Comments on: More info on Classic for WebOS

By: Donald C. Kirker

Donald C. Kirker — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:59:32 +0000

You do not have to use code from ACCESS to provide binary compatibility.

All pointers PalmOS APIs (native side) are stored in a table. When you call an API it looks up the pointer in this table, and calls that. So, all you need to do is provide the table where the system expects it, and create your own APIs.

That said… I would pay up to about USD20 for this.

By: J

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:52:52 +0000

GarnetVM can already mount any linux filesystem as PalmOS card.

It is also able to network-hotsync. I assume they removed that from the Pre since it doesn’t fit with Palm’s new \everything on the cloud\ motto.

The video also shows that it has blue-ring 5-way support. So it’s PalmOS 5.4 or better. (GVM does up to PalmOS 5.5, which already exists).

By: philpalm

philpalm — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:46:14 +0000

Since Palm’s agreement with Access is strange, maybe the emulation is based on the Handspring’s portion of Palm OS (5.0′s and not the latest 5.4).

I guess until someone pays Access a bit of money full emulation will not be available.

I wonder if anyone in Germany/Austria/Europe is wanting to pay Access for the rights to Garnet?

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:01:13 +0000

Hi,
it can access the files on a special folder of the Pre via VFS though…so its not that feature-poor as it may look at first glance.

All the best
Tam Hanna

By: J

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:42:46 +0000

Real money? Considering the limitations it has I still believe it’s just GarnetVM repackaged with PalmOne’s PIM applications.