On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Matt Emson <memsom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Um... showing my age here, but I almost killed myself by tripping over a > Palm Pilot Pro serial cable... it broke. The serial cables were designed to > be screwed in to the serial port. In the fight between my foot and the > cable, the serial connector sheared off. Luckily, the device flew out of the > cradle and landed on the carpet face up, else that would have been toast > too. The serial cradles also didn't charge the device, though the Palm Pilot > Pro use 2 x AAA batteries, so it wasn't hard to keep it running :-) Them was > the days!! > M Sorry I was thinking on the connection between the PDA and the cradle, not the cradle and the computer. And by the way, I was thinking about the Palm V... which DID charge it. My point was that it's possible to design a connector that makes a good contact, enough to charge a battery powered device, but which doesn't actually require to be inserted deep and tight. Better case in point: cordless phones... FC _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
