There are in fact two USB ports that attach. IIRC, one is for sync type operations and the other for telecom (i.e., modems), and I think modern versions of PalmOS switch the sense of the two ports. I'm using the second ttyUSB port with a Treo 600. (That's ttyUSB1 for you; I have a USB serial convertor always plugged in, so my pilot ports are USB1/USB2 and USB2 is the sync port). The same worked for a Treo 180. I use pilot-link rather than gnome-pilot, since I'm a CLI sorta guy. Something like the following command backs up everything from the Palm: pilot-xfer -p <port> -b <backupdir> Also, I've used the old Tk/Tcl "ical" app for years, so syncal keeps the Treo and my desktop calendars in sync. Romain
