Is it possible to use a T665 with Win95?

[jpinnj]

I have given my spouse a T665 and she has Win95 at the office and no USB port on her machine. Her company absolutely will not upgrade her and she wants her old PalmIIIx back because she hasn't been able to connect the Clie to both home AND office PCs.

I have found serial port cradles to deal with the 'no USB connection' on her office PC (it's a Pentuim 3 machine running Win95 - not should which version) but does anyone know if you can run the newer Palm software on a Win95 platform? And if yes, are there any special requirements?

I REALLY don't want her going back to the old Palm if there is a way around this! Thanks, JP

[DIGITALgimpus]

No real reason that I can see why it shouldn't.

Best bet is to try it for yourself.

[boomer]

Will work for sure - that is what I used to do until a little while ago.

[Unregistered]

It will NOT work because Win95 can't read the USB on the device. I don't believe Palm or Sony ever came out with a patch for the Desktop related problem. It says so in the manual.

[Hacthesac10]

Sorry, last post was me.

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by jpinnj
I have given my spouse a T665 and she has Win95 at the office and no USB port on her machine. Her company absolutely will not upgrade her and she wants her old PalmIIIx back because she hasn't been able to connect the Clie to both home AND office PCs.

I have found serial port cradles to deal with the 'no USB connection' on her office PC (it's a Pentuim 3 machine running Win95 - not should which version) but does anyone know if you can run the newer Palm software on a Win95 platform? And if yes, are there any special requirements?

I REALLY don't want her going back to the old Palm if there is a way around this! Thanks, JP

Try it with a serial cable.

[jayboydog]

i'm having problems loading the palm desktop software on a win95 system. seems Sony.com lists win98 as minimum required desktop os. the computer i'm using has a USB jack, but when attempting the palm destop (for clie) install, an error reads a specific dll file cannot be loaded.

i found this statement "Palm Desktop software is qualified to work correctly on any of the following Microsoft operating systems:
Windows 95, OSR2 or later (v4.00.950B or later) *"
at Palm Support Knowledge librarywhen searching "desktop win95"

http://205.141.210.148:80/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=68,E=0000000000284295341,K=9799,Sxi=10,Case=obj(8354)

please post when you perofrm successful install.

[hacthesac10]

I found in the manual that is says Palm Desktop will not sync with any handheld running Win95 through a USB port connection. I know that for a fact too, because I couldn't sync my m130 until a got a new computer(needed one anyways, and now I have WinXP which has even more problems than any OS that's ever lived).

[Chatbox]

If you have Windows 95 OSR 2.1 (OEM Service Release) or above then you can. Windows 95 started to support USB devices from this version.

[rob_squared]

I like windows 95C myself. Its very rare but it has better USB support and almost looks like 98.

[hacthesac10]

If it was up to me I'd never have upgraded to Win98, WinME or WinXP. They all became larger files and have more bugs. I definetly hate WinXP but it's all I have for now.

[Chatbox]

Move to Linux....

[hacthesac10]

I was thinking about it but I do not buy the computers in my family and I have yet to convince them.

[TalkingToes]

I bought a serial / USB splitter cable from Belkin.com 2 weeks ago listed for $29.99 and used a 50% discount code from www.gotapex.com to make it reasonable. ($12.75 for shipping sucks for a 1 lb box)

The HotSync works, but just had to right click and make sure Local Serial was checked.

The catch is, this has no charger port/plug for this one. So you will need the original docking station or the portable (small) connector to charge this up. You could use the serial port, and still plug the USB in, and SLOWLY charge it that way, and the USB would be non-functional with Win95. (the USB port would still supply the cable/palm with power even if windows does not use it)

Also, make sure the port speeds are the same (Setup/Serial : Com# and As Fast As Possible). 9600 is too painful!

Have fun,
TalkingToes

[lthwc]

I have a Windows 95 machine at work. I bought a serial cradle that also had a plug-in charger, and loaded the Palm desktop from here. (http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/bin/support/support.cgi?whichone=1&installfile=pdt401-patch.txt&downloadfile=PDT401-PATCH.EXE) It works just fine.