+TheBattons Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I currently have a Palm Pilot III with cradle and stylus in excellent condition for sale. While it only comes with 2 megs of memory for storage, it easily holds 1000+ caches (depending on the amount of info you require). I added 500 caches to this one with ALL items in CacheMate, plus 10 logs for each cache, and still had 700k left (for non-techies, its quite a bit relatively speaking), leaving room for at least another 500. Seriously, who can find 500 caches in a weekend? So if you are looking to get into paperless caching on a budget, this is the one for you. The cradle has a serial connection, and as been tested and works flawlessly. The stylus is sharp and pointy, perfect for selecting caches on the screen.* I have CacheMate loaded on it already, but you'll need to register it to yourself. It also comes with a pair of fresh AAA batteries. Price is $22 shipped to your door anywhere in the US. I take PayPal and money orders. If you are interested, drop me a line at dbatton at gmail dot com or PM me here Thanks much, Darrell *Stylus not to be used for picking your ears or jabbing your friends Quote Link to comment
+tomslusher Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 *Stylus not to be used for picking your ears or jabbing your friends I would have bought it but you lost the sale because of this disclaimer. tomslusher Quote Link to comment
+TheBattons Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 *Stylus not to be used for picking your ears or jabbing your friends I would have bought it but you lost the sale because of this disclaimer. tomslusher I was just quoting the Surgeon General, sheesh... Quote Link to comment
+1stwarrior95 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I don't know squat about PDA's... What all can this do? I'm not sure about the serial connector either. I don't think my laptop has one. Quote Link to comment
+TheBattons Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 I don't know squat about PDA's... What all can this do? I'm not sure about the serial connector either. I don't think my laptop has one. What can it do? Well on top of keeping track of phonoe numbers, appointments, addresses and allowing you to play asteroids, It also lets you use a program called CacheMate. From the CacheMate website: CacheMate is a database for tracking GPS cache hunts. You can store information about caches or benchmarks, decode hints, and transfer data between CacheMate and the MemoPad application. Registered users can import LOC and GPX formatted XML files, which are available from Geocaching.com. In short, it allows you to go caching without carrying around a stack of printed cache notes/pages. And if you can use a GPSr, you can use a PDA, the learning curve on a PDA is much easier. As for your laptop, if it is less than a few years old, it probably doesn't have serial port. That means you wouldn't be able to load anything onto it (at least not easily). There are alternatives, but you'd be better off getting a USB-connected PDA instead. Hope that helps... Happy Turkey Day! Quote Link to comment
+sledgehampster Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 As for your laptop, if it is less than a few years old, it probably doesn't have serial port. That means you wouldn't be able to load anything onto it (at least not easily). I use I/R to send data to my IIIxe and IIIc, no cables required. Infra Red is is nice if your laptop has that capability. Quote Link to comment
+wordfried Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Like the offer and would like to purchase. -Wordfried Quote Link to comment
+wordfried Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Email is larman@shentel.net if the unit is still available. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
+1stwarrior95 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I don't know squat about PDA's... What all can this do? I'm not sure about the serial connector either. I don't think my laptop has one. What can it do? Well on top of keeping track of phonoe numbers, appointments, addresses and allowing you to play asteroids, It also lets you use a program called CacheMate. From the CacheMate website: CacheMate is a database for tracking GPS cache hunts. You can store information about caches or benchmarks, decode hints, and transfer data between CacheMate and the MemoPad application. Registered users can import LOC and GPX formatted XML files, which are available from Geocaching.com. In short, it allows you to go caching without carrying around a stack of printed cache notes/pages. And if you can use a GPSr, you can use a PDA, the learning curve on a PDA is much easier. As for your laptop, if it is less than a few years old, it probably doesn't have serial port. That means you wouldn't be able to load anything onto it (at least not easily). There are alternatives, but you'd be better off getting a USB-connected PDA instead. Hope that helps... Happy Turkey Day! Yep, that helps bunch! I just bought my laptop last spring so I don't think it has a serial port. Looks like I'm gonna have to do some research and get some more gadgets! Quote Link to comment
+MadDog Cachers Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Darrell, I hope you sell your PDA. They are extremely handy for Geocaching. Thanks for the tip on Cachemate, I just downloaded and registered. Awesome product! To the prospective buyers... you will value this tool every bit as much as your GPS. Keep on Cachin' -Mark of the Maddogs- Quote Link to comment
+TheBattons Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 Item SOLD! Lots more where that came from though...stay tuned for more! Quote Link to comment
+TheBattons Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Item SOLD! Lots more where that came from though...stay tuned for more! Sale just fell through, so item is back on the market. Quote Link to comment
+scottpash Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 What palm is recommended as a middle level for paperless caching not the cheapest but with some extr added features that are useful Quote Link to comment
+traildad Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 (edited) What palm is recommended as a middle level for paperless caching not the cheapest but with some extr added features that are useful I just got a Palm IIIxe from ebay. It comes with 8mb of memory and is probably the middle level. The one for sale here will do the job, I guess the extra memory lets you save more caches than you could do in a year. I paid a little under $30.00. I looked a lot on ebay and all the Palm III and IIIxe models seem to be selling for around $35 or less. Some have more accessories and some have more or less shipping costs. From what I have read here the IIIxe with 8mb is not too expensive and very adequate to do the job. Good Luck Ken Edited November 27, 2006 by traildad Quote Link to comment
+TheBattons Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 And sold again! Let's hope this one sticks.... ...who would have chosen snow tires over a geocaching toy?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment
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