Subject: Re: Palm Pilots and NetBSD
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/17/2002 14:07:37
Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>  wrote:
 > I use a Handspring Visor Edge, and I've been quite happy with the
 > "jpilot" package (and pilot-link, for fetching stuff that jpilot
 > doesn't know about).
 > 
 > I currently use serial, since I have had some problems with the USB
 > interface under NetBSD.  But I haven't tried it for quite a while.

I use the USB interface with my handspring.  The problem with it is
you need to push the sync button in order to wake it up and make
itself known to the USB driver. So with pilot-link, you have to do
it for every file.  Rather irritating.


but I hardly use my handspring anyway.