Afterburner 3.20 (Daniel Wee) - Ratings & Comments - PalmGear, your premier source for software for Palm devices

Mick Cunvong
wrote at 04/23/2004

This is an ingenius program. I run it on an M505 and speeds went from 154% to 238% on Benchmark!!! I have it set safely to 50Mhz, but may increase it to fine tune it. I haven't had any problems yet, and by far it is well worth the money! I use it for my Skyscape products (which I run off of the SD card) and results come up almost instantly!

Timmy Mc
wrote at 04/14/2004

WARNING: AFTERBURNER DOES NOT WORK ON SONY CLIE T665 This SEEMS like a great program. I'll never know. I bought a registered version because my PDA isn't on the unsupported list. Suppose I should have done a demo test first. The menus looked exciting. I sure with I could use this program. :-(

michaël baillard
wrote at 03/12/2004

I use it for more than one year on a Palm VX at 26MHz instead of original 20MHz and it works fine ! Now, I'm using a M515 for two weeks. I did few tries at 40MHz instead of original 33MHz. It seems to work fine although a bip is heard each time I exit from an application...

Jim Scarlet
wrote at 03/12/2004

It would be nice to see an Update for Palm OS 5 devices like NX,UX,NZ, T3 ,. etc. It would be nice to give it a try then and even buy it if it works well :)

Mark B
wrote at 10/26/2003

I bought a 16mhz Palm III for my wife to type up college work on when she's away from home. I have a 20Mhz Palm III (I think) and on my machine the palm portable keyboard refresh rate is about as fast as I can type - however - the new 16mhz wasn't up to scratch with words appearing up to 3 or 4 seconds after I'd typed them. AFTERBURNER - set to 24mhz - has solved this problem, now I can type at ease. Hopefully it won't chronically drain the batteries! Thumbs up. Info: 16mhz Palm III running Palm OS 3.0 - Afterburner version 3.20

Robert Hoppe
wrote at 05/12/2003

Works fine even with Irda/Serial support. But take care: on my TRGpro I allways need a HARD-RESET after changing batteries, when Afterburner is activated during battery-change!

Michael MacKinnon
wrote at 04/12/2003

This application is a dream come true. I first downloaded it several days ago and I have just purchased the full version. If you tune this application properly you will see a great difference in the speed of your PDA. Well worth the money!

Dave M.
wrote at 02/28/2003

Boosted the performance of my Palm VIIx from 103% to 242% using Benchmark to test it. I almost had to go chase it down! It's faster than my Palm i705

Yuxi Li
wrote at 02/02/2003

This is great! I have my m100 at 54MHz and it never crashed! It gave a big boost in my Palm!

nate O
wrote at 12/16/2002

Great software. Everything I chose to overclock just flies. Makes using Liberty (Gameboy emulator) much easier with the increased speed. Very small, very easy to use, and very effective. Well worth $8!

Marco Mugnaio
wrote at 11/05/2002

Used Afterburner for a couple of years now and it rocks. Puts your Palm in TURBO and leaves one wondering what the heck they do at the factory to cripple these devices so much. I had a slight problem with my GoType driver (which requires beam to be turned on), but Afterburner allows you to tweak the speed for every app, so I turned down the juice on the driver and it worked fine. BTW, the default values work good, but 5 minutes of reading & tweaking and you can boost the speed even more. No better money spent for a Palm app.

Alex Ang
wrote at 09/20/2002

works fine, and increases the speed of my palm by an amazing 80+%, and never crashes. but it affects my IR. Cannot beam when I have it on.

B' K
wrote at 09/08/2002

I own a IIIxe, and it works great on it. I just installed it and have noticed a fantastic acceleration in almost all programs.

Josh Lee
wrote at 08/23/2002

This application makes my peg-t415 go crazy. the contrast is somehow set to the minimum. the time it takes for my handheld is quadrupled. although it does increase the speed of the handheld. please make an update soon. :)

Paul Boven
wrote at 05/05/2002

This software is well worth your money. My Palm m515 benchmark rating went from 156% to 240%, running rock-steady at 54MHz instead of 33MHz. This is an improvement of 54%. I use it mainly for running the (also excellent) Planetarium software where the extra performance is cleary noticable.

happy user
wrote at 04/10/2002

Excellent product. Wish list: Support for MobiPass, the most excellent password manager.

Jonathan Crawford
wrote at 04/06/2002

Afterburner 3.1 magically boosts the Sony CLIE Peg T615C from 33 mghz to 54 mghz without the slightest instability or problem of any kind. Great, great product! (Used to use it on Palm Vx similarly without instablity or problem.)

John Loberrt
wrote at 03/28/2002

Good software except that it will not work with PrintBoy. Have to disable Afterburner everytime I want to print anything. Other than that glitch, the product performs as promised. Just wish they would work on that PrintBoy compatability...

James Tillman
wrote at 03/27/2002

Great Program. Perfect for running some of the newer RPGs that have 3D like graphics on older Visors or Palms with 16mhz cpus. Makes my Original 2MB Visor run like a Neo. So far its very stable when i'm running programs that tend to choke my system at normal speeds.

Greg Bryant
wrote at 03/07/2002

On my Kyocera Smartphone, Afterburner really wreaks havoc with my IR, Modem, and Graffiti. I have tried slower clock speeds and configurations. Finally, I have given up and disabled it because my devices and Palm apps kept locking up. Looking forward to a more stable version.

James Madsen
wrote at 02/11/2002

Looks great so far, haven't seen reviews yet on whether or not it will work on the Handspring Neo. The Neo benchmarked at 201% before Afterburner (compared to the Palm IIIxe). After running all apps at 37mHz went up to 228% not that bad. The Neo is a 33mHz chip by the way. Once I register I want to see what this baby can really do :)

Jonathan Wong
wrote at 01/15/2002

Used this on my Palm m500 and is very very stable at 54Mhz (max). Does not conflict with my other hacks (about 10+). Recommended and well worth the price.

D Waltman
wrote at 01/04/2002

It's fast, cheep, and works like dream. What more could someone ask for? A must for any Palm based PDA owner out there!

Hans-Juergen Philippi
wrote at 11/27/2001

I took a stopwatch and measured the performance increase w/o Afterburner hack running: it boosts my Palm IIIxe apps from 30-50% (search in datebook, QuickSheet recalculation, IrDA hotsync...) while having the device still unchanged stable and absolutely reliable. Simply worth every penny! :-)

Alfred Barnat
wrote at 10/04/2001

Great program. Good for saving battery life and speeding up my Palm IIIC when needed. Great for games that need more speed to work well. I haven't had any problems att all!

Siegbert Engel
wrote at 07/18/2001

Great! Together with QuickBits my visor deluxe is 10 times (!) faster than before without any crash!

Joe Rodriguez
wrote at 07/05/2001

I can't live without this program, I just had to give it 5 stars. I got my Palm VIIx running at a blazing 54 mhz. Best 8 bucks I ever spent.

John C. Park
wrote at 06/21/2001

Great stuff! For something that really "messes" with the inner core of my Visor Platinum's operation, it's incredibly stable. I have not yet had a single crash due to Afterburner. If there is a downside to this app, it's that it could be a battery drain. When 3.0w was released a few days ago, I tried running my Visor Platinum (native speed 33MHz) at 50MHz. The speed benefit was very visible, but so was the battery drain. :D Now I have my Visor Platinum running at much more modest 39MHz, and I think I found a happy medium between the speed benefit and the battery longevity. Highly recommended stuff. Oh, QuickBits that others have mentioned is also great. Along with QuickBits, the Benchmark shows my Platinum running at 290% (as opposed to 204% without Afterburner and QuickBits). Not bad at all. :)

Chris Gerber
wrote at 06/15/2001

I don't purchase many apps for my Palm, but this one was worth the money. Combined with QuickBits my Palm IIIx is running at 268% using the Quartus Benchmark application with a QuickBits Index of 596. Plus I haven't seen a crash since I installed it.

Rade Popovic
wrote at 06/15/2001

This is one excellent program, with no competition on overclocking area. I have tried many but this is the best. I can run my Visor (Solo) on 35Mhz (I don't do it though). Support from developer is even more excellent. We have worked on my problem whole morning, and now it is solved. It also works well with QuickBits. The best 8$ I have spent on app for my Visor.

Jay Han
wrote at 06/07/2001

Excellent program! I use it on my m105 and with the registered version have no problem at 45MHz. Everything is so much faster. Screen redraws, file processing, searching, even HotSync is much faster. Highly recommended. Well worth the $8 registration fee!

Keith Lim
wrote at 06/05/2001

This is an excellent product - worked well with my Palm VX. However, it screwed up my infrared hotsync on my m505. When I turn this hack on, my laptop simply doesn't detect my m505 as an infrared device. Took me days to figure this out!

Dennis Pipper
wrote at 06/01/2001

I've used Afterburner on my Palm IIIc for a month, be sure to use the ScreenFix Hack that comes with this program if you have a IIIc. I registered the software after day one and it is well worth the $8.00 paid. My Palm increased in speeds of 260% Grab it and regiter it. You won't regret it.

Bruce Jeffreson
wrote at 05/15/2001

I've been using this for 2 months with no problems at all - it's excellent. Simple, 200% increase in speed & no crashes at all. Enough said? Time to register....

Ken Kerruish
wrote at 05/13/2001

Phenomenal App!!! I've been a registered user since 3.0 first came out - helped in troubleshooting some of the problems with the IIIC - and it's a testament to the quality of this developer's programming that this version (3.0U) works with no apparent problems on my new M505. I'm running it at 45mhz! No problems with the screen at all, access to the 16mb SD card is much faster, and access via MSMount is almost fast enough to keep it enabled at all times! WAY TO GO!!! GRAB THIS IF YOU HAVE A NEW PALM DEVICE!!!

Roland Harvey
wrote at 05/08/2001

Downloaded the demo and within 1 day registered the product. I own a Palm Vx with DateBK4d, TimeTraveler, Avantgo and Vindigo, all of these products have improved in speed dramatically. Using Benchmark showed the Palm running at 150%, switch on Afterburner and it jumped to 250%. Hotsyncing via IR was dramatically improved. Using the suggested settings I have not see any adverse affects yet! There is increased power drainage, however you can set a power limit at which point to slow back down to the Palms normal speed. No problem spending the $8 on this one.

Kirk Strauser
wrote at 04/18/2001

I've been using this for over a year now, and simply would not go back to my old, slow system. It runs perfectly on my Palm IIIxe (using either HackMaster *or* TealMaster - both work correctly) alongside several other hacks. HandMap loads quickly, DateBk4 screams, and AvantGo is usable. This little app does exactly what it claims to without fail.

Laurent LAMAGNERE
wrote at 04/04/2001

I am unable to write anything. Afterburner ain't compatible with tealmaster. But I have been told next version will be.

Bob Dundon
wrote at 03/24/2001

I've been having a problem with AB3t on my Visor Deluxe. My testing doesn't seem to show the problem is related to any of my other hacks. But *any* time I turn on, then try to turn off Beam Receive I get a Fatal Error. The error doesn't happen right when I turn off Beam Receive. It happens when I exit the Preferences window (no matter HOW I choose to exit). The error box only states "Fatal Exception" and offers me a reset button. I reset and everthing seems to restore just fine. If I turn off AB3t then I can turn Beam Receive on/off at will with no problems. I've emailed to author and he asked me if I was using IRlink (the manual calls out problems with this program). I told him no and have had no further follow-up from him since. I just emailed him again, so we'll see what happens. I just added in TrapWeaver hoping this might help, but no joy. I don't use the beam function much so I can live with the problem, but it is annoying. On the upside, the program makes DateBk4, Wordsmith, and AvantGo much nicer to use on a 16mhz unit. Bob

Charles Moughamian
wrote at 03/16/2001

I like the program but have had major problems with the color on screen fix.I thought i would have got better support but he informed me he was leaving to go over seas till the middle of the month. Oh well it was only 8.00 dollars what ya expect.I read the complete instruction manuel and did everything step by step and re-installed it repeatly but it keeps crashing the color fix....your guess is as good as mine..will keep trying

Jens Geisler
wrote at 03/13/2001

The program speeds up the palm to 254% of its originally speed, but it disabled the infrared communication so that I must allways disable the hack, before I could use IR funcionallities. After some time even hotsync does'nt work fine. So I removed the tool.

Michael Hoskelis
wrote at 02/21/2001

Excellent program, I have used it on both my Palm IIIx and IIIxe. I have been running at 45 Mhz for several months without any problems. I have many large databases and DOC files on my palm. The normal palm runs too slow to handle these files. Afterburner speeds up the palm and makes it useful to work with my data. I have not had any data losses or resets due to this program. This program is a MUST HAVE program for all users!

Phillip Bruce
wrote at 02/21/2001

This program is a must have if you have any large files on your palm. I can feel the added speed in everything I do. I have an m100 with 8mb of ram so I can afford to have some extra big stuff. I use the 35Mhz setting with no problems at all. Register and pay the $8 because it is worth every dollar.

Dan Long
wrote at 02/18/2001

I'm amazed at this app; the speed difference on my IIxe is remarkable. With 6K+ on it, the little Palm was dragging, but now, even running at a modest 24 or 26Mhz, it responds right away. Excellent for users of Datebk4 or any word processing app; the difference for me using SmartDoc with the Palm keyboard is worth twice the price alone. Seems to be playing nicely with EV Plug Base.

Peter Ching
wrote at 02/14/2001

This is a must have for people using spreadsheets or word processing software! Without it, you can forget modifying your spreadsheets or word documents without waiting a long long time! I have it installed on my Palm Vx and for the last two months running default speeds of 28 mhz, it has not caused any fatal errors! Download it and pay for it, you will not regret it!!!!

Tamim Azizadah
wrote at 01/04/2001

I registered this app before even trying it, based on the good things I've heard from friends. I installed it on my Visor Prism and it crashed on me a few times. Then I went and read the included manual which made things clearer, and finally got an optimal setting at 40Mhz. WOW, the performance is very much noticeable. Running a game like bubblepuzzle can really tell you the difference. At first I had problems using it with my Stowaway keyboard, but running things at 40Mhz fixed things. I'm just amazed at the performance boost. Now my cursor can actually keep up with my typing! Well worth the $8 bucks.

Eric CARIOU
wrote at 01/02/2001

I use afterburner ver 3.0t at 45 Mhz on a Palm IIIc without any problem ! Wonderful software. Just one thing, don't forget to delete the Afterburner preferences before upgrading from a previous version. This can be done by using the PrefMgr program. Falling to do that can cause malfunction to the program in particular on the sound notification and the compatibility with some programs (OMNIREMOTE). Thank's again to Daniel !!!!

Wolfgang Franz
wrote at 12/31/2000

Many Thanks to Daniel Wee!!! I had a streaking problem with version 3.0s on my Palm IIIx. Daniel gave me the best support I ever had. He spent more than six hours during the night to solve my problem! I think version 3.0t will be out soon. Afterburner is state of the art!!! Try, register and be satisfied!

Jake Wilcox
wrote at 12/30/2000

I hereby apologize to Dan Wee. His support of the product is first rate. Version 3.0s DOES support PPK, but it all depends on how fast you're going. 45Mhz? Don't hold your breath. The 42-44 Mhz range is your best bet for PPK support. Daniel calls this a hardware limitation and I'm sure he's right. You can only move an F-14 so fast before it comes apart in the air. At the same time it seems that there has to be a way to stabilize things via software. Perfect software would, but we all know that perfect software is awful hard to come by. As far as economy goes, AfterBurner is priced about average, and you do get quite a bit for your money. If you're looking for a well put together piece of software, very configurable, with a nice GUI, then this is the place to be. Individual speedups for each app is also an extremely nice feature. This is what you're spending your money for, and it IS worth the price. Simply put, if these and other compatibility options are not important to you, and all you're looking for is a raw speedup, Get ClockupDA. It is free, but it's not this good. Again, the software isn't perfect, but Dan Wee's support of it puts it over the edge. I apologize again for my initial bad review. Thanks Dan!

john mcmullen
wrote at 12/30/2000

let me update my earlier review....problem was ME, not the app. I didn't fully read through the installation instructions and paid for my mistake. my apologies to Daniel Wee for my stupid error. after correcting my mistake with guidence from Daniel, product works great. very noticable speed improvement and product support is first rate. highly recommended!

Alberto Cajigas Jr.
wrote at 12/30/2000

Afterburner 3.0s works great on my Prism. I registered it and tested using all my applications and my STOWAWAY keyboard. Everything works fine. So far I've done any reset.

Jake Wilcox
wrote at 12/29/2000

Support for Stowaway PPK? That's a negative, good buddy. ^Repeat^ does NOT, N-O-T...support Stowaway! Worked fine pre-install, disabled hack plus soft reset did the trick. Re-enable Afterburner and guess what? Also, no major improvement over Clockup DA, which is Freeware. Gotta love good freeware. Anyway, I just bought the registered version of this for the second time because the old one didn't support Prism. ClockupDA did, but no PPK support. Shoulda' saved my money. Anyway, that's a big 'ole no bueno on this one...it's a great app, but the advertised features need to be there and good freeware will do the same thing for (obviously) much less. Sorry.

john mcmullen
wrote at 12/29/2000

not good. installed latest registered version on visor platinum and it makes it unusable. system has no other hacks. if I leave everything alone and "install" this hack, makes my screen unreadable. if I click on the screenfix hack, i get a fatal error. either way, only way around is to reset unit.

Wolfgang Franz
wrote at 12/29/2000

OK, I had problems with the IIIr version, too. But the author mailed me a fixed version a few hours later. Great support. Afterburner is still the best overclocking tool for Palm platform. Highly recommended! Try and REGISTER!

Fernando Vinan-Cano
wrote at 12/28/2000

I have to agree with Madison that 3.0r is a nightmare and also caused my Palm IIIc to keep crashing - I was also surprised it let me choose speeds above 32Mhz. Stick to 3.0q until it's sorted. However Madison, I can only assume you're installing the shareware version each time, when in fact you should or could be receiving the registered version directly from Daniel when it's released.

Evangelos Hatzidakis
wrote at 12/28/2000

Daniel's support and commitment add to the utility and excellence of this hack. Works great with QuickBits on a visor prism @ 309% in Benchmark 2.0. Daniel provided immediate feedback and updates that fixed all problems encountered on the prism. The speed improvement is noticable and worth the download. Thank you Daniel once again.

Madison Reyes
wrote at 12/27/2000

I love my previous Afterburner 3.0q, but I'm upset with the 3.0r, I have a Palm IIIe and it caused me to soft reset every time I loaded it. I got a fatal exception dialogue box. I ran it on benchmark, Liberty, <- ( the reason i got it)and Mapopolis. It reseted me every time. I'm also upset that I have to re register every time I get a new version of Afterburner, it should be one reg fits all versions. I still love Afterburner and emplore anyone who needs fast speeds like on Liberty to get this Hack. Its the most important hack on the market, but this new version &%$# up my Palm IIIe, so I rate that unacceptable.

Jocke Carlis
wrote at 12/18/2000

Amazing little thing... I use a Palm Vx and speed it up to 28mhz. All apps of course!! Used it like this for a month..hard. And no crash. All Ir app. works great for me..Sync..and internet with my N6210 using ir. Greatest accelrator..

Bill S
wrote at 11/29/2000

It was great once upon a time, but now AB has become too complex for many 'average' users. Should come with a specific guide and suggested settings for various Palm models. Furthermore, Visor Prism and Platinum users are SOL until Afterburner is updated. It actually slowed down my Prism and didn't run properly. Also had serious screen refresh issues on my former Palm IIIc even with the fix. Email upgrades and updates were prompt (and numerous) until 3.0q, but lately it's been rather quiet on the AB front.

Roger Asbahr
wrote at 11/27/2000

Holy Cow! I just installed Afterburner on my new Sony Clie which I've been bench comparing to a Visor Platinum and now the Sony is faster than the Platinum. Amazing!! The pre-Afterburner Clie benchmark was around 87%, after using the EZ CPU settings in the Readme doc it clocked in at 249% (and it feels like it to). I can now scroll through very large databases (or do lookups) and finish substantially before the Visor Platinum does. This is all the more amazing as I've been using Echo Hack since the early Palm days and just never bothered to look further. Kudos' to you Daniel Wee!

Scott Merryfield
wrote at 11/17/2000

I would buy afterburner in a heart beat if it was improved for Visor Prism support. On my Visor Deluxe, AB 2.2 worked great, but I now have my Prism. Some programs already overclock the Prism (to 42mhz, type Visor Prism in the search of Palmgear to find them) but I know AfterBurner could do better than that!! PLEASE UPGRADE

Artie Mandel
wrote at 11/16/2000

good program, but now that i have my visor platinum, i can't overclock to the speed i need to run liberty! upgrade please!

Randy Wobser
wrote at 11/03/2000

Very nice app! Ditto the beam problem. Another app that you may like is <QuickBits>. This one noticably sped up my Vx even after I installed AB. It is not an accelerator, but says that it looks for "shortcuts" in the OS. My slowest programs that sped up nicely w/ AB now really rip with the both of them. On the down-side, it is $15.

Leonidas Moschouris
wrote at 10/22/2000

Although I was actually trying to use the correct (i.e. English, not German) version of ScreenFix Hack when it kept crashing my Palm, when I deleted it and re-installed it, everything seemed okay. Not sure what was wrong, but it seems to have fixed itself. Anyway, my IIIc is blazingly fast, and that's what counts. Buy this program!

Leonidas Moschouris
wrote at 10/19/2000

The program does what it says it does, no doubt about that. However, the Screen Fix hack for IIIc users that I bought the registered version for just made my Palm crash every time I tried it. So I feel like my 8 bucks were less than well-spent. BTW, thanks for all the helpful hints from previous reviewers....

Leong Kin Foong
wrote at 10/17/2000

Most of the IR problelms noted below will be solved if you reduce the speed of the program causing the problem. Read the readme file - instructs on how to properly use the program. A quick solution - Launch Hackmaster before receiving any beam. In that screen, you can receive any beam from another Palm including an Afterburnered Palm (speed not more than 26Mhz). Question for Mr. Wee: Can Afterburner work with QuickBits?

Leong Kin Foong
wrote at 10/17/2000

Most of the IR problelms noted below will be solved if you reduce the speed of the program causing the problem. Read the readme file - instructs on how to properly use the program. A quick solution - Launch Hackmaster before receiving any beam. In that screen, you can receive any beam from another Palm including an Afterburnered Palm (speed not more than 26Mhz). Question for Mr. Wee: Can Afterburner work with QuickBits?

albert N
wrote at 10/14/2000

First of all i have to say that this is a very good program. Let's reiterate what it does, it speeds up all the programs in have running on my Vx. My girlfriend also has a Vx but with almost 7megs to spare. I on the other hand being the download freak that i am have less that 1 meg left but with afterburner my Vx runs faster than hers. The only problem is the palm portable keyboard which wouldn't work unless you reduce the speed. All in all i give it five stars. Keep up the good work!

Camille X
wrote at 10/02/2000

I've exactly the same problem as Chris with the beaming receive function and the IR Sync, but I've a little trick : If the default speed and the hotsync speed are "norm", you may IR sync without disconnecting Afterburner by doing a soft reset first.

Chris Zzz
wrote at 09/21/2000

This is a great little util. The only problem (and this is why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars ) is that beaming no longer works. I can beam to others, but others cannot beam to me. Also, Infrared Hotsync also does not work. This is on a Vx with OS 3.5.2

Ernest Lau
wrote at 09/08/2000

The program does what it promises and the speed increase is impressive. The only problem is that my Vx (running on OS 3.5) cannot receive data from another Palm through beaming WHEN the program is activated. Don't know if anyone have the same problem.

Robert Schechter
wrote at 09/06/2000

It's a great program. FastCPU is harder to use and harder to call up. FastCPU didn't handle the sound on a slowed game, whereas Afterburner did. HOWEVER, one unfortunate fact: The author seems less responsive than he might be. I asked him some questions about the LCD changes on version q, and he answered me (at least he did that) by telling me to check the documentation. If the documentation had explained it, I wouldn't have asked him. I paid for the registered version. It came with two other files for "screen hacking." There was no information or text about what these were. It turned out that both were for the Palm IIIc only, and I had to uninstall them again. Hey, can't you give a little readme.1st file or something and tell us what you've given us? However, in spite of the above, the program itself is probably the best of this class.

Joe Chott
wrote at 08/24/2000

I just got the portable palm keyboard. I figured this might help some people. I can run ALL my palm apps at 32 mhz, except for the keyboard. For the keyboard, I have to go to 28 mhz. I have a palm IIIc. If this doesn't apply, then ignore it, but it took me a while to dig through and figure it out so I thought I might save others the trouble. -Joe Chott

Robin How
wrote at 08/17/2000

The most jaw-dropping thing I've ever put on my PalmIIIe. I don't need the registered version features but I'm going to register it anyway. $8 is fair enough. Datebook3, Supernames and z'catalogue are quick and responsive. Imagine taking your PentiumII 200Mhz and making it perform like a PentiumIII 500Mhz without restarting! That's what it's like. Get it now and wonder why Palm never gave you these options.

Remy E.
wrote at 08/14/2000

Woah... certainly the best soft for Palm !! I use it since the 2.0 version and now 3.0q ! AfterBurner is the best overclocking for Palm OS devices. Now it is very stable and I never had problem with the last version (I couln't say that with 3.0a, 3.0b...). You can really feel the speed and I used a timer to calculate the work with big soft : incredible !! I don't really know if it is dangerous for the Palm but I put a 26Mhz frequency and it works very good !! A MUST !!

Kevin Ravenscock
wrote at 07/29/2000

This program is SWEET! But Daniel, the overclocking limit for older EZ-CPU's is actually 24 mHz not 23. Maybe if you add a 25mHz option, it might work on a PalmIII

Larry Hester
wrote at 07/18/2000

I downloaded this two days ago and went back to register it within an hour. This is an absolute killer program. It works perfectly on my Palm IIIxe. At 24mhz It accellerated from a benchmark of 108 to 230! I have seen no side-effects from overclocking the processor of any kind. It's a wonderful program at a great price.

John Records
wrote at 07/16/2000

I agree with the other reviewers--great program. I had a question of the author, Dan Yee, and he was back to me via email in an HOUR, and this late in the evening! Too, Afterburner makes Datebk4 a lot more useful to me. I find the screen redraw in Datebk4 (without Afterburner) slow enough to make editing items awkward. I recently started using Afterburner 3.0, and it speeds things up enough to make the editing in Datebk4 more tolerable.

Ian McCauley
wrote at 07/15/2000

This program has ruined my appreciation of shareware. Every other piece I have now seems worthless in comparison. Worth five stars for performance and support since I got my first version (3.0b) and add a star for every version since. Double that now that the IIIc screen problems are fixed. This is a "buy before you try" to save you having to come back later to pay the tiny shareware fee. Fantastic program with fantastic support. (Sorry about the one star Daniel, but you must be sick of seeing five stars!)

Ron Lee
wrote at 07/15/2000

I'd give it 6 stars. Awesome capability to ramp up the speed. I had one problem with the IIIc screen on scrolling (for just a couple programs) --- which the author hammered away at extremely quickly until he got it working. No problems in sight --- afterburners on at full tilt. You should buy this program!!!!!

Juan Fierro
wrote at 07/14/2000

I thought it would be just another hipe, but I tell you. It works awsome. My hobby is astronomy and I teach it to the boyscouts for their merit badges. Well I have a prg and when it would initialize, it would take about 30 seconds to load. Now it loads in about 5sec or less. I does exactly what it claims to do. I haven't seen any problems with the speed effecting programs. Thanks.

David Gates
wrote at 07/09/2000

If you are reading these reviews and have yet to purchase this program, stop reading, grab your credit card and buy it now. No delay in screen changes, completely stable when ran at the proper speed. I have mine set at Daniel's recommend setting and Benchmark gives me consistant readings of 280%, nothing higher or lower. Just 280%. If you have a PalmVx, check if you have a memory problem on Palm's website. If you do, the software problem helps to stop the crashes, but does not really fix the problem. With the software patch, I was only getting readings of around 261%, with my replacement Palm, 280%. You do the math, these is an excellent program. Thanks Daniel for making the price so resonable. Keep up the good work.

Ryan Mock
wrote at 07/09/2000

I really love this program. I run it on my IIIc with no problems. If you need that slight boost I'd definitely recommend it. Check out <a href="http://www.palmblvd.com/reviews/ab30.html">http://www.palmblvd.com/reviews/ab30.html</a> for an in depth review.

Ryan Mock
wrote at 07/09/2000

I really love this program. I run it on my IIIc with no problems. If you need that slight boost I'd definitely recommend it. Check out http://www.palmblvd.com/reviews/ab30.html for an in depth review.

J Robinette
wrote at 06/29/2000

Fantastic program, my Visor Deluxe Benchmarks @ 273%. I've had no troubles with applications. I use a big chunk of memory for AvantGo & with Afterburner the load time is much decreased. In addition, the level of support supplied by Mr. Wee is unsurpassed. Best utility available for the Palm OS.

John Peirce
wrote at 06/28/2000

FLAWLESS on Palm Vx OS 3.3. AvantGo, DateBk4, FitalyStamp, StarPilot, SimCity, PeanutReader all work perfectly. Very stable at benchmark 272. Benchmark 181 without even accelerating clock (0 wait states+ Fast Mpx). Lives happily with fairly diverse collection of other hacks. Transitions between accelerated apps and decelerated (doc reader) apps very smooth. Buy the shareware version! Not only is it the right thing to do; registered version has important features not present in trial version, most importantly (for thoes of us w/o keyboards) option to notify silently of clock speed changes (no more *&%$# beeps).

Henry Pobble
wrote at 06/27/2000

I don't know about you, but I simply deleted most of my unused apps, and with the freed-up memory, my Pilot 5000 ran 209% faster. This seems like a free :) and non-hack method.

Hubertus Krogmann
wrote at 06/27/2000

I tried it on my Palm IIIc. 286% in benchmark against a normal IIIx says it all. That's for the 4 stars. BUT, some applications cannot handle more then Norm speed: Avantgo MemoPlus TodoPlus Secret!2 and some games. All these suffer on scrolling, only some pixels at the border are scrolled. Sometime the Launcher is still displayed when starting an application. And another BUT is gamespeed, Atom Smash just gets to fast :)

P. van der Ven
wrote at 06/27/2000

This one is really worth the money!

G T
wrote at 06/26/2000

Awesome hack that's worth every cent & second spent to register. So many features and experiments, I would be spending days to find them all. Dumped all my other hacks and speed tricks for this. This hack does them all anyways (BTW, it performs as well as NoWaitZ, the guy must've missed an option) And support couldn't have been better. Two thumbs up!

Bob Mattes
wrote at 06/24/2000

Tried it out for a couple of weeks, then bought 3.0k. Very nice program that does just what it says. I get 277% in Benchmark on my Palm Vx, OS 3.3, with my Afterburner settings, compared to 183% w/CruiseControl. Searches and program loads (esp. AvantGo) are especially noticable as faster, as well as screen refreshes. No problems with hack compatibility when Afterburner is loaded first per the instructions, and battery drain isn't significantly worse than usual. Thanks for a great product well worth the money :-)

Jerry Hedden
wrote at 06/23/2000

If you really, really want to burn up your batteries faster with higher clock speeds, then this product is more than adequate for the purpose. However, I much prefer NoWaitZ to get my speed improvements by all those means other than upping the clock speed, and NoWaitZ beats Afterburner 3.0j in this department. Using Benchmark I get 197% on my Palm Vx with NoWaitZ, but only 182% with Afterburner. Similarly, NoWaitZ gives 160 PALMMARKS on PocketMark; Afterburner - 152. Further, NoWaitZ is only 1K in size. The other reason I would want to use Afterburner is to REDUCE the clock speed when the battery is low, but since it is not compatible with NoWaitZ, I don't use it.

Richard Lecours
wrote at 06/23/2000

Clearly, here is an author interested in having the best product for its purpose!!! Unfortunately for me, I find that there are various kinds of screen problems and crashes that occur on my PalmIIIc when it is running, even when I try lower speeds like 24 MHz and no other hacks. So, once he gets to a version that is happier on a PalmIIIc, I'll certainly register it.

Emmett Simpson
wrote at 06/20/2000

I have been in computers my entire working life and know there will be problems. So support is a big consideration when I purchase an application. Daniel Wee goes way beyond what I expected. He really takes pride in the applications he creates and wants the customer to be satisfied. AfterBurner works as advertised. The options should allow anyone to tailor it to their specific device. The support is second to none. The price is a real bargain. Support shareware by registering it.

Cees de Groot
wrote at 06/18/2000

If there's one piece of shareware you're going to register, register this one! First, the hack really makes a difference - the whole thing becomes a lot snappier. Second, this guy's support is awesome and a lesson to a /lot/ of big shops!

John Kelly
wrote at 06/17/2000

I have tried other accelerators with my old Palm Professional (running OS 3.3 on a TRG 8Mb memory card) but with little success. I tried Afterburner II but it stopped working with OS 3.3 so I was pleased to see Daniel Wee had taken it upon himself to work on this performance utility. I first tried 3.0b but this caused my Pilot to crash badly. I contacted Daniel and he replied immediately to tell me that it wasn't compatible with EZ chips but he was working on it. By version 3.0g non-EZ chips were catered for and I'm now running 3.0h without a problem (however do disable all hacks before enabling Afterburner or you may get memory errors). At 23Mhz I'm getting a Benchmark of 129% (up from 91%) - that is Palm Vx performance. At 29Mhz, Benchmark shows 156%. How far do you push it? Thank you Mr Wee for a marvellous piece of software and keep up the good work.

Christian Gaertner
wrote at 06/16/2000

A must-have hack. Very well done with a lot of options to avoid problems with incompatible programs.

Don Betts
wrote at 06/13/2000

I had posted a review after purchasing 3.0e & now have 3.0g. It is even better & the support from Daniel is top notch! I have a IIIxe & have it set to 32% & now it FLIES! No problems at all. To anyone considering AB3, don't be cheap. Buy it! It is the one MUST HAVE hack. BTW, Read the README.TXT file BEFORE you install (When all else fails, read the instructions!).

Jim Kenefick
wrote at 06/12/2000

I wrote a 4-star but critical review of an earlier version of AfterBurner, but this latest update (3.0g) is tip-top. After experimenting with every possible setting, I ended up with a Benchmark rating of 289% at 29mhz. Hats off to Mr. Wee for addressing the issues everyone raised. I would still like to see the IR issue worked on, since I have to speed things down to get reliable beaming (24, sometimes 26mhz) and I see others saying the same thing. I was, however impressed that the keyboard functionality is fine now. No problems whatsoever using the Stowaway... Even with that, I heartily recommend paying the 8 bucks. I opened my email today to find a copy of the latest release waiting for me...that's great service by a software author! If you're looking for more speed, this is the way to get it.

Thomas Schussler
wrote at 06/11/2000

I'd like to thank Mr. Wee for his prompt technical support. My problem with the TRGPro setting individual program speeds was corrected by the following procedure which is listed at the very bottom of the included readme. 1. Disable ALL Hacks 2. Enable ONLY Afterburner Hack 3. Go to SPEEDS panel. It probably won't have trouble 4. Re-enable your other hacks one by one

Ken Kerruish
wrote at 06/11/2000

I've been working with the author to help him with a few Palm IIIC issues...like using a side scrollbar with the stylus...only scrolls the left most characters... Anyway - runs very stable at 28mhz...with the exception of text scrolling apps...which have to be lowered to 22mhz (still faster) to alleviate the effects. Keep in mind, anything over 29mhz is HIGHLY experimental...

Rodrigo Castro
wrote at 06/11/2000

Not for PalmIII... it crashed imediately, forcing me to hard reset, losing data.

Simon Husin
wrote at 06/11/2000

My Palm VII with Palm OS 3.2.5 now runs at above 270% per www.quartus.net "Benchmark", improved from 157% without it.

Thomas Schussler
wrote at 06/10/2000

Works at installed speed of 29hz on TRGPro but crashed everytime attempt to try to change individual app speed. Still buggy on the TRGPro.

Nigel Tan
wrote at 06/10/2000

It promptly crashed by Palm III on activation, forcing me to do a hard reset. Thanks to backups, I managed to recover all my data. However, oddly enough, the Palm seemed successfully speeded up after the hard reset! I didn't want to take any chances, so I tried to switch it back to 'Norm' speed, causing it to crash *again*, forcing a hard reset *again*. Sigh... if it only were more stable!

Ismail Dalgic
wrote at 06/10/2000

Not only is this program a great update to the original Afterburner, but the author is very responsive to bug reports. He resolved a problem I was having with network applications over the serial port in a matter of hours. Awesome program which now works at different clock speeds along with my Omnisky Modem, GoType keyboard, and many hacks.

Andy Handschin
wrote at 06/10/2000

Very useful and stable application! I run it on my Palm Vx with OS3.5 and it works just find. Excellent support!

Tengku Nizam
wrote at 06/10/2000

Whoa! I believe my TRGpro's beaten all odds! I benchmarked at 303% (three hundred and three percent!) And the speed is definitely worth it! No stability problems either! Now I can brag about having THE fastest PalmOS handheld.

Jim Kenefick
wrote at 06/10/2000

I give this only four stars because I have had mixed results here. While things are markedly faster, the stability of my Visor drops off remarkably with Afterburner. Often, I get memory errors when trying to OK the "Speeds" section that result in soft resets. Lastly, it does NOT live well with SwitchHack. I have to pick one or the other. I have done the whole "disable all hacks and re-enable one by one" and the culprits are Afterburner and SwitchHack. Which one is the problem? I don't know. The upside? Benchmark says 234% speed gain at 32 Mhz. Launcher III FLIES, and AvantGo loads pages so fast as to be almost instantaneous. I guess the trick is to know when to use it and when to disable it. I'm keeping it, and I will pay for it, but I'd like to see more development, especially in how nice Afterburner plays nice with other hacks...

Don Betts
wrote at 06/09/2000

A really great hack. My IIIxe benchmarks @ 269%. Well worth the $8!! My Palm runs fast like it should!.

Fernando Vinan-Cano
wrote at 06/09/2000

Bloomin' marvelous. My Plam IIIc seems so smooth now, more so than when I was using Tornado V. Can't go above 28mhz without the serial port going screwy with my mobile phone, but the extra few mhz don't seem to make any difference with the benchmark - still 284% Avantgo is the only app that has screen problems so far, and won't clock above 22mhz - oh well BTW. If you want to keep using EvPlugBase instead of HackMaster, you can. Just keep HackMaster installed but don't enable any hacks - you can use it to configure them and EvPlugBase to run them

Craig Orr
wrote at 06/08/2000

Seems to work quite well on my Palm IIIc. As a guide Cruise control gives 205% on Benchmark whilst afterburner pushes this up to 284% (@30MHz). Stability (and if that extra 80% improvement is really needed) will be the interesting issue... On that who can say at this early stage.

Andrey Stoev
wrote at 06/08/2000

It is an excelent software. My Palm IIIxe works great overclocked to 29 mHz! The software is stable, with nice set of features. It allows you to tweak many hardware relayted parameters and overclock/undeclock the whole system or particular application.I used to have TornadoV, Cruise Control and StreakHack on my Palm, now Afterburner 3 replaced them all!The Author is really responsive. I've got reply on my e-mail in 20 minutes! Definitly worth registering!

Visor visor
wrote at 06/08/2000

crash visor when choose speed options and not support water lu's chinese os

Al Hulsebosch
wrote at 06/07/2000

Excellent hack. My Palm IIIxe performance was boosted 266% (using Benchmark it went from 108% of base to 287% of base). The only thing better was the service. I had a minor problem with a previous version and had an email exchange over the next 12 hours that resulted in everything screaming along. The Palm performs VERY nicely with this boost. After registering HackMaster, this is the next Hack you MUST get.

Jude Mansilla
wrote at 06/07/2000

To Ron Elkin: That flicker should be able to be remedied by adjusting the LCD/n setting to 1 or 2. Good luck. The support I've received from the developer is fantastic. And so far so good. I'm running an ultrafast Palm now.

Ron Elkins
wrote at 06/07/2000

Version 3.0e causes a flicker on the screen of my IIIx that makes it unusable. This happens at any speed adjustment I have tried. V3.0 is a welcome sight for all of us OS3.3 users who cannot use v2.2. Once the flicker is fixed, this will be a GREAT app.

kalahari surfer
wrote at 06/07/2000

Every time I install a minor upgrade (3.0b, 3.0c, 3.0d, 3.0e) I encounter different problems on my Visor that make it unusable. I have gone back to the excellent free AfterBurner II. Hope the author can come up with a stable Afterburner 3 though.

Per Christensen
wrote at 06/07/2000

Great app :-) Gave my PalmV a 264% boost, while keeping it stable - incredable ! The author is very fast with correcting errors and implementing new features. Love the features for speed/power comsumption in relation to remaining batteri-life !

Michael Zeis
wrote at 06/07/2000

i'm so sorry, for the bad rating i gave yesterday. sure it's a great program for those who have a machine whitch is supported. now I give 4 stars. the documentation could be better. I liked to have a kind of table which shows the cpu/type of palm supported and the program suitable for it. for all palm III users, I think the old version of afterburner is o.k.

Roy van der Woning
wrote at 06/07/2000

This hack is great! I've been able to boost my IIIc to 29 Mhz. Everything still works fine even up to 32 Mhz but doesn't give me any added performance (according to the Benchmark utility) so I'm going to stick to 29 Mhz. I now have my device working at 276-280% which is twice the normal speed (Benchmark used to indicate a relative performance of 138%). To the previous reviewers who experienced data loss: the docs with this hack clearly indicate that you use it at your own risk and that overclocking your device is not a supported feature by Palm. Furthermore, it takes nothing more than a little common sense to make sure that you have an up-to-date backup of your device's contents before you start using a utility like this. So basically, the worst that can happen (provided you don't end up to be the first one suffering from hardware damage) is having to restore your device, which is a breeze with the "push hotsync button and have a coffee" type of procedure that BackupBuddy offers. In other words: quit whining, you knew what you were letting yourself into. If you make the necessary preparations, this tool gives you a serious opportunity to dramatically increase your device's performance.

Cory Salvesen
wrote at 06/06/2000

Awesome product. It overclocks almost all my applications beautifully on my Handspring Visor standard. I run everything at 32 Mhz except Chessgenuis. I can't imagine using Avantgo without this speed now... there are no screen delays in it and the scrolling is smooth! Thanks.

JD Smith
wrote at 06/06/2000

Crashed my IIIx @ 24MHz - when it came back up, it gave me the "welcome to palm" screens. I lost everything. Thanks alot.

Harry Miktarian
wrote at 06/06/2000

Very nice, Works great on my IIIc (3.0c fixed the problem of reporting a 16MHz cpu vs. 20MHz). I was a Tornado user and have switched to Afterburner. I oc very few apps, but appreciate the general speedup given by the waitstate tweaks. Author very responsive. Well worth the reg fee.

Michael Zeis
wrote at 06/06/2000

thanks backupBuddy! i could restore all my data from my plam III with OS 3.3! had to do a hard reset. testing with copilot also provides this error.

Holly J
wrote at 06/06/2000

My preliminary rating is definitely a 5. I've explored several under/overclocking utililities but this is the best so far. Tornado was the best before this, but wouldn't work with my GoType. So far, on my IIIx with the 8m xtra xtra, I've run it at 32 (just to see how it'll do.) Had no problems, including display, even when I disabled NoStreakHack and set the LClk/2 to "never". Hot synched without a hitch. Took 3 minutes for 6506k (304 files) to synch and BackupBuddy to backup. Will see what happens over the next few weeks using each application.

Peter Lim
wrote at 06/05/2000

Very fast on my Palm Vx. But still a few bugs. Can't hotsync if everything set to max. If default speed is set between 26Mhz and 29Mhz, the display will go haywire. Everything works fine at 24Mhz. It's a fantastic software. Just iron out the bugs and it'll worth the money and a six star.

Per Christensen
wrote at 06/05/2000

An previous user of Afterburner v2, I had to turn to TornadoV after upgrading my Palm OS to v3.1 TornadoV is a great program but just doesn't have the features that Afterburner have. I expecially like the speed/power comsumption relativity to remaining batteri-life :-) Great feature ! BUT ! I must say that it is not very nice to purchase a program with errors in it ; I continously end up with an error when trying to configure speed pr. applic. : MemoryMgrNew.c, Line:3138, Nill ID :-( Hope the author fixes this real soon...

Bill McAdams
wrote at 06/05/2000

I would like to update my previous review. The problem seems to be fixed and it works great even with my other fourteen hacks, etc. The author was very responsive; I purchased it and love it.

Bill McAdams
wrote at 06/05/2000

Works great! I've been using Tornado, which has never had a problem but can get an increase of 198% only. Afterburner 3.0 takes me to 257% with no problems running on a modified (8M memory upgrade and hardware over clocking) Palm V. The unit is more responsive but there is one small problem when I try to adjust speeds for individual apps or just go into the "Speed Preferences" screen and hit "OK" the following error occurs: MemoryMgrNew.c, Line:3138, Nill ID. If I run everything at the default setting then it works great and I'm sure this small problem will be fix but to make my rating realistic I was forced to give the unregistered version four stars.

Alan Burt
wrote at 06/05/2000

I have been waiting for this since I got my Vx with OS 3.5. I'm glad someone finally decided to make a 3.5 compatible version. This is well worth $8.

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