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
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