The name is reminiscent of Pippi Longstocking, a female fictional character of small stature, enormous strength, and unbounded free spirit.
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Basically Pippy should run on any platform that is running PalmOS Version 3.5. We have not conducted extensive testing on various hardware devices and welcome feedback based on user experience. To track the platforms we will periodically update the table below. Pippy has run on the following platforms. I assume that you have read this files, installed all the necessary tools and have unpacked the Pippy source distribution.