* '.prc' Files*

Is anyone aware of a means to convert or play on a Windows PC a '.prc' file or app that is intended to be opened on a Palm OS2 or greater?

 

.PRC = Palm (OS) Resource Collection and is a sort of archive file similar to a zip or rar file.

The contents is normally Palm OS applications and sometimes shared libraries, overlays, and miscellaneous data storage.

I am not aware of any way on a Windows system to run an app compressed in this style.

There are some apps like This one that are supposed to allow linking from your PC to a Palm OS device and working with the Palm apps & data from the PC. Is that the sort of thing you wanted?

If so, a google search for palm os applications windows pc will give you quite a few options.

 

Hi, Newt ~

I do not have a Palm nor am I familiar with them. I have a Palm .prc file/app that I would like to play on my Windows XP unit if possible.

Are you familiar with any app that can play a Palm file on a Windows OS as it would on a Palm?

 

Knowing nothing about Palms, I stayed up all night to try and figure this one out and I found the answer!

An 'emulator' is not the way to go, but a 'simulator'!

I went to http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/simulator/ , downloaded the Palm OS 5 Release Version (4.5 MB) in zipped form, created and extracted all the files to a directory named 'Palm OS Simulator'. To get it to work, you double-click 'PalmSim.exe' and load a ROM from one of the three folders in the same directory. I think there is Japanese and French in addition to English. Then you are in business! I dragged my PRC file to the 'Palm' and it was added to the apps and I was playing with it like a real Palm. Your mouse is the stylus. The 'Palm' even powers down from inactivity!

 

Glad you found that app. Sounds like just the thing if you need to mess with the Palm apps and don't have the device.

Thanks for the update.