Hey Alex,

Also have your pda plugged into the cradle with pda on and see if the system
profiler gives you any different results.

Ward


on 10/31/2002 9:58 PM, Ward Oldham at woldham at insightbb.com wrote:

> OK, Alex . . .
> 
> I'm confused.  You have your keyboard plugged into one usb port.  Mouse
> plugged into the side of the keyboard.  Printer plugged into the other usb
> port.
> 
> So how can your pda be plugged in at all?
> 
> Ward
> 
> 
> on 10/31/2002 9:48 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 05:11  PM, Ward Oldham wrote:
>>> Connectivity seems to be a likely issue.  Make sure you have it
>>> connected
>>> directly to a built-in usb port, not a hub for your initial tests.
>> 
>> It is plugged into one of the three USB ports on the back of the iMac.
>> 
>>>   Once
>>> connected, you may want to check to see if the Apple System Profiler
>>> detects
>>> the device.
>> 
>> Ah, there's the (first) rub.  Under Devices and Volumes, System
>> Profiler shows the keyboard with the mouse branching off from it.  One
>> mystery item shows up as a "USB device" ... but that device must be the
>> printer since the printer prints.  The results are the same whether the
>> Palm cradle with adapter is plugged in or not.
>> 
>>> If not, go find a different adapter.
>> 
>> And that's the (second) rub.  The PalmConnect USB-serial adapter seems
>> to have been discontinued, as it no longer appears on the Palm store
>> website at all.  The I-Concepts adapter (suggested with a shrug and a
>> "maybe?" by the Apple rep at CompUSA) was the only one I could find in
>> an afternoon of driving all over town.  The people at Circuit City and
>> Best Buy were not optimistic about getting any (Palm brand or
>> otherwise) in.
>> 
>> I'm just about ready to give up and rebuild my Win98 box for the sole
>> purpose of backing up the PDA (is that nuts or what?)... Unless you
>> have other ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks for your help, Ward.
>> 
>> Alex Whitman
>> alylex at earthlink.net
>> 
>> 
>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>> 
> 
> 
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
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