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bdegroodt
03-01-2003, 04:08 PM
One of my goals this year was to move to Linux and Mac OS X as my primary operating systems. The ONLY application that I use that I can't find a suitable work around is actually my PPC. I've considered moving back to a Palm/Treo. I've considered PocketMac (Haven't seen one kind review of this company of product). And I've considered waiting to see what Apple iSync and Microsoft work out for PPC sync.

But- For the last couple of months I've had a theory that I think can work. I'm curious if anyone has done this or can see any holes in why it wouldn't work.

My thought is that a PPC user could sync wirelessly to an Exchange Server (Is this Calendar, Tasks, Contacts and Email only? No files?). Additionally, now that Entourage is to have native MS Exchange support, a Mac user could sync to the Exchange server and in essence, complete a sync between Mac-PPC-Exchange without the use of a client on the Mac for the PPC.

The only problems I can think of would be files like MP3/OGG etc, but I think using a CF adapter and transferring locally would cure that.

That only leaves installation files. Could you transfer those to a CF/SD card and do the install from the card to the PPC?

Am I getting close?
SteelForceX
03-02-2003, 08:45 PM
Uhhhh

Macs suck! Keep Linux!!!! Then you dont have to worry right? If anything upgrade to windows XP. It is alot better and you wont have the sync-ing problem.
bdegroodt
03-02-2003, 09:10 PM
Uhhhh

Macs suck! Keep Linux!!!! Then you dont have to worry right? If anything upgrade to windows XP. It is alot better and you wont have the sync-ing problem.

You seemed to have missed my question and certainly assumed at least a couple of things here on your own.

I have XP. I still have to sync and I presume any OS would require sync if you intend to get data between more than one device. Finally, I'm unaware of any option to sync a PPC in the Linux world. Do you know of one?
SteelForceX
03-02-2003, 09:46 PM
One of my goals this year was to move to Linux and Mac OS X as my primary operating systems. The ONLY application that I use that I can't find a suitable work around is actually my PPC.

Sorry that ^^^ seemed like you have a way to sync them!!!! Why would you need a work around if you cant sync anyway? If you already have XP then just sync with that.
brntcrsp
03-02-2003, 10:01 PM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synce/

This might be a solution you're looking for for the Linux Sync aspects.
bdegroodt
03-02-2003, 10:05 PM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synce/

This might be a solution you're looking for for the Linux Sync aspects.

Nice find brnt! Thanks!
brntcrsp
03-02-2003, 10:20 PM
my pleasure - I think ppcthoughts linked to it a couple weeks back, I was lucky my memory served up the right source.
Janak Parekh
03-02-2003, 11:14 PM
My thought is that a PPC user could sync wirelessly to an Exchange Server (Is this Calendar, Tasks, Contacts and Email only? No files?).
Indeed you can, assuming the Exchange Server is running Mobile Info Server. And yes, no Notes or files.

Additionally, now that Entourage is to have native MS Exchange support, a Mac user could sync to the Exchange server and in essence, complete a sync between Mac-PPC-Exchange without the use of a client on the Mac for the PPC.
You don't need to wait for Entourage support. As long as you're willing to run a Classic app, MS offers an Exchange-only Outlook (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/outlook/outlook_default.asp?navindex=s13) as a free download.

That only leaves installation files. Could you transfer those to a CF/SD card and do the install from the card to the PPC?
As long as you can extract the CAB, which you could do from a Virtual PC install. In fact, as an overall alternative, you could also probably do ActiveSync via Virtual PC -- USB is flaky, but you could at least do ActiveSync over WiFi to the Virtual PC's IP address. Have you considered doing that?

--janak