SPT1500 and IIIxe are different hardware from different manufacturers. I would be
surprised if
it actually did work. I'm certain the IIIxe ROM knows nothing about the scanning
hardware...
--Adam
"Martin, Kent" wrote:
> > It is rumored, and reportedly works, that you can use the OS 3.3
> > upgrade utility to flash 3.5 to your Palm. You need to use the
> > "Advanced" option.
>
> Where can I get that? I searched palm's web site but was unable to
> come up with any thing.
>
> BTW, I have Symbol's SPT1500 developer's tools cd. It comes with ROM
> builder and a flash utility (flinstl.exe), but it complains with
> "Invalid ROM file (Not a BigROM file)!" when I tell it to use the
> 3.5 OS that I downloaded from a Palm IIIxe unit. It continues to
> execute, but I don't know if the generated ROM file will be valid
> (it's not my IIIxe unit so I don't want to try to re-flash it). It
> sounds as if the ROM builder has been tweaked for use with Symbol's
> hardware and OS. I also do not know if the flash utility will work
> with any hardware besides Symbol's.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kent
>
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