__/ [ asj ] on Wednesday 07 June 2006 07:24 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> I am still struggling
>> to unshcakle my diary data from Palm's proprietary formats, which I nag
>> about quite often ( e.g.
>> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/11/22/palm-data-formats/ ).
>> Linux translation tools (pilot-link and 'affiliates') didn't give me the
>> ical, vcal, or xcal routes I was after. I hope the above will help. If you
>> have some advice, I would appreciate it. I am still virtually stuck with
>> Palm. *frown* And I hate being forced to stay with a vendor due to formats
>> and lack of translation/conversion tools.
>
> Incredibly enough, we have the same problem! My diary/calendar dates
> back to 2001 and resides on my Palm Vx...I want to transition it to a
> format that can be moved from client to client, but so far no luck...i
> have heard you can upload it to yahoo, and thence back into Outlook,
> which can convert it to another format.
Yahoo as a third-party intermediate station? No, thank you. I don't want my
diary on some backup tape in a datacentre. The same concepts/attitude would
probably apply to Google Cache, Analytics, Site Maps, Google Mail, Google
Desktop 3/4, GDrive, and so forth (think of GWallet or AdSense as your bank
statement).
That aside, I have no access to Windows, so Outlook is not an option. Ray
Ingles had me aware of a Linux tool called pilot-datebook (see the help
menu), but I have not had much luck with that. I could, however, convert my
diary into plain text rather than stick with ASCII-binary mishmash.
Best wishes,
Roy
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