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  • Re: Converting Palm Pilot PDB Files for Use in Excel?

    From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Foriest Jan Smith on Thu Nov 13 07:16:46 2025
    Foriest Jan Smith wrote to All <=-

    Up until now I've been satisfied that although I am left unable to sync my Palm E2 to my Win 11 PC, I can still access the existing information on the device itself. But, as of late, I've felt the desire to just
    copy the address book over to my PC so I could have a copy for ease of use on my PC. I've been suggested CloudPilotEMU amongst other things
    but is there a tool to easily convert these files for use in Excel, or Libre Calc?

    Why do I seem to recall Calibre (the e-book manager) can open pdb
    files? If so, it could convert them to something usable, perhaps.



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  • From Foriest Jan Smith@21:2/156 to Dr. What on Sun Nov 16 22:29:53 2025
    Re: Re: Converting Palm Pilot PDB Files for Use in Excel?
    By: Dr. What to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Nov 16 2025 05:39 pm

    I think my only real option is wait until I'll have the ability to sync the dang thing once I get a Linux laptop. I just wonder if there's a linux compatible version of Documents to Go or if I'll have to use Wine (which--on an unrelated note--can support my Windows XP/98 era programs).
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  • From Dr. What@21:1/246 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Nov 16 17:39:22 2025
    Why do I seem to recall Calibre (the e-book manager) can open pdb
    files? If so, it could convert them to something usable, perhaps.

    Possible. But remember "PDB" = Palm Database. So a PDB file can be anything.

    So Calibre would probably be able to convert a PDB that was in a known eBook format. But I doubt it would process a PDB that was a contact list.

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