When you buy a Palm you'll find the ubiquitous software disk for Windows, which isn't much use for an Amigan (unless you own a Windows PC or can emulate one). You could get the Mac software and run that on something like Fusion or Shapeshifter, but why go through the hassle? The Amiga has an excellent native system: PalmLink. PalmLink is an Amiga shared library for OS2.04 or greater that provides a wide set of functions for accessing the Palm range of machines - and believe me, the Palm needs another computer for backups and software installation. You can get the PalmLink software from Aminet (it's e-mailware, so no excuses for not registering) and you get developer information and a shell utility for simple Palm backup/restore and installation operations. To be honest, it's all I use and need. If you use the Amiga's internal serial port for the cradle, don't forget to obtain an uprated serial driver such as artser.device as problems have been reported with the, buggy, serial.device.
http://us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/lib...
Once you've got this package, I suggest you join the Palmiga mailing list - the official Amiga/Palm and PalmLink support group. It's worth it, particularly if you should get into any problems or want to keep informed about the latest Palm/Amiga software. You can find it at:
http://www.egroups.com/group/palmiga
You should also take a look at the Palmiga website:
Not everyone is a command line fan (I was raised on them, old habits die hard) so it may be that you'd prefer Palm connectivity software with a GUI. No problem! The Amiga has a nice selection of GUI driven applications to allow you to manage your Palm system with ease.
Bjorn Schwemmer's PalmGUI provides a straightforward interface to the PalmLink library's functions, as well as integration with MakeDOC so you can handle Palm DOC files. It does have a slight niggle of closing and opening its window when you select certain options, but if you want a compact, do-everything
