PalmIIIe: Exit Stage Front
It was a good day. I'd convinced all the techie troglodytes in our office to
wear ties and dress sharp. I followed suit and wore a nice shirt with a breast
pocket. Naturally, wanting to niche into the geek image, I placed my palm in my
breast pocket. That was the fatal stroke for my Palm IIIe. When bending over in
the bathroom to pull up my trousers my little IIIe leaped from my breast to its
death on the bathroom floor. It's screen cracked and never saw another grafitti
stroke or button press. Not a very flashy story,
but what followed was interesting.
My co-worker's Palm III had a similar fate. His Palm's mainboard bit the dust during a smoking break accident. Well, You can do the math. My screen was cracked, and his board was smashed. Nothing left to do, but try and make the pieces fit. And they did! We are now the proud owners of a Palm IIIe with a Palm III screen plate. Notice that the quick tap buttons don't match the palm model :)