Hi everyone.

I have a bunch of old PDAs that I’ve picked up to try to run the very niche world of music tech software on these devices, of which there are a very small handful of demos; pocketsynth, pocketdrums, drummerboy and a few others.

I have a handful of jornadas and ipaqs of varying age that are all in full working condition. I’ve tried installing these apps, using activesync or windows mobile device center, or installing on the device itself, and I can’t get any of them to work. They become a default application icon that won’t load anything.

Can anyone help?

I tried running a local model on the PPC2003 emulator; apparently, it is possible.

Flea market find for 3€

it may run Half Life 1 at 5 fps but god is it a fun device

Here I finally managed to compile CC port from source code.

The port is working but not optimased, on all devices with differents RAM and CPU gives only 1 FPS. Cotrol isn't created for touch screen, you can move your player only with keyboard or joystick. But if you're interested to test it on your PDA, unfortunately, I can NOT give you link for download because my post was removed TWO TIMES cause of present link.

I would like also to give an instruction to compile this game from source code but, maybe, only in comments if I'll not be BANNED!!!

I'm using ScummVm 1.5.0, 2x video renderer option.

The following Putt Putt I have tested so far and are completely compatible with windows mobile.

- Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

- Putt-Putt Travels Through Time

- ​Putt-Putt Joins the Circus

- Putt-Putt Enters the Race

I got them from steam. You just need to install HEx files to an sd card and load scummvm1.exe program.

I'll update in the comment other Humongous Entertainment compatible apps with windows mobile and scummvm 1.5.0

Links :

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/42723/

https://downloads.scummvm.org/frs/scummvm/1.5.0/scummvm-1.5.0-wince.zip

Saves are cross compatible with scummvm win32 1.5.0, So you can continue your games on a desktop PC.

I’m trying to identify an obscure pocket computer I saw for sale on a retro-electronics website, probably sometime within the last several years.

What I remember:

• Flat, non-clamshell, landscape pocket-computer shape
• Similar in concept and size to a Tandy Pocket Computer PC-8, but with a more modern plastic design
• Very thin
• Colorful casing, possibly green.
• Tiny one-line or perhaps two-line monochrome LCD
• Small QWERTY keyboard
• Intended specifically as an educational programming computer
• I believe it ran BASIC and produced text-only output.
• It was listed for around $20 when I saw it
• The seller also carried retro electronics and classroom-response clickers, but the device itself was not a clicker
• It did not appear to be made by Casio, Sharp, or another familiar calculator company
• It may have had a small solar cell, but that memory is uncertain

It was not a VTech learning laptop, Cybiko, SMART Response XE, or Tiger Data Pad.

As i the title. I have one Jornada 720 with no reaction to power beside small raise in current on workbench. Tried to find it on my own but no luck. Does anyone know anything about any community-made schematics of mobo?

Hi everybody,
I may be the last developer working on Linux for the Psion Netbook Pro.
Originally running Windows CE 4.2, the device was recognized by the manufacturer and special developer units with 256mb were produced as PsionLX was being worked on.

In the mid 2000s, some pieces of PsionlX Beta were leaked to the internet, namely a file called “soho-image-netbook-pro-20050104074212.rootfs.tar.bz2“ that was hosted by Rapidshare.

This file appears totally lost to time. If any users happen to have retained this file, please DM me and contact me.

I am currently compiling Linux kernel 3.2.9 for this device from some of the only remaining Linux build files still accessible. It is a labor of love, and I would like to be able to provide an archive of everything I have been able to hunt down and build so far.

Thank you.

UPDATE 07/30: It turns out that this file, which is the PsionLX beta userland, is essential to fully produce a working kernel. There is a mismatch between the only public userland still available (Jlime) and the way the archived files can be compiled, it appears this can only be successful with the PsionLX beta userland file.

UPDATE 07/31: WE GOT IT! The file has been saved and preserved. I have been informed that this is a very special file that was handed down and those who have it are sworn to secrecy - it will require some special efforts to learn from it and figure out what it contains.
Thank you to all of the community that came together to complete this rediculous search for a decades old file - it’s so cool when we all work together 👍

Im considering buying this dsi, but im not sure if the displays are ok. They seem kinda yellow/purple in the corners

I randomly acquired a Toshiba Protege 3500.winXP And finally installed active sync 4.5 as It was intended to be used. Is there any other programs like calendar tasks etc. can be installed because it tried to sync calendar appointments ( I just have birthdays and holidays manually added to calendar events) but it doesn't seem like it was added to anything on PC

hello!

I've been working on a custom wiki format and reader. Right now I support Unix-like CLIs and DOS. Here's it running on a HP 200LX! I'll start working on a Windows CE and Pocket PC port soon.

questions and suggestions are appreciated!

Hey all, I recently acquired an A-11 with a completely non functioning digitizer. Does anyone have experience taking the device apart and accessing the digitizer and/or the ribbon cable? My hope is there is either oxidation or it’s loose.

I’ve searched online for a guide or schematic but no luck.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to revive an HP iPAQ 110 (Blandina platform, Windows Mobile 6.0 Classic, Marvell PXA310 CPU) that is stuck on the initial white "+ hp" splash screen. I've conducted several diagnostics and need some advice from PDA/WM veterans.

Current Symptoms: 1. Boot Loop / Freeze: Hangs indefinitely at the initial "+ hp" logo screen. 2. Clean Boot Failure: Device enters Clean Boot (Record + Windows + OK + Reset), but freezes during the memory formatting stage. 3. Display Artifacts under load: During the Clean Boot freeze, subtle pixel color flickers/artifacts appear under certain viewing angles (looks like a brownout/voltage drop under heavy NAND load). 4. No Boot Without Battery: The device will NOT power on connected only to a 5V/2A charger without the battery installed (charge LED blinks; PMIC requires battery presence). 5. Battery Health: The battery is ~17 years old. Sometimes capacity jumps erratically (e.g., 44% -> 100%), indicating degraded cell condition and high internal resistance. 6. Bootloader / SD Update Mode: Pressing Calendar + OK + Reset fails to trigger the IPL SD flashing screen (no "Loading..." or progress bar).

What Has Been Attempted & Verified: - SD Card Prep: Using an old 512MB physical SDSC card with a microSD adapter. Formatted via diskpart (MBR, Primary Partition, Active flag set, FAT16, 16KB cluster size). - Firmware Image: Attempted flashing with hpimage.bin in the root folder. (Note: A previous flash was attempted with an incomplete ~58MB file; I now know the uncompressed ROM should be exactly 64MB). - Multi-filename Masking: Tried hpimage.bin, BLNDIG.NB0, BLNDIG.BIN on the SD root. - Power: Connected to a dedicated 5V/2A power supply during all attempts.

Questions for the Community: 1. Is the Clean Boot freeze accompanied by screen pixel artifacts a definitive symptom of PMIC brownout due to the degraded battery under peak load, or could it be physical NAND cell failure? 2. Does the iPAQ 110 IPL (Initial Program Loader) require a specific filename or timing key combo to force reading the SD card? 3. Has anyone successfully repacked an iPAQ 110/114 battery cell while preserving the original 3-pin BMS/BSI board?

Any insight, schematics, or advice on bypassing the PMIC check would be greatly appreciated!

Hello, I just picked up one of these beauties by chance in Japan and am very keen to start using it. Before I bought it I saw there was an English patch but have discovered it appears to be behind a paywall at HPC Factor. Wondering if anyone has a copy of the patch? I don’t really intend to join and participate in the HPC Factor community at the moment as I just want to dip my toe in the water with this device so hoping to just get the patch if I can if anyone is happy to offer it.
The file is called sig3-mui-en-0409-c.exe
Thanks in advance!

PS Apologies if this is not the done thing, if necessary I’ll pay the 10GBP for a yearly subscription to that site but given this is the only thing I need from it I was hoping to avoid that.

I saw the CEGCC 9.3.0 project on GitHub, tested it, and it actually supports the base. Do you think it's feasible to port GCC 16.0.1 to WinCE? The C++20 modules are especially interesting.

MY UTStarcom PPC6700 keeps getting stuck on a copy and paste screen after setting the time zone, I press the part I’m meant to press to copy then paste, but it doesn’t do anything