

Overclock Your Palm 35
curveclimber writes " Taking memos a little too slow on your Palm? Overclock that puppy with Afterburner, a HackMaster hack. It can push that DragonBall EZ MC68EZ328 up to 29MHz (YMMV). Read a review, or the Afterburner FAQ. Remember overclocking's fun, until you smell smoke. For the the foolhardy, download away.
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Can it underclock too? (Score:1)
Eco Hack [pstec.de] is a util that underclocks your Pilot to save batteries. However, it's shareware and I'd rather not pay for more software (just my opinion).
Alex Bischoff
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Re:Distributed.net (Score:1)
That was actually considered ;). However, the Pilot has such intense power conservation (as one person put it "Even when it's on, it's off") that the client would kill your battery life :-/.
Alex Bischoff
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Re:Top 5 Reasons to Overclock Your Palm Pilot (Score:1)
6) Gives you an excuse to drown the beeping bastard in mineral oil [slashdot.org]!
Re:Taking memos without a keyboard (Score:1)
Re:Actually, on the new IIIx and V units, its safe (Score:1)
Don't!
Several things (Score:2)
But more importantly, clocking up isn't necessarily the way you want to go. Reducing the speed is more useful -- saves battery life.
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Taking memos without a keyboard (Score:1)
Linux on a palmtop (Score:2)
For others it could be uEmacs. Combined with mutt, lynx and a miniature SMTP server that can talk over infrared or mobile phone it would be an ideal mobile communication centre for a geek.
Some crazy guys are porting vi to EPOC actually, so perhaps Linux isn't necessary.
Needed? (Score:1)
Re:Can it underclock too? - Yes. (Score:1)
From the screenshot in the [hardware-one.com]review [hardware-one.com] it looks like it can go down to 13MHz (or slower?).
Regards, Ralph.
HackMaster? (Score:1)
Speaking of, how many Slashdotters out there RPG? Maybe an idea for a new poll?
Grue
Re:Can it underclock too? (Score:1)
Actually, on the new IIIx and V units, its safe (Score:3)
Unlike PC overclocking, I think battery life is the main constraint here, not heat dissipation. Your cpu will last forever, but you will be replacing batteries so often you will think you have a wince device
The new flavor of dragonball cpu used in the IIIx, V, and VII models is actually designed for much higher rates, they just clocked it lower to stay compatible with existing software, extend battery life, and because the existing speed is plenty fast as it is. It's not like you are going to run quake on the thing (although there are a couple of first person games out there for it).
I know that the batteries on my new IIIx last MUCH longer (over a month) then they did on my palm professional with the 2MB IR upgrade. The darn thing just keeps on running...
These pilots are the single best computer design I have ever used, the thing just dissapears into your life as an indespensible tool.
Re:Taking memos without a keyboard (Score:1)
Why did people port Linux to the Nintendo 64? It's a challenge!
Also, Linux is a relatively easy OS to port (compared to MacOS or anything M$ puts out). In porting Linux to an architecture, you learn a great deal about that arch, and become more adept at fixing problems, even in other OSes.
Oh, and it's fun
Distributed.net (Score:1)
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Re:Needed? (Score:1)
"Overclock your palm", huh? (Score:3)
*innocent whistle*
Re:Can it underclock too? (Score:1)
Ermmm
Oh come on! (Score:1)
The FAQ says that the next version will be able to set the clock rate individually by application. That would be really useful - a nice comporomise between speed and battery life. Too bad "Find" isn't an app.
Re:Actually, on the new IIIx and V units, its safe (Score:1)
Re:"Overclock your palm", huh? (Score:2)
Overclocking your coffee maker (Score:2)
"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." -- Steven Wright
Re:Taking memos without a keyboard (Score:1)
I've been touch-typing for a while, and I can certainly touch-type much more quickly than Graffiti. Even better, I can leave the keyboard behind, take just the organizer in my pocket, and still have a fully functional PDA. No laptop can disassemble and still be portable AND functional.
Normal (Score:1)
Re:Normal (Score:1)
Overclocking a Hairy Palm (Score:1)
Re:Actually, on the new IIIx and V units, its safe (Score:1)
Top 5 Reasons to Overclock Your Palm Pilot (Score:3)
2) You'll have an extra 2 seconds a day to pursue leisure activities, such as overclocking your coffeemaker.
3) Since your PalmPilot will be overheated, you can stick it down your pants to prevent shrinkage before dates.
4) Or, you can put a cooling fan on it and impress your friends by making your Palm Pilot more bulky then your desktop computer.
5) It's a sure babe magnet.
Re:Actually, on the new IIIx and V units, its safe (Score:1)
It specifically says that EcoHack was not designed for the newer dragonball processor in the IIIx and V. And the author specifically said _NOT_ to use EcoHack on those units. Your fault, not the programs.