Just a note to this discussion.
I found out from Code Warrior that I can't debug on the device using a usb
cradle so have to
get a second serial cradle to do development regardless of operating system.
My device is an m500.
So the operating system didn't help much there.
Also, you might remember that NT4 is a very old OS. Many of the driver's
date back to 96.
MS did do something about it, Win2000(aka NT5).
"Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:53812@palm-dev-forum...
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Richard Anderson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am aware that NT4 does not properly support USB, although I think some
of
> > the new service packs do (correct me if im wrong). But I cant believe
what
> > Ive just read - which is if I buy an m500, I will have to buy a seperate
> > serial cradle to use it with NT 4. Surely this is the biggest mistake
Palm
> > has ever made, given that NT 4 is currently the standard OS in buisness.
> > Most of our customers use NT 4, so if I migrate our SW and HW to the new
> > m500 they will all have to buy seperate cradles !!!, and go back to good
old
> > slow RS232.
> >
> > If this is really the case we are better sticking to Palm Vx's until
> > everyone uses Win 2000. The problem here is I have no idea how long Palm
Vx
> > will be available for, and knowbody wants to tell me. Come on Palm, let
us
> > know when Vx's will be unavailable, as info like this seriously affects
our
> > buisness plan.
> >
> > This sounds absolutely ridiculous to me. Does anyone know anything I
dont
> > ???
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rik Anderson
>
>
> How is this Palm's problem? Why aren't you posting to Microsoft's mailing
> lists complaining about NT not supporting USB? What about all the other
> USB peripherals that don't work on NT: digital cameras, zip drives, etc.?
>
> Admittedly, it would be nice if the Palm cradle came with both serial and
> USB connectors, but you can't expect every peripheral vendor to forgo
> progress (moving to USB) just because a 5 year old OS doesn't support it.
>
> This might help though:
> http://www.bsquare.com/products/devtools/usbwin40/default.asp
>
> --
> Brian Mathis
> Direct Edge
> http://www.directedge.com
>
>
>
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