On Wednesday 28 November 2001 02:57 pm, you wrote: > I just bought myself a new Handspring. My first problem is that it came > with a USB cradle and I want a serial. New cradles cost $30. I figure > there can't be too much difference between the two cradles. Is there any > sort of simple hack to make my USB cradle a serial? I want a serial for > several reasons, most notably to use it as a VT220 terminal. Well, the USB cradle's work fine in Linux. modprove visor ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot Don't know about using it as a serial terminal that way, but it is just usb-serial so it should work. More info can be found in your kernel documentation or http://usbvisor.sourceforge.net As for a USB <-> serial converter/hack, you're prob better off just plunking down 30 bucks. I find it handy to have mutiple cradles myself. I have one for my home box, one for my work box, and just the cable version for my laptop. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org/~zibby Bender: You just think that robots are machines built by humans to make their lifes easier. Fry: Well, aren't they? Bender: I've never made anyone's life easier and you know it!