1/24 Does anyone have a cradle/cable they could lend me to sync a Palm V
with an iBook (no serial ports, only USB)? Alternatively, does
anyone know of a way to import Palm databases from a Windows box into
Palm Desktop v.4 for the Mac? I've done the obGoogling, but haven't
come up with anything useful. I'm trying to transfer data from anx
old, mostly dead Palm V to a new, USB only Palm Zire. If all else
fails, I guess I'll see if I can get the Zire to sync with my ancient
Windows 98 box.
-dans
\_I would expect the file format to be the same on both platforms;
just find the right folder to drop them in.
\_ That was what I originally attempted. I'm wondering if the
problem may be that the format changed between palm desktop
versions... -dans
\_ Is there no export/import function for the db?
There is for other stuff, like addressbook.
\_ I could export to CSV, but there is some slight loss
of info that way, so I'd have to waste time massaging
things back into the original format. -dans
\_ One way to do this is to buy/borrow a usb to serial converter
and use that to sync the palm v with your iBook. Keyspan makes
a decent one: http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/pdaadapter
Its about $30 at Fry's. If you are in the South Bay, I could
let you borrow mine. --ranga
\_ FYI, I solved the problem. Ended up doing a clean install of
Palm Desktop 4 on a Win2K box with both serial and USB ports.
Flipped conduit settings to Palm overwrites desktop, synced
Palm V via serial cradle, flipped conduit settings to desktop
overwrites Palm, then synced the Zire via USB. Finally, flipped
conduit settings on my iBook to Palm overwrites desktop, and
synced the Zire there. Everything appears to be in order. As
an added bonus, (I'm guessing a feature of Palm Desktop 4),
syncing also backed up and reinstalled all my add-on apps. In
the past, it was necessary to reinstall all apps when setting up
a factory clean or hard reset palm. Thanks to all who offered
suggestions and help. |