From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Sep 15 19:00:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA12588 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usr05.primenet.com (root@usr05.primenet.com [206.165.6.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA12413; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from primenet.com (root@mailhost01.primenet.com [206.165.5.52]) by usr05.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA01280; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:57:04 -0700 (MST) Received: from foo.primenet.com (ip207.sjc.primenet.com [206.165.96.207]) by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA17340; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:57:01 -0700 (MST) Received: (from bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id TAA13387; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:03:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:03:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199709160203.TAA13387@foo.primenet.com> To: dburr@POBoxes.com Subject: Re: Program for FreeBSD or Linux to interface with USRobotics PIlot? Newsgroups: localhost.freebsd.questions References: From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Questions X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >Are there any programs for FreeBSD or Linux that will interface with my >USRobotics Pilot? Basically all I need is the ability to back up my Pilot >data onto my computer, although if there is one that will also allow me to >edit my Pilot data on the PC side, that would be nice (but not necessary). >Failing that, has someone done any work in reverse-engineering the Pilot's >"hotsync" protocol? If someone has, and maybe can help me out, I can take >a stab at writing a program for the Pilot myself... This is an old message, and I can't remember if I sent mail about this before, but... There's a wealth of info about this out there. Try http://www.inka.de/sites/eldorado/pilot/ and ftp://ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca/pub/PalmOS/ -- bryan k ogawa http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/