PalmDOC

File Format
Name	PalmDOC
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Electronic Publishing formats PalmDOC
Extension(s)	.pdb, .prc
PRONOM	fmt/396

PalmDOC, or AportisDoc, is an e-book and text document format that was popular on Palm OS devices.

It is usually found in the form of a Palm OS Database (PDB) file. Even if the file extension is .prc, it is probably in PDB format, not PRC format.

See also MOBI, an extension of PalmDoc.

Identification

In PDB format, ASCII characters TEXtREAd appear at offset 60.

Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/pdasoftware/PILOT ...
  • E.g. CALORIES.PDB, CHI-FUN.PRC, JOKES.PDB
• dexvert samples — document/palmDOC

Links

• MobileRead Wiki: PalmDOC