PalmOS Free Software: SourceForge
Answering my own question....
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There's quite the PalmOS software collection at [link|http://www.sourceforge.net|Sourceforge]. Being SF, perhaps\r\n75% of it is "design stage", but there are some solid winners among the\r\nset. And virtually all of it's GPLd.
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I've installed:
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\r\n\r\n- [link|http://gnukeyring.sourceforge.net/|Keyring], as\r\npassword manager. It provides much of the functionality of Cryptinfo,\r\nwith the added bonus of a password generator.
\r\n\r\n- [link|http://vt100.tarunz.org/|Pilot VT100] and [link|http://netpage.em.com.br/mmand/ptelnet.htm|ptelnet], both\r\ntelnet / vt100 terminal apps for Palm. While these provide the terminal\r\ninterface, you have to get the network by other means, a bit of a PITA\r\nunder Win2K.... Possibly more later.
\r\n\r\n- Courtesy of [link|http://www.linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/security/ssh-clients|Rick\r\nMoen's Inexhaustable List of SSH Clients], [link|http://online.offshore.com.ai/~iang/TGssh|Top Gun ssh], an SSH\r\nclient.
\r\n\r\n- And to demonstrate that there's no platform VNC doesn't cover, [link|http://www.btinternet.com/~harakan/PalmVNC/|PalmVNC], a VNC\r\nclient for the PalmOS. While it supports color on devices with same,\r\nI'm limited to 4-bit greyscale. The desktop can be displayed at varying\r\nscales: 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, or whole desktop. I'm delighted to learn\r\nI'll have GUI access to my [link|http://www.cappuccinopc.com/|Mocha\r\nminiPC] when on the road ;-).
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I downloaded but haven't yet installed a number of other apps,\r\nincluding a one-time password generator. Also the BART schedule. There\r\nare a few other goodies I'd like to try when I'm back at the office.
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Meantime, question is how to get ~2 years of addresses, notes, and\r\nother goodies from a backup archive from the old Palm (fried display) to\r\nthe new device. One's serial, one's USB, the PC's offline, and I\r\nbelieve I'll have to do this via GNU/Linux as the PC Palm utilities are\r\npretty inflexible.
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On that networking thing...
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My experience with GNU/Linux is that if you can dribble bits through\r\nit, you can network via it. Serial, parallel, USB, IR, pigeon,\r\nwhatever. And if you don't have enough real devices of some\r\ndescription, you build a virtual bridge device (or more likely find\r\nsomeone's done it for you) and go on your merry way.
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Apparently, it [link|http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~echobase/network/win2k/|is\r\npossible to network Palm devices over legacy MS Windows NT/2K].\r\nHowever, networking USB apparently is more difficult. I tried the "null\r\nmodem" approach, found I only had the option of selecting COM1/COM2, not\r\nCOM4, as this page suggests. Damn! And I want to demonstrate that\r\nPalmVNC something fierce.... While this might not be quite\r\ntrivial under GNU/Linux, I'd warrant it's eminantly\r\ndoable. Miss that flexibility.
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