RetroFed Forum

Everything to do with Palm OS, webOS, and the devices running them—including PalmPilot, Handspring Visor, Sony CLIÉ, Treo, Centro, Palm Pre/Pixi, HP TouchPad, and AlphaSmart.

Topics Welcome

Hardware restoration, battery swaps, and screen repairs
App & game recommendations (.prc / .pdb / .ipk)
HotSync troubleshooting on modern Windows, macOS, and Linux
Collection showcases & thrift/flea market finds
Homebrew development and emulation

Essential Palm & webOS Resources

PalmDB — The largest archive of Palm OS software, games, and guides
PalmArchive — Preserved Palm OS software and documentation
webOS Archive — App Museum II, SDKs, and tools for webOS devices
CloudPilot Emu — Run Palm OS right in your browser or on mobile
rePalm — Running Palm OS 5 natively on modern hardware

Community Rules

Be civil and helpful: Whether someone is debugging a serial HotSync cradle or booting a Palm III for the first time, keep it welcoming.
Stay on topic: Posts must relate to Palm OS, webOS, or licensed third-party handhelds (Handspring, CLIÉ, Garmin iQue, etc.).
Buy/Sell/Trade at your own risk: Personal gear sales and "Want to Buy" (WTB) posts are welcome, but please avoid commercial spam or affiliate links.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

Everything to do with Palm OS, webOS, and the devices running them—including PalmPilot, Handspring Visor, Sony CLIÉ, Treo, Centro, Palm Pre/Pixi, HP TouchPad, and AlphaSmart.

Topics Welcome

Hardware restoration, battery swaps, and screen repairs
App & game recommendations (.prc / .pdb / .ipk)
HotSync troubleshooting on modern Windows, macOS, and Linux
Collection showcases & thrift/flea market finds
Homebrew development and emulation

Essential Palm & webOS Resources

PalmDB — The largest archive of Palm OS software, games, and guides
PalmArchive — Preserved Palm OS software and documentation
webOS Archive — App Museum II, SDKs, and tools for webOS devices
CloudPilot Emu — Run Palm OS right in your browser or on mobile
rePalm — Running Palm OS 5 natively on modern hardware

Community Rules

Be civil and helpful: Whether someone is debugging a serial HotSync cradle or booting a Palm III for the first time, keep it welcoming.
Stay on topic: Posts must relate to Palm OS, webOS, or licensed third-party handhelds (Handspring, CLIÉ, Garmin iQue, etc.).
Buy/Sell/Trade at your own risk: Personal gear sales and "Want to Buy" (WTB) posts are welcome, but please avoid commercial spam or affiliate links.

Everything to do with Palm OS, webOS, and the devices running them—including PalmPilot, Handspring Visor, Sony CLIÉ, Treo, Centro, Palm Pre/Pixi, HP TouchPad, and AlphaSmart.

Topics Welcome

Hardware restoration, battery swaps, and screen repairs
App & game recommendations (.prc / .pdb / .ipk)
HotSync troubleshooting on modern Windows, macOS, and Linux
Collection showcases & thrift/flea market finds
Homebrew development and emulation

Essential Palm & webOS Resources

PalmDB — The largest archive of Palm OS software, games, and guides
PalmArchive — Preserved Palm OS software and documentation
webOS Archive — App Museum II, SDKs, and tools for webOS devices
CloudPilot Emu — Run Palm OS right in your browser or on mobile
rePalm — Running Palm OS 5 natively on modern hardware

Community Rules

Be civil and helpful: Whether someone is debugging a serial HotSync cradle or booting a Palm III for the first time, keep it welcoming.
Stay on topic: Posts must relate to Palm OS, webOS, or licensed third-party handhelds (Handspring, CLIÉ, Garmin iQue, etc.).
Buy/Sell/Trade at your own risk: Personal gear sales and "Want to Buy" (WTB) posts are welcome, but please avoid commercial spam or affiliate links.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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Sticky: HotSync on Linux with a Handspring Visor: what broke, why, and how to fix it (short answer: it isn't your distro's fault)	0	TheCynicalSaint [they/them, he/him]	4	Sun Sep 27, 2026 2:03 am »
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My current PalmOS device collection (pxscdn.com)	5	TheCynicalSaint [they/them, he/him]	23	Tue Sep 29, 2026 2:50 am »