PalmPilot cradle drains battery; HotSync problem with Pilot III?
PalmPilot cradle drains battery A Conklin Systems web page states that PalmPilot batteries may drain if the Pilot is left in the HotSync cradle. They describe a fix for this. Warning: it requires modifying the wiring in the cradle, although it is described as a “simple change that will take less than a couple of minutes.” I wonder whether it may be simpler to just never leave the Pilot in the cradle for extended periods of time. HotSync problem with Pilot III? Henry Vaccaro, who alerted me to this web page, also writes that PalmPilot III users are reporting problems getting HotSync to work. I have no further details at this time. Update: Rick Susfalk received the following work-around suggestion when he contacted 3Com about this: “I see that you are unable to install (.prc) files after upgrading to the Palm III. Please select Custom from the PalmPilot Desktop HotSync menu to display the custom HotSync dialog box. You will need to set the action assigned to “System” to “Do Nothing” when
