Custom ROM images for PalmOS 5 devices?

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Valtteri Vuorikoski <vuori@puuhamaa.magenta.net> wrote:
> There seem to be utilities for creating custom ROM (such as romeo) for
> older devices running PalmOS 4. However, I haven't found mention of
> performing this procedure on a newer device (Zire 72 in my case).
> Does anyone know wheter this is possible and is there software to do
> it?
>
> There's quite a bit of silly junk in the ROM that could be replaced
> by more useful stuff.

In general, only the higher priced Palm models have been flash upgradable.
The Zires are considered consumer class, and do not have this ability -- the
OS is on a static ROM.

Regards,
--
*Art

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Although, I haven't heard of ROM's being available for the more expensive
devices either. It used to be Palm/PalmSource that distributed these prior
to OS 5 as they were needed for the Palm Emulator. Nowadays, OS 5 is just
recompiled to run on a Windows machine (ie a simulator vs. an emulator), so
ROM's aren't really available.

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Tim Nicholson
tim@pdainfosource.com
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"Valtteri Vuorikoski" <vuori@puuhamaa.magenta.net> wrote in message
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> "Arthur Hagen" <art@broomstick.com> writes:
>
>> In general, only the higher priced Palm models have been flash
>> upgradable.
>> The Zires are considered consumer class, and do not have this ability --
>> the
>> OS is on a static ROM.
>
> Yes, I figured this out a few minutes after posting; should've though of
> that
> before, but it didn't occur to me that someone would still be shipping
> these
> kinds of devices with something else than flash ROM these days (-:
>
> -v