[PLUG] palm devices

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Michael D. Harris wrote:

> I would like to order a palm device.  I noticed that in the specs on many
> of these devices Linux is not mentioned as an operating system that can be
> used to sync your device. Does anyone have any experience using the palm
> tools on Debian Linux (Sarge) to sync their Palms and does it require geek
> status to get it going?

Mike,

   We've used jpilot on the desktop since Judd first released it years ago.
The connection is via pilot-link which should be part of every distribution.
Over the years I've sync'd a Palm Persona, Professional, III, m105,
Handspring Visor Pro, and Kyocera QCP-6035 with nary a problem. If the PDA
runs a Palm OS, pilot-link and jpilot work just fine. We use both serial and
USB connections.

   Sometimes you have to add the users to the group owning the port, or you
can change the port's owner to yourself if you're the only user.

Rich

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