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I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.

According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
http://www.palmone.com/us/support/ [...] pd205.html

Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
be a liability.

How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
advisable?

I do not have the original CD that came with the device,
if there was one.

Fred

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On 6 Oct 2004 17:17:12 GMT, Fred Ma <fma@doe.carleton.ca> wrote:

>I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
>
>According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
>version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
>an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
>v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
>http://www.palmone.com/us/support/downloads/upd205.html
>
>Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
>that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
>hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
>advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
>be a liability.
>
>How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
>advisable?
>
>I do not have the original CD that came with the device,
>if there was one.
>
>Fred

I don't think I would go backwards. You will be missing out on
software that requires an OS above 2.0. And I believe that the
hardware you have should support OS 3.3 with no problems. Are you
experiencing problems with it?

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krewl wrote:
>
> On 6 Oct 2004 17:17:12 GMT, Fred Ma <fma@doe.carleton.ca> wrote:
>
> >I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
> >
> >According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
> >version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
> >an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
> >v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
> >http://www.palmone.com/us/support/downloads/upd205.html
> >
> >Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
> >that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
> >hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
> >advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
> >be a liability.
> >
> >How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
> >advisable?
> >
> >I do not have the original CD that came with the device,
> >if there was one.
>
> I don't think I would go backwards. You will be missing out on
> software that requires an OS above 2.0. And I believe that the
> hardware you have should support OS 3.3 with no problems. Are you
> experiencing problems with it?

I never used it before. Just trying to get off on a good start.
But I'll stick with OS 3.3, unless there is a good reason to try
to find a regression path. In the absence of any previous testimony,
I had only my speculated reasons above. But the lack of a clear
migration path makes it questionable whether it's worthwhile.

Fred

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Fred Ma a écrit, le 06/10/2004 19:17 :

> I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.

What model? You say "Palm Pilot", so theorically, it's a Palm Pilot
Personnal or Professional, but it's often used as a generic term. And PP
with the OS 3 upgrade card (because a new memory card was needed) are
uncommon.

> Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
> that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
> hardware on the more recent Palm devices.

In the case of the older OS, it's less true than, say, OS 4.

> How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5?

You have to get back the old card, if it's really a Palm Pilot Pers/Pro.

> Is this advisable?

No.

> I do not have the original CD that came with the device,
> if there was one.

Don't worry, you don't need it.

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Fred Ma wrote:

> I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
>
> According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
> version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
> an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
> v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
> http://www.palmone.com/us/support/ [...] pd205.html
>
> Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
> that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
> hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
> advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
> be a liability.
>
> How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
> advisable?

First, I bet you have a Palm Pilot with a 2 MB upgrade card,
which I believe is how you get to OS 3.x. That really makes
the device a lot more like a Palm III than its original Palm
Pilot self.

Second, it's absolutely not advisable to go back to 2.x
when you could be running 3.3. If you look through the
programmers' documentation that Palm provides, then you'll
see that a lot of things say "this feature is not available
before 3.1" or "prior to 3.1, this function had a bug" or
similar. For most programmers, it's MUCH easier to target
your software for devices running 3.x or newer. In fact,
it's better if people are running 3.5 or newer, and it's
really tempting to target only 4.0 and newer because that
would make life easier in many cases.

So, for software compatibility, the very best thing you
could do is to get 4.0 on that device. I'm not sure if an
upgrade exists, but if it did, that would be the best thing.

- Logan

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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:08:41 GMT, Logan Shaw wrote:

> Fred Ma wrote:
>
>> I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
>>
>> According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
>> version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
>> an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
>> v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
>> http://www.palmone.com/us/support/ [...] pd205.html
>>
>> Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
>> that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
>> hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
>> advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
>> be a liability.
>>
>> How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
>> advisable?
>
> First, I bet you have a Palm Pilot with a 2 MB upgrade card,
> which I believe is how you get to OS 3.x. That really makes
> the device a lot more like a Palm III than its original Palm
> Pilot self.
>
> Second, it's absolutely not advisable to go back to 2.x
> when you could be running 3.3. If you look through the
> programmers' documentation that Palm provides, then you'll
> see that a lot of things say "this feature is not available
> before 3.1" or "prior to 3.1, this function had a bug" or
> similar. For most programmers, it's MUCH easier to target
> your software for devices running 3.x or newer. In fact,
> it's better if people are running 3.5 or newer, and it's
> really tempting to target only 4.0 and newer because that
> would make life easier in many cases.
>
> So, for software compatibility, the very best thing you
> could do is to get 4.0 on that device. I'm not sure if an
> upgrade exists, but if it did, that would be the best thing.

Palm sold OS 3.5 upgrades for the PilotPro upgrade card. But you can't get
that from them anymore. As soon as they started selling 4.1 upgrades, the
3.5 upgrade disappeared.

I still haven't found a way to upgrade my PilotPro to 4.0 or 4.1. I know
it's possible, but I don't know how to do it. The CD from Palm upgraded my
old Vx without problems. But it doesn't support the upgraded PilotPro.

If anyone did know how to do this, I'd love to know. I was horribly honest
and bought two copies of the upgrade only to find that my PilotPro was a
no-show.

--
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While good fortune often eludes you, misfortune never misses.

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On 6 Oct 2004 17:44:54 GMT, Fred Ma wrote:

> krewl wrote:
>>
>> On 6 Oct 2004 17:17:12 GMT, Fred Ma <fma@doe.carleton.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
>>>
>>>According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
>>>version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
>>>an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
>>>v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
>>>http://www.palmone.com/us/support/downloads/upd205.html
>>>
>>>Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
>>>that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
>>>hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
>>>advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
>>>be a liability.
>>>
>>>How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
>>>advisable?
>>>
>>>I do not have the original CD that came with the device,
>>>if there was one.
>>
>> I don't think I would go backwards. You will be missing out on
>> software that requires an OS above 2.0. And I believe that the
>> hardware you have should support OS 3.3 with no problems. Are you
>> experiencing problems with it?
>
> I never used it before. Just trying to get off on a good start.
> But I'll stick with OS 3.3, unless there is a good reason to try
> to find a regression path. In the absence of any previous testimony,
> I had only my speculated reasons above. But the lack of a clear
> migration path makes it questionable whether it's worthwhile.
>
> Fred

Look. You're talking about upgrades to a device that is 7 years old. The
"migration path" is all screwed up because Palm no longer has anyone using
the device with a warranty so they don't have to support it.

When it was actively supported, you could update the upgrade card from 3.0
to 3.3. Then you could have bought the 3.5 upgrade for the unit. The more
recent OS 4.1 upgrade utilities don't support the PilotPRo with an upgrade
card. And, in fact, they no longer sell either the 3.5 upgrade or the 4.1
upgrade. So unless you can find someone willing to give you their 3.5
upgrade, you're stuck with 3.3.

OS 2 does not support the upgrade card. The only way to go back to 2.05 on
your unit is to get an original ROM card and replace the one in your unit.
This will also remove the infrared capability.

FYI: OS 2 was in ROM, but it wasn't Flash ROM. There was no release to
install OS 2 on any unit - at least none that I remember seeing.

--
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* Fred Ma <fma@doe.carleton.ca>:
> I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
>
> According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
> version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
> an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
> v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
> http://www.palmone.com/us/support/ [...] pd205.html

This seems to be a small in-memory patch to PalmOS 2.0.x, not a
complete PalmOS. Of course this small patch is only useful with the
PalmOS it is intended for.

If you already have 3.3, you simply don't need this patch.

> Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
> that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
> hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
> advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
> be a liability.

There are many programs which use new system calls which are only
available in newer PalmOS versions, so using PalmOS 3.3 might not
give you an advantage when only using the built in applications, but
for others 3.3 might be required.

Thomas

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Derek wrote:
>
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:08:41 GMT, Logan Shaw wrote:
>
> > Fred Ma wrote:
> >
> >> I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
> >>
> >> According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
> >> version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
> >> an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
> >> v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
> >> http://www.palmone.com/us/support/ [...] pd205.html
> >>
> >> Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
> >> that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
> >> hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
> >> advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
> >> be a liability.
> >>
> >> How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
> >> advisable?
> >
> > First, I bet you have a Palm Pilot with a 2 MB upgrade card,
> > which I believe is how you get to OS 3.x. That really makes
> > the device a lot more like a Palm III than its original Palm
> > Pilot self.
> >
> > Second, it's absolutely not advisable to go back to 2.x
> > when you could be running 3.3. If you look through the
> > programmers' documentation that Palm provides, then you'll
> > see that a lot of things say "this feature is not available
> > before 3.1" or "prior to 3.1, this function had a bug" or
> > similar. For most programmers, it's MUCH easier to target
> > your software for devices running 3.x or newer. In fact,
> > it's better if people are running 3.5 or newer, and it's
> > really tempting to target only 4.0 and newer because that
> > would make life easier in many cases.
> >
> > So, for software compatibility, the very best thing you
> > could do is to get 4.0 on that device. I'm not sure if an
> > upgrade exists, but if it did, that would be the best thing.
>
> Palm sold OS 3.5 upgrades for the PilotPro upgrade card. But you can't get
> that from them anymore. As soon as they started selling 4.1 upgrades, the
> 3.5 upgrade disappeared.
>
> I still haven't found a way to upgrade my PilotPro to 4.0 or 4.1. I know
> it's possible, but I don't know how to do it. The CD from Palm upgraded my
> old Vx without problems. But it doesn't support the upgraded PilotPro.
>
> If anyone did know how to do this, I'd love to know. I was horribly honest
> and bought two copies of the upgrade only to find that my PilotPro was a
> no-show.

Thanks for your thoughts on the advisability of moving to 4.0. I'll
use it as-is until I get to know it more, then consider the 4.0.

Fred

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Fred Ma <fma@doe.carleton.ca> wrote in
news:41642F11.8EE68F5B@doe.carleton.ca:

> But the lack of a clear
> migration path makes it questionable whether it's worthwhile.

There is a clear path... upwards.

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On 6 Oct 2004 18:57:52 GMT, Fred Ma wrote:

> Derek wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:08:41 GMT, Logan Shaw wrote:
>>
>>> Fred Ma wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've got a Palm Piolot with Palm OS v.3.3.
>>>>
>>>> According to the Palm website, the only useful Palm OS
>>>> version for Palm Pilot is v. 2.0.5. The download exists as
>>>> an update. It says that if installed onto v1.0.x or
>>>> v3.0.0, it will have no effect.
>>>> http://www.palmone.com/us/support/ [...] pd205.html
>>>>
>>>> Somewhere, on one of Palm's many information pages, it says
>>>> that many of the newer Palm OS's take advantage of newer
>>>> hardware on the more recent Palm devices. So there is no
>>>> advantage to using them. I would imagine that it may even
>>>> be a liability.
>>>>
>>>> How can I regress from v.3.3 back to v.2.0.5? Is this
>>>> advisable?
>>>
>>> First, I bet you have a Palm Pilot with a 2 MB upgrade card,
>>> which I believe is how you get to OS 3.x. That really makes
>>> the device a lot more like a Palm III than its original Palm
>>> Pilot self.
>>>
>>> Second, it's absolutely not advisable to go back to 2.x
>>> when you could be running 3.3. If you look through the
>>> programmers' documentation that Palm provides, then you'll
>>> see that a lot of things say "this feature is not available
>>> before 3.1" or "prior to 3.1, this function had a bug" or
>>> similar. For most programmers, it's MUCH easier to target
>>> your software for devices running 3.x or newer. In fact,
>>> it's better if people are running 3.5 or newer, and it's
>>> really tempting to target only 4.0 and newer because that
>>> would make life easier in many cases.
>>>
>>> So, for software compatibility, the very best thing you
>>> could do is to get 4.0 on that device. I'm not sure if an
>>> upgrade exists, but if it did, that would be the best thing.
>>
>> Palm sold OS 3.5 upgrades for the PilotPro upgrade card. But you can't get
>> that from them anymore. As soon as they started selling 4.1 upgrades, the
>> 3.5 upgrade disappeared.
>>
>> I still haven't found a way to upgrade my PilotPro to 4.0 or 4.1. I know
>> it's possible, but I don't know how to do it. The CD from Palm upgraded my
>> old Vx without problems. But it doesn't support the upgraded PilotPro.
>>
>> If anyone did know how to do this, I'd love to know. I was horribly honest
>> and bought two copies of the upgrade only to find that my PilotPro was a
>> no-show.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts on the advisability of moving to 4.0. I'll
> use it as-is until I get to know it more, then consider the 4.0.

Wouldn't you know it. I've been looking for a way to get this to work for
months and after reading your post, I found it.

If you get the OS4.1 upgrade CD (you may have to buy it on eBay like I did
- but beware the illegal copies), you can install the OS4.1 upgrade by
selecting "advanced mode" when the program gets around to Flashing the
memory.

The program defaults to a PalmIII ROM Image. Simply ignore the warning that
the image doesn't match your handheld and proceed. In less than 10 minutes,
your PilotPro with the 2mb upgrade will be running OS4.1

Oh, happy day.

Now, if I can just find a way to switch it to AC power...

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ordinance . . . He pushed her aside and threw himself on it just as it
exploded." - Ben Stein

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Derek wrote:
>
> On 6 Oct 2004 18:57:52 GMT, Fred Ma wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughts on the advisability of moving to 4.0. I'll
> > use it as-is until I get to know it more, then consider the 4.0.
>
> If you get the OS4.1 upgrade CD (you may have to buy it on eBay like I did
> - but beware the illegal copies), you can install the OS4.1 upgrade by
> selecting "advanced mode" when the program gets around to Flashing the
> memory.
>
> The program defaults to a PalmIII ROM Image. Simply ignore the warning that
> the image doesn't match your handheld and proceed. In less than 10 minutes,
> your PilotPro with the 2mb upgrade will be running OS4.1


Thanks for that info. I might follow your footsteps a bit later...

Fred

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In article <41642F11.8EE68F5B@doe.carleton.ca>, Fred Ma
<fma@doe.carleton.ca> wrote:

> I never used it before. Just trying to get off on a good start.
> But I'll stick with OS 3.3, unless there is a good reason to try
> to find a regression path. In the absence of any previous testimony,
> I had only my speculated reasons above. But the lack of a clear
> migration path makes it questionable whether it's worthwhile.

It doesn't sound like you have any reason to go backward ... BTW, Palm OS'
are not interchangeable or installable in the way, say, that a Windows or
Mac OS is.

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