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Use caution will any Easter Egg, although I have never heard of it happening, you may damage, drain your battery or require a soft or hard reset on your Palm® handheld. Use at your own risk. Some Easter Eggs will only work with specific versions. 

If you have discovered something that is not listed here, feel free to submit it.


PALM: Easter Egg
verified with: OS  2, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5

Go to the Preferences Screen
Go to the the General Section
Draw a small counter clockwise circle just above the silk screen calculator


PALM: Taxi
verified with: OS  2, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5

Pull up the Easter Egg (see above).
Change to memo pad and start editing a memo
While pressing the down button, draw the stylus from the center of the graffiti area to the left edge of the screen.


PALM: Development Team Credits
verified with: OS  3.1, 3.3, 3.5 (3.5 does not complete, you must be in the Info section of App)

Go to the Memory App
Hold stylus tip on system version number in the upper right of the screen
Press the down button


PALM: Shhh! It's a secret
verified with: none

Open up the Address app in the Desktop program
Create a new entry with a last name of "Who Wrote This?"
Mark it private (make sure you have show private records on)
You should see "Shhh! It's a secret!"
Move it to a category called 'secret'
You should see a list of names


PALM: Developers Back Door
verified with: OS  3.1, 3.3

Go to the HotSync application
Hold both of the scroll buttons down
Tap on the upper right hand corner of the screen
DLserver wait forever is now ON (this only lasts for one hotsync)


PALM: Another Developers Back Door
verified with: OS  3.1, 3.3

Go to the HotSync application
Hold both of the scroll buttons down
Tap on the lower right hand corner of the screen
The following will be displayed:
DEVELOPER'S BACKDOOR #00000002
uControl=$0006508
uBaud=$0000c10b
uReceive=$00000008
uTransmit=$00000B00
uMisc=$00000040
intControl=$000000800
intMaskHi=$00000006A
intMaksLo=$000080ED
slkNumReceived=$000014D1


PALM: Graffiti Version Number
verified with: OS  3.1, 3.3, 3.5 

Open up a new memo in MemoPad
Enter the Punctuation Shift Mode (Tap once on the Graffiti Area)
Write the word PALM
You should get "Graffiti 1.0, Copyright Palm Computing 1995."


PALM GIRAFFE GAME: Picture Of Two Guys In Suits
verified with: version 3.0

Start the Giraffe game
Place your stylus in the lower right corner
Press the up button


PALM GIRAFFE GAME: Hula-Dancing Tree
verified with: version 3.0

Start the Giraffe game
Press Help button
Draw the '#' character


PALM GIRAFFE GAME: Message "Error reading Drive C: Abort, Retry Fail?"
verified with: version 3.0

Start the Giraffe game
Place your stylus on the top of the screen
Press the down button


RALLY 1000: Cheat For Rally 1000
verified with: version 3.1

Start playing Rally 1000
Begin writing in graffiti area, keep writing until a pop up message appears
Continue with the game, you now have the cards stacked in your favour

 


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