Re: A unified synchronization architecture?

["Seth M. Landsman" <seth job cs brandeis edu>]

On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 07:19:21PM +0100, Eskil Heyn Olsen wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> 
> > 	So here's my thought.  I just got a really nifty new cell phone,
> > the Qualcomm 860 thin phone, which has three neat features, it does
> 
> Isn't that the phone based on a pilot ?

	Nope.  Same company, different phone.  I already have a pilot.
With the serial cable, it is the same difference, except less expensive
and easier to carry around ...
 
> > 	Well, I'd write this (as soon as I manage to figure out the
> > protocol) but why repeat code?  Could gnome-pilot be taken apart to the
> > level where there is a seperate "device" layer?  i.e., use the same basic
> > architecture to synchronize with the phone, the pilot, a wince machine,
> > etc?
> 
> Theoritically yes. All the lowlevel device communication is handled be
> pilot-link. So if you wrote a version of pilot link that talked to your
> phone, it should be possible.
> 
> I'd suggest looking at the pilot-link source, and grepping the gnome-pilot
> code (mostly in gnome-pilot/gpilotd/) for pi_* and dlp_* calls.

	Hmm, not a bad idea.  I need to figure out the protocol first.

-Seth
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