Are there any good guides/tools/etc. for dealing with pdb files, ideally outside of the Palm itself? Like any tools for converting data to/from pdb? Between using my Palm devices and daydreaming about coding for them, I keep thinking about how I don't necessarily want data that is "trapped" on the Palm itself and I'm curious about how various pdb files can be converted to other formats and what they look like.

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🐶 lori

2023-07-03 · 11 months ago · 👍 sirwilburthefirst, ResetReboot

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🦉 ResetReboot · 2023-07-04 at 09:11:

Well, I found these as I'm experimenting on developing my own application for Palm:

— palmdump CLI application

— Perl library to interact with PDB and PRC files

— Python library if you like the snake better than the camel ;-)

🐶 lori [OP] · 2023-07-04 at 12:39:

semi related, I downloaded a ham radio tracker app that came with its own little windows program to read its PDB files and I'm surprised I haven't seen more of that

🤖 kelbot [mod] · 2023-07-04 at 14:49:

I'm not sure how helpful these links are but maybe worth a look. I'm still working on getting these and my other palm os links added to my capsule.

— https://www.fuw.edu.pl/~michalj/palmos/CompanionTOC.html

— https://github.com/paul-j-lucas/txt2pdbdoc