5/22    So I've used had my Palm IIIxe for almost 3 years.  Once, a couple
        years back, I lost all data somehow.  After almost 3 years of no
        problem, my PDA would not turn on this morning.  I did a soft reset
        and all data was gone.  Everything should have been backup up on my
        PC (I use BackupBuddy).  Well, all of the address book, todo list, etc.
        data was saved, but when I did the restore, it also brought back
        items that I had deleted months ago.  But other data, like from my
        shopping list program, password program, etc. hadn't been updated on
        my PC in almost a year.  A few hours after all this, my PDA lost all
        data again.  Anyone have any idea what would cause all this or have
        any similar experiences or advice?
        \_ Battery is probably fucked.
           \_ It takes AAA, but I had just replaced the batteries in the
              last couple days?  Do you think it could really be something
              about the batteries?  My best guess (though maybe not a very
              good one) is that it's due to the heat.  I often leave my PDA
              in my glove compartment, but the weather was warmer than
              usual the day before it choked, not hot, but warmer than
              usual, maybe 80.  I find it hard to believe this would cause
              such problems, but I have no better guess.
              \_ does Palm have a small battery to keep its memory? may be
                 it's that battery went out.
              \_ I'll bet it has a 3 year warrantee. You're a 3 years + 1 day.
        \_ did you HotSync regularly?
           \_ About once a week.  So I lost a few days of stuff.
              Anyway, I figured out what happened.  For some reason,
              back in August, BackupBuddy stopped doing it's thing.
              Thus, the nonstandard databases were restored to their
              state back in August.  In this same backup directory
              was the PDB files from addressbook, datebook, etc.  So, it
              also loaded in this outdated standard data (thus the
              entries that I deleted months ago were there).  Then, it
              took the current backup of the standard data (the only
              thing actually being backed up since August) and put that
              back in my PDA too along with the old stuff.  So, it
              (almost) all makes sense (to me).  I just don't know why
              it lost all data in the first place, or why BackupBuddy
              stopped doing it's thing.  No one else out there uses
              BackupBuddy?
              \_ Whoa, there, son!  What goes on between me and my Backup
                 Buddy is none of your business!
        \_ SARS?