Re: [TCLUG:18739] Handspring and Linux?

[Gabe Turner (officer) <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

Umm, you culdn't have flashed it as it doesn't have flash capabilities.  I've
had my Visor since Sept. and am still looking for HandSpring to release an OS
upgrade.

Gabe

> 
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 10:04:44PM -0500, andrew nemchenko wrote:
> >You know I checked their website and they say that linux is not supported by
> >their software. Because they not only use a different cradle than Palm they
> >also use different software because of the way their PDA is built. The Palm
> >uses flash Rom to store all its files and the OS, so you can upgrade the OS.
> >You can't upgrade the Handsprings OS just because of different internal
> >archetecture. So unless they provide software for linux youre out of luck
> >because palm sync software will not work.
> >
> I find this pretty hard to believe. You may have misunderstood (or they stated
> it wrong) I have flashed mine and it still works. I use the USB stuff (as
> opposed to serial) and install software into it with jpilot and sync all day
> long. 
> 
> Now if I could get gnome-pilot to work... It runs like a daemon waiting for
> you to press the hotsunc button on your palm like ruindoze does. Looks pretty
> sweet, plus the gnome stuff is more aesthetic than is jpilot IMHO.
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