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Gave $40 for a vintage Palm Pilot at a flea market. Junk.
Picked up a Palm Pilot Vx last weekend. The guy swore it worked. Got it home and the battery is completely dead. Won't hold a charge for more than 10 minutes. Tried finding a replacement online but they're all third party junk. Anyone have luck fixing these old things or am I out the cash?
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michaelrodriguez11d agoTop Commenter
...so you're complaining about a thirty year old computer not working perfectly out of a cardboard box at a flea market? Honestly man, for $40 you got a perfectly good paperweight or a very specific conversation starter. I don't get why everyone expects these things to just boot up and sync like it's 2001. The battery thing is basically a given at this point. You could probably find a dead one for $5 and just swap the shells, but the real fun is trying to retroactively sync it with a modern computer. Half the charm is the struggle, you know?
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umab8611d agoMost Upvoted
Honestly I used to think people were just being dramatic about how bad these old Palms are. I bought one a few years ago thinking I'd be the cool hipster with a retro PDA, and man I had the same rude awakening. Had to buy a special serial cable off some weird site, install ancient drivers on an old laptop running XP, and spend like 3 hours just to sync my contacts. The whole process was pure pain but when it finally worked I kinda got it lol. Now I look at dead ones at flea markets and I'm like "I see the vision.
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