{"id":19340,"date":"2022-11-28T17:27:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T17:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/you-can-try-hundreds-of-90s-palmpilot-apps-in-your-browser\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T17:27:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T17:27:36","slug":"you-can-try-hundreds-of-90s-palmpilot-apps-in-your-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/you-can-try-hundreds-of-90s-palmpilot-apps-in-your-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Try Hundreds of \u201990s PalmPilot Apps in Your Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The PalmPilot was one of the most influential mobile devices of the 1990s, and helped establish Palm as a dominant player in the tech industry. Now you can use hundreds of apps and games made for it in your web browser.<\/p>\n

The Internet Archive has soft-launched an online library of software created for the PalmPilot<\/a>, which was a PDA released in 1997 that became a smash hit. The online collection includes over 500 games and applications, accessible on any desktop or mobile browser. For the most authentic experience possible, you can try it in a mobile browser.<\/p>\n

Jason Scott, an archivist and historian, told The Verge<\/em> that the online emulator is powered by an embedded version of CloudpilotEmu<\/a>, an existing PalmOS emulator. He said many of the applications don\u2019t have metadata yet, but everything is functional \u2014 minus features like IR that can\u2019t be fully emulated on a modern device.<\/p>\n

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Many of the applications are simple utilities, like a tool for calculating prices for package deliveries<\/a> or\u00a0a tip calculator<\/a>. However, there are a few more advanced apps, like a VNC client<\/a>. The collection of games includes Checkers<\/a>, Chess<\/a>, Solitaire<\/a>, many<\/em> Tetris clones<\/a>, a Frogger clone<\/a>, and much more.<\/p>\n

The Internet Archive has been working to add more classic software and games to its online collection, including MS-DOS games<\/a>\u00a0and arcade games<\/a>, and it\u2019s great to see some classic Palm software added to the list. As always, the Internet Archive is accepting donations<\/a> to keep everything running.<\/p>\n

Source: The Verge<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n