I'm just returning to this forum after quite a long hiatus.
That said, I have never found a PalmOS emulator that functions on the Zaurus.
I also see absolutely no technical limitations, that would prevent one from being released however.
I have used POSE to emulate a Palm IIIc (YES, color) on various LINUX flavors, and have
never actually run into ANY glitches, that I can remember.
I designed and developed a multitasking environment, and stacked windowing system, for PalmOS
between 2002 and 2004, funding it myself. It was called MISKINIX, and I agreed to halt development
when offered a "dream job" at SavaJe. When I left SavaJe, and SavaJe "left the business", I was
so hooked on Zaurus, that I never looked back at PalmOS "style" development.
Well it's now 2008, I got laid off again a few months ago, and I've been seriously thinking of
"re-investigating" the capabilities of MISKINIX, on both a Palm IIIc, as well as other "systems".
It would be absolutely cool, to have the ability of running (color-mandatory) POSE on the Zaurus,
if/when I pursue PalmOS-based systems.
Keep in mind, that I once spent about 2 days compiling POSE on a Pentium-100, not including the
time it took for me to "fix" some dependent packages on good-old Redhat 7.1, so I would expect a
native compile of POSE to be quite an effort to embark upon.
I'm also curious about other folks reasons for wanting POSE available on the Zs. Is it just to be able
to run currently-available and free PalmOS applications? For me, the extremely long battery life of
Palm IIIc, is the major motivator for wanting a "real" workstation-style system in my pocket.
John Miskinis
