using USB to HotSync Palm IIIc

[Jouko-Thomas Kleine]

I have a Palm IIIc PDA and I'm using Palm's serial to USB adapter to 
sync it with my iBook. I don't get HotSync to recognise it in MOL, but I 
must admit that I havent tryed very hard because I don't understand half 
of what I'm doing when configuring my Linux installation. I remember 
reading in the MOL User Guide that MOL understands all devices that are 
configured in Linux, so maybe my problem comes from Linux not supporting 
my serial to USB adapter? Is MOL itself capable of communicating with 
USB devices (my USB mouse works under MOL when I try it)? Maybe I could 
do without HotSyncing in MOL if I could get similar functionality as in 
Palm Desktop in Gnome but then I would have to get  my PDA to sync with 
Linux anyway.  Another problem is that besides Palm Desktop I'm using 
WordSmith which I think doesn't have a conduit for any form of Linux 
running in a Power PC.

Is my only option to boot into Mac OS every time I want to sync my PDA 
or could for example getting a different serial to USB adapter help?


Thanks in advance,


Jouko-Thomas Kleine.
jt.kleine@dlc.fi