Palm OS Simulator is a version of the Palm OS

Palm OS

Palm OS is a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants in 1996. Palm OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management...

 compiled for x86-based computer

Computer

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s. No emulation

Emulator

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 is used, as it runs natively on top of Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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There are only Palm OS simulators for Palm OS 5 and newer. The Palm OS Emulator requires a ROM file of a real Palm, however the Simulator uses specific builds for different devices.

There are simulators for reference releases of Palm OS 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 and 6.1, and also device-specific simulators (Tungsten C, Treo 650, LifeDrive,etc).

See also

• POSE (Palm OS Emulator)
  POSE (Palm OS Emulator)
  Descended from Copilot, Palm OS Emulator is used for writing, testing, and debugging Palm OS applications. Palm OS Emulator emulates Motorola 68000-class devices and has intimate knowledge of Palm OS's inner working, allowing for the close monitoring of correct application operation...
  
  
• StyleTap
  StyleTap
  StyleTap Platform is a Palm OS simulator/compatibilitylayer/emulator for the Windows Mobile/Windows CE, Symbian OS and iOS operating systems. It emulates Palm OS 5.2 platform and earlier...
  
  
• Garnet VM
  Access Linux Platform
  The Access Linux Platform , once referred to as a "next-generation version of the Palm OS" is an open source-based operating system for mobile devices developed and marketed by Access Co., of Tokyo, Japan. The platform includes execution environments for Java, classic Palm OS, and GTK+-based native...
  
  
• MotionApps Classic

External links

• device specific simulators and more, account required.

It is very difficult to find any real information on ROMs belonging to specific Palm models.