From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 13 14:49: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from horst.bfd.com (horst.bfd.com [12.9.219.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E538F14CEE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:49:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Received: from HARLIE.bfd.com (bastion.bfd.com [12.9.219.14]) by horst.bfd.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA34769; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:49:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:49:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" To: wwoods@cybcon.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Palm piolt In-Reply-To: <19990913210101.10397.cpmta@c008.sfo.cp.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 13 Sep 1999 wwoods@cybcon.com wrote: > OK, I am looking at getting a 3com Palm IIIx for work purposes, but I am wondering, how is the functionality under FreeBSD? > > Specifically, what PIM's can I hot-sync to? (I have herd reports of people using StarOffice 5.X and Koffice...anyone here?) > > Also, how well does FreeBSD/Palm communication work? > > I would be using this for work related dates, times and E-mail among other things. > > What all are you guys using the Palm for under FreeBSD? pilot-link works quite well under FreeBSD, but isn't a PIM. However, some of the other palm utilities/PIMs use it as the communication method, and these should work as well. I have no problem installing/backing up stuff, but I have no real need to access my palm info under freebsd, so I can't compare the utilities for that. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message