Re: [coldsync-hackers] Double snapshot announcement: 1.5.5, 1.6.0

[Don Duck Harper <duck@duckland.org>]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:14:51AM -0500, Andrew Arensburger wrote to To ColdSync Hackers:
:-) 	I've just uploaded not one, but two ColdSync snapshots (they're at
:-) http://www.ooblick.com/software/coldsync/, as usual).
:-) 	Version 1.5.5 is mainly a bug-fix release; in particular, a few
:-) memory leaks have been closed. It also includes a very primitive
:-) memory-leak detection tool (when, oh when will Purify run under *BSD?).
:-) 	There's also a new feature: if you set the speed to 0 in the
:-) (serial) listen block (or if you omit the "speed:" line entirely),
:-) ColdSync will just go with whatever the Palm suggests (there should also
:-) be some way of specifying "Go as fast as the serial port allows,
:-) regardless of what the Palm says", but that's a different story).
:-) 
:-) 	In version 1.6.0, ColdSync supports NetSync. At least
:-) partly. There's a new listen type:
:-) 		listen net { }
:-) that allows ColdSync to be the server for a network sync, where the Palm
:-) is in a cradle on a remote host. This has only been tested with HotSync; I
:-) assume that it works with pilot-link, but I haven't tried it.
:-) 	As far as I can tell, you need PalmOS 3.1 to be able to set the
:-) sync host on the Palm. Alternately, if you have a dual-boot *nix/Windows
:-) machine, you can run HotSync under Windows and set the machine as the
:-) Primary PC for NetSync. If you don't have Windows and PalmOS 3.1, and want
:-) to set the Primary PC on the Palm, your best bet is to hack the source.
:-) 	...which is okay, because the source is a shambles right now. I
:-) engaged in some major housecleaning, the net result of which will
:-) hopefully be cleaner and more readable code. The 1.6.0 snapshot is very
:-) alpha. It compiles, but that's about all I can say for it.

Well, both compile just fine for me, but I cannot get them to run.  I
get multiple 'ACK Timeout. Attempting to resend', then the pilot times
out, and I get an error message about the pilot being empty.

However, 1.5.3 works great.  Just one of the ACK messages, and we are in
business.

Now, if I can just get gtop.addr to work right, and find a calendar and
expense syncing conduits, I am in business. :)

-- 
Don Harper, RHCE, MCSE                          email: duck@duckland.org
Just a systems kinda guy...                      http://www.duckland.org

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a
suitable application of high explosives.


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