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>Handspring-Visor with Linux mini-HOWTO</H1
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>January 2003</TD
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>Update my contact information. Remove references to outdated
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>Seperate kernel/user-space parts. Updates for modules.
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> This document should give you instructions on how to connect
your Handspring Visor (any version) to Linux, using USB.
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>2. <A
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>Supported Devices</A
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>What's needed?</A
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>Linux Distributions</A
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>pilot-link</A
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>Time to Sync</A
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>Palm Desktop Equivalents</A
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>Your Done!</A
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>Configure the Visor Driver</A
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