Or, get a handpring visor prism, which does hotsyncs via USB...
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Juan Miguel Cacho wrote:
> En Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:37:07AM +0800, Rafael R. Sevilla escribio:
> #_
> #_ I have just recently obtained an IBM ThinkPad (I-series), and while it
> #_ didn't make me suffer excessively while installing Linux (unlike my old
> #_ Toshiba Libretto did...), it is handicapped by an unfortunate design
> #_ decision: there are no external RS-232 serial ports! I really need these
> #_ ports because my embedded system programming work uses them, and also I
> #_ can't even perform hotsync with my Palm IIIe. It's exasperating. The
> #_ only solution I can think of, short of getting a different laptop (which
> #_ is quite impossible at this point), is to find a USB to RS-232 converter.
> #_ Of course one which works with Linux, i.e. is listed as working on this
> #_ web page:
> #_
> #_ http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdevices.php3?id=12
> #_
> #_ such as the Keyspan USA-19W Single Port USB to RS-232 serial converter.
> #_ Does anyone know where I could buy any of these appropriate devices here
> #_ in the Philippines?
>
> Does the I-series have an IrDa port? If so, you might be able to hotsync
> using Ir. I think coldsync can do it (I'm not sure) You will also have to
> download an app that lets the palm IIIe hotsync via Ir, just search in
> palmgear.
>
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