It will be as fast as the smallest pipe. In this case the RS232 port in the
Palm.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitch_Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 9:48 PM
Subject: RE: Sending large PDB files to the Palm
>I've heard of USB adapters that you can connect between the Hotsync cradle
>and the USB port on a PC. So basically you are connecting your 9 pin cradle
>cable to a USB port. Does anyone know if these are these faster?
>
>Mitch Fawcett
>Tapn'see Software
>(Home of SuperList2 and world's lamest web-site)
>http://www.tapnsee.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sudeep
>Narain
>Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 1:33 PM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: RE: Sending large PDB files to the Palm
>
>
>Wow, that's indeed a dramatic improvement.
>
>Just to eliminate the possibility, do you know for a fact that they are
both
>configured to run HotSync at the same speed? I'd be interested in finding
>that out.
>
>Thanks,
>
>- Sudeep
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gordon, Douglas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 5:15 AM
>> To: Palm Developer Forum
>> Subject: Re: Sending large PDB files to the Palm
>>
>>
>> >I have a large pdb file with over 15000 records that i need to send to
>> the
>> >palm
>>
>> >You may have better results if you can combine several records together,
>> >both for sync time reasons as well as to save memory on the device,
since
>> >there's several bytes of overhead for each record.
>>
>> >Also, you should retest using Palm OS 3.5 on the devices, since the code
>> >was enhanced to speed up the record creation process for precisely this
>> >scenario. The improvement is dramatic, I understand.
>>
>> >-David Fedor
>> >Palm Developer Support
>>
>> My app's record count depends on the user's original data file, but I
have
>> a
>> couple of customers with record counts approaching 20,000. One guy with a
>> new IIIxe (OS 3.5) reported that his database took only about 15 minutes
>> to
>> download (about 19,000 records, 1.8Mb total size). Another person, who
>> must
>> have been using a pre-3.5 device, reported over an hour to download
>> databases with about 14,000 records. I was wondering why the big
>> difference
>> until I saw your post.
>>
>> Doug Gordon
>> GHCS Software
>>
>>
>>
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