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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:23:39 +0100 (CET)
From: Ton van Overbeek <v-overbeek AT cistron DOT nl>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
cc: <rknowles AT attbi DOT com>
Subject: Re: Q: how to access USB device- Handspring Visor cradle 
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Short answer: currently it is impossible to use USB devices on the cygwin
version of pilot-link.

On linux the kernel has support to treat the USB connection to a
Palm/Handspring as a serial link (/dev/ttyUSB[01]). pilot-link uses this
pseudo-serial device.
If you want to do the same on cygwin you will have to add the equivalent of
the linux usbserial and visor modules to cygwin1.dll. Not a simple task ...

Ton van Overbeek


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