irclog2html for familiar on 2002.03.17

irclog2html for familiar on 2002.03.17 09:24:28 sachac Has anyone here established an irda tty connection to the iPAQ? 15:55:03 dctanner humbug 18:10:40 dneuer hi all 21:27:37 bjorn is it practical to run linux on a pda or is a palmos more usable as a pda? 21:31:03 a7r_ it's practical, depending on what you want to do. 21:49:46 bjorn a7r_ i was thinking of the basic things, like keeping track of appointments and classes 21:50:02 a7r_ yeah, as long as you're a bit tolerant of the tools. 21:50:33 Wooble a bit? 21:51:01 Wooble is there for instance syncing between Storm and another Desktop based tool? 21:51:51 a7r Wooble: just display storm to the desktop. 21:52:16 Wooble ahh. 21:52:58 cmarqu Wooble: you can sync Evolution to Storm (contacts only IIRC) 21:53:04 Wooble I haven't gine into X yet, but as far as I've heard, there aren't much tool yet. 21:53:11 cmarqu Wooble: evo2storm.py 21:53:20 Wooble ahh. OK 21:53:23 Wooble nice to know 21:55:57 bjorn I'm deciding between buying a handera 330 or an wince pda, but i need to know if the wince pda is as usable to do the things i need: the very basics 21:57:15 cmarqu bjorn: you can try QPE on a x86 Linux box 21:57:24 cmarqu bjorn: qpe.sf.net 21:57:32 bjorn cmarqu good idea, i will do that! 21:58:33 cmarqu bjorn: you can then explore the rest on the iPAQ (familiar et al), and check if one of the other PIM apps fit your needs 22:03:09 bjorn cmarqu i'm downloading qpe now, i didnt know i could try it on a pc, i will make it much easier to decide 22:04:52 cmarqu bjorn: QPE/QTOPIA/OPIE will certainly fit your needs, and it has progressed quite over the demo from what i hear 22:31:35 phadin i was looking at the familiar installation HOWTO and it mentions a USB cradle modified to do RS232 serial... how would you go about modifying it? I can't seem to find any information on how its done 22:43:30 a7r phadin: check the wiki on handhelds.org Generated by irclog2html.pl by Jeff Waugh - find it at freshmeat.net! Modified by Tim Riker to work with infobot logs, split per channel and by date, etc.

`09:24:28`	`sachac`	`Has anyone here established an irda tty connection to the iPAQ?`
`15:55:03`	`dctanner`	`humbug`
`18:10:40`	`dneuer`	`hi all`
`21:27:37`	`bjorn`	`is it practical to run linux on a pda or is a palmos more usable as a pda?`
`21:31:03`	`a7r_`	`it's practical, depending on what you want to do.`
`21:49:46`	`bjorn`	`a7r_ i was thinking of the basic things, like keeping track of appointments and classes`
`21:50:02`	`a7r_`	`yeah, as long as you're a bit tolerant of the tools.`
`21:50:33`	`Wooble`	`a bit?`
`21:51:01`	`Wooble`	`is there for instance syncing between Storm and another Desktop based tool?`
`21:51:51`	`a7r`	`Wooble: just display storm to the desktop.`
`21:52:16`	`Wooble`	`ahh.`
`21:52:58`	`cmarqu`	`Wooble: you can sync Evolution to Storm (contacts only IIRC)`
`21:53:04`	`Wooble`	`I haven't gine into X yet, but as far as I've heard, there aren't much tool yet.`
`21:53:11`	`cmarqu`	`Wooble: evo2storm.py`
`21:53:20`	`Wooble`	`ahh. OK`
`21:53:23`	`Wooble`	`nice to know`
`21:55:57`	`bjorn`	`I'm deciding between buying a handera 330 or an wince pda, but i need to know if the wince pda is as usable to do the things i need: the very basics`
`21:57:15`	`cmarqu`	`bjorn: you can try QPE on a x86 Linux box`
`21:57:24`	`cmarqu`	`bjorn: qpe.sf.net`
`21:57:32`	`bjorn`	`cmarqu good idea, i will do that!`
`21:58:33`	`cmarqu`	`bjorn: you can then explore the rest on the iPAQ (familiar et al), and check if one of the other PIM apps fit your needs`
`22:03:09`	`bjorn`	`cmarqu i'm downloading qpe now, i didnt know i could try it on a pc, i will make it much easier to decide`
`22:04:52`	`cmarqu`	`bjorn: QPE/QTOPIA/OPIE will certainly fit your needs, and it has progressed quite over the demo from what i hear`
`22:31:35`	`phadin`	`i was looking at the familiar installation HOWTO and it mentions a USB cradle modified to do RS232 serial... how would you go about modifying it? I can't seem to find any information on how its done`
`22:43:30`	`a7r`	`phadin: check the wiki on handhelds.org`