Aaron Ardiri publishes Palm OS development archive online
The developer released his source code, tools and documentation after a message from another programmer led him to an active Palm OS community.
Developer Aaron Ardiri has published his personal archive of Palm OS development tools, source code and documentation online, according to Hackaday. The collection dates from his years working with the operating system in the early days of mobile computing.
Ardiri said the decision followed contact from a developer asking about Palm OS software he had written decades earlier. Looking into the query led him to an active community of Palm OS enthusiasts, and he chose to make the material publicly available.
Material from the early mobile era
Palm OS was an operating system for mobile devices that predated mobile phones. The PalmPilot is among the devices that ran it.
The archive covers Ardiri's own development work on the platform and is now accessible to anyone interested in the software of that period.
Quick answers
What did Aaron Ardiri publish?
His personal archive of Palm OS development tools, source code and documentation.
Why did he publish the archive?
He was contacted by a developer about Palm OS software he had written decades earlier, which led him to discover an active Palm OS enthusiast community.