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palmsrv - packet link to Palm device on serial connection
palm/palmsrv [ -D ] [ -d device ] [ -s speed ]
Palmsrv serves packet link connections to a Palm device connected on the given device (default: /dev/eia0) at the given speed (default: 57600 baud). Client applications open /chan/palmsrv to obtain a connection. Each write must contain the data portion of a single Packet Assembly-Disassembly Protocol message containing a Desklink protocol request. If the device rejects the request, the write returns a diagnostic; otherwise, a subsequent read will retrieve the reply.
The server can be shut down by writing the text exit to the file /chan/palmsrv:
echo -n exit >/chan/palmsrv
/chan/palmsrv
/appl/cmd/palm/palmsrv.b
It does not yet support USB.
It does not tickle the Palm when there are long delays.