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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 6 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > One is a RIM - on the back it says Go American Your Wireless ISP.
> > It has a small keyboard and LCD screen.
>
> There is little chance of this working. It appears to be some
> proprietary thing.
>
> > The other is a Palm III organizer with no keyboard (you use a
> > stylus but the person who gave it to us kept the stylus).  You can
> > add 2MB RAM. Made by 3com.  It requires Windows 95 or NT to sync
> > with a computer and has address book and mail applications and a
> > 1998 CD Bonus Pack.  I don't have high hopes for these.
>
> You can use the prc-tools package on Unix-like operating systems to
> sync with a Palm. Obviously, you will need a serial cradle or a
> newer kernel and a USB cradle.

These both have cradles that plug into serial ports so if we get them 
going I will attempt to access them with linux.  Neither one lights up 
with a good AA or AAA battery.  Do I need some module to access via the 
serial port?  I have not used anything but modem or nullmodem cable (dumb 
terminal) in the serial port, other than a camera (with photopc, which 
does not need any modules).


> There is a version of Linux which can be run on a PalmIII and used
> to test it, after you get the HotSync working.
>
> [list of PDAs]
>
> > Could BL3 fit on something in your list?
>
> Windows 98 has been run in an emulator on a Windows CE machine,
> so BL3 would obviously fit. To run it natively, however,
> everything would need to be recompiled to run on the archicture
> of the machine in question.

Does linux normally support the architecture of a PDA?  I don't even know 
what it would be called.

> David
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