Re: [coldsync-hackers] Sharp Zaurus SL-5500

["Brian Johnson" <bjohnson at jecinc dot on.ca>]

I guess then real questions are:

1. Can a linux based sync system be created & how much effort would that take?

2. Can modules be written for the Z applications that provide the same info as the
Palm perl modules ... & how much effort would that take?


Maybe the same coldsync conduits could work but with a different engine to drive
the syncing?


Sounds like too much work for me - I'd better stick to the Palm M500 I was looking
at (too bad though)






Justin C. Ferguson (jferg+coldsync-hackers@lusars.net) wrote*:
>
>When last we left our heros, they were speaking of:
>> I'd like for it to sync via coldsync so I can use the same conduits as the rest
of
>> the office
>>
>> How practical is that?  What kind of issues will arise?
>
>	I've pondered this question some myself - I've got a Zaurus, and the
>appeal of using coldsync conduits is strong; however, the Sync mechanisms are
>totally different, as are the data formats.
>	The Z acts as a network host connected to your local machine, and
>Syncing (if one were to do it manually) actually involves ftping into the
>Z from your local machine, grabbing the XML files containing the records for
>the various applications, and then doing the right things with them...which
>is pretty much entirely unlike syncing a Palm.  Far easier to develop for,
>IMHO, but different than most of what's currently out there.
>	As far as the Z running PalmOS, no, not really possible, though
>somebody did port the PalmOS Emulator to the Zaurus, so in a way you _can_
>run PalmOS on your Z.  But you wouldn't want to do that for any extended
>period of time.  :-/
>
>								JF
>
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