uCLinux on a Palm Vx

uClinux on the Palm with Cordless Battery.

cpuinfo and meminfo

Laymanspeak: This handheld device is a Palm Vx device. It runs PalmOS. How to run uClinux, a smaller footprint Linux, so that it becomes easy to extend this device is detailed below.

• Got Palm Vx frm my friend
• Device battery dead but boots via Serial Cradle.
• Rear of device opened by ironing the edges of the device.
• Trials with different batteries: any 3.6 to 4 V battery will do. Used a Nokia battery, Motorola battery and finally as in the pic a 3.7 V battery from a cordless phone. The device boots.
• Installed the Palm suite 4.1 on PC and transferred the prc file from this http://palm-linux.sourceforge.net/
• Click on penguin logo and then theres Linux.