
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After checking out Palm Bridge some I joined the Palm Discord and
discovered a small but active community on a variety of topics. I
joined the Palm Bridge channel and asked if anyone else had use of
syncing a calendar using it, but haven't seen a response yet.
No doubt I'll use the Discord for asking questions and general
information about using a Palm device in contemporary times.
Links
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