Give him a hand: Dev publishes 25-year-old Palm OS tools to GitHub
Aaron Ardiri opened his old development archive after discovering enthusiasts were still improving apps for the platform
A Swedish developer named Aaron Ardiri has recently uploaded a gigabyte of Palm OS development resources onto GitHub, hoping to preserve them for enthusiasts. These files, which Ardiri had stored in his personal backups for over 25 years, include SDKs, technical documentation, development utilities, examples, and limited system source code.
Ardiri, who previously shared his own Palm OS app source code on GitHub, was surprised to find that his archived resources were still useful to a small but active community of retro computing enthusiasts. The developer discovered that there were Palm OS users on Reddit, Discord, and other online communities who needed resources to keep their vintage hardware functional and their retro software viable.
Ardiri has been careful not to infringe on any copyright by omitting elements like Palm OS ROM images, firmware, simulators, and commercial apps for which he did not have explicit permission. Ardiri sees this as a historical preservation effort rather than an attempt to circumvent IP laws, expressing excitement about being introduced to the world of Palm enthusiasts.
He recently donated over 50 old Palm OS devices to Russian dev and preservationist Dmitry Grinberg. Ardiri's effort provides a historical record of what Palm OS development looked like during its thriving commercial period.
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