Quartus Forth - Since 1997, Quartus Forth is the original on-board ISO/ANSI Standard Forth compiler for Palm OS handheld computers. Quartus Forth is fast, and builds genuine native executables that need no 'run-time' libraries.
Forth is a perfect fit for the handheld screen, and Quartus Forth makes programming the Palm OS simple.
With Quartus Forth, you can:
* Write source code in the Memo Pad (or optionally in Doc-format files), and compile your code instantly into fast, genuine native-code Palm applications (PRCs) right on-board your Palm OS handheld device. Your apps are transferred to the desktop the next time you do a HotSync.
* Distribute (or sell- there are no restrictions) the apps you create with no run-time libraries needed, and no royalty fees.
* With the companion product Quartus RsrcEdit, produce apps with standard Palm GUI objects (menus, controls, lists, scroll bars, etc.)
* Interactively test and debug your apps using the Quartus Forth console.
* Use nearly 900 Palm OS system routines and over 6200 constants by name in your source code.
* See descriptive error text for Palm OS errors.
* Work in the language of your choice – compiler messages are available in a number different languages including German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Malay.
* Take advantage of Forth's full exception-handling and structured programming constructs to write clean, maintainable apps.
* Work with floating-point (two kinds: built-in, and IEEE double-precision with Mathlib), graphics, sound, and more!
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Supported operating systems:
Palm OS 3.x, Palm OS 4.x, Palm OS 5.x
PBrick PBrick - The PBrick library provides a API for bidirectional IR communication between the palm computing platform and the lego mindstorms RCX controller
pdbc (PDB Compiler) pdbc (PDB Compiler) is a compiler than converts a source file into a Palm DataBase file (PDB file).
The language the pdbc compiler understands is designed to be easy to understand und write.
Yet it is powerful enough to give the freedom to describe the binary content of the database records in a variety of ways
JExpenseCSV2PDB JExpenseCSV2PDB - A Java Jar File to create the built-in ExpenseDB.pdb for the Palm. It should be compatible with all kinds of Palm os. Up to now the file format of the ExpenseDB has not been changed. Use JExpense2CSV to generate the IFO file. The ifo file is supposed to be called like the CSV file with the suffix IFO (Example: CSVFile.CSV -->> CSVFile.CSV
JExpense2CSVFull JExpense2CSVFull - A Java Jar File to dump the built-in ExpenseDB.pdb of the Palm. It should be compatible with all kinds of Palm os. Up to now the file format of the ExpenseDB has not been changed. Export the Database using tools like pilot-xfer or backup Buddy. The labels of the columns are listed in the first line of the dumpfile
JDatebook2CSVCat JDatebook2CSVCat - A small framework written in java to list the internal DatebookDB (Creator: date, Type: data) of the Palm. It is compatible with PalmOS 2.0 or better. PalmOS 1.0 should work too, but isn't tested. Up to now, the format of the DatebookDB has not been changed
Bike or Design Bike or Design - You can now create your own "Bike or Die" levels!
ltraps ltraps is a trap analyzer for Palm OS prc files. ltraps will semi disassemble the code segments of the prc file and show which traps are used and what OS version is required for the trap to work ... (among other things).
ltraps is under development and should be treated as alpha software.
ltraps is currently being used on both Linux and Microsoft Windows
Dragon FORTH build Dragon FORTH is a fast 32-bit FORTH system for PalmOS 2.x-6.x. It allows programming directly on the PalmOS device
Other Software by developer «Quartus»:
PassPhrase PassPhrase - Ever have trouble coming up with a new password? PassPhrase helps you choose secure passwords and passphrases for logins, encrypted data, web sites, and so on.
Each time you tap 'Generate', seven items are randomly selected from a self-contained dictionary of over nine-thousand common words, numbers, abbreviations, and symbols
Oracle Oracle - Every day, a hundred decisions. Here's something that might help.
The Oracle is a Palm application. After installing the executable on your Palm, speak your question, tap the surface of the ball, and the Oracle will give you an answer.
If you don't like the answer, you could perhaps gaze upon the ball until you feel enlightened
Duco Duco is a standard four-function calculator with one key difference -- it works in Roman Numerals
LightHack LightHack - A neat feature of the Palm IIIx and Palm V: when the backlight is activated, the dark pixels light up instead of the background. LightHack provides a similar feature for the Palm III (and older Palm devices with backlights) -- whenever the backlight is activated, the screen is inverted so that the text lights up, and the background stays dark
Quartus RsrcEdit Quartus RsrcEdit is a Palm resource editor that runs on the Palm and allows users to view and change application resources using a forms-based editing environment tailored for specific resource types, as well as providing an integrated disassembler and hex-editor for Palm OS applications and databases
StreakHack StreakHack - Does your Palm 'streak'? Some Palm IIIx and Vx machines show 'streaking', shadow lines extending from vertical and horizontal lines on the display. This is especially noticeable in the Calendar view in the DateBook app.
StreakHack can help reduce the streaking. After activating StreakHack in HackMaster, adjust the contrast to your liking
SwatchHack SwatchHack - The Swatch company has created a new way of measuring time, called 'Internet Time'. A day in Internet Time is divided into 1000 Swatch beats, each 1 minute 26.4 seconds long, counting from @000, which marks midnight BMT (Biel Mean Time, named for the home city of Swatch in Switzerland).
For more information, visit Swatch here
TickHack TickHack - Tick tick tick! TickHack adds audible feedback to your Graffiti input -- handy when you're looking away from your Palm while you write.
TickHack was developed entirely on-board a Palm Vx using the Quartus Forth compiler
ShiftHack ShiftHack - Does your Pilot capitalize letters when you don't want it to? Tired of shifting up three times to turn off auto-capitalization? Want caps-lock to stay on as long as you want it to, even during editing?
ShiftHack gives control over shifting back to you
