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Overclocking
the Palm III
I never once complained that my Palm III was slow. But until I
saw the speed increase I got from overclocking, I was totally
spoiled!
Though the
numbers below are 'synthetic' in nature, there's no doubt that
things I do, like loading up TealPhone, starting the Trashcan
delete option from Launch'em and even the "scans"
from ThumbScan all breezed away!
| Palm
III |
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| 16
Mhz Palm III |
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17
Mhz Palm III |
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| 18
Mhz Palm III |
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19
Mhz Palm III |
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| 20
Mhz Palm III |
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21
Mhz Palm III |
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| 22
Mhz Palm III |
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23
Mhz Palm III |
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| 24
Mhz Palm III |
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25
Mhz Palm III |
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| 26
Mhz Palm III |
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As you can see
above, a 20Mhz Palm III would about just match the performance
of the Palm IIIx and Palm V at default speeds. I was able to
push my Palm III quite a bit further to 26Mhz, obtaining a
143% relative timing to a IIIx. Not bad indeed!
However, after
extended period of use at 26Mhz, very very minor character
corruption would appear onscreen. So I tuned it a notch lower to 25Mhz and have since used it for weeks without problems. At
137% the relative speed of a IIIx, this is good performance!
Using 27Mhz and
28Mhz, character corruption was abundant. Not a good sign at
all. However, for the sake of review, I hesitantly
pressed my stylus onto "FASTEST" 29Mhz.
Tada! A
black streak ran across the from the top down to the bottom of
the screen
and my Palm III died. No problems! I only did a soft reset and
everything was back to normal at 16Mhz. I learnt and now 25Mhz is
my preferred speed now. Stable and fast.
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