One of the nice things about Windows XP Service Pack 2 is the
integrated Bluetooth support. One of the bad things is how
that integrated Bluetooth support doesn’t do things that the
vendor-supplied drivers did (see this
Bluetooth Adapter Setup for the Palm Tungsten for some details).
With a little bit of effort, you can set up an incoming PPP connection
even under Windows XP Home, that lets you use your PC as a Bluetooth
LAN Access Point for your Palm.
(I’m using the
Belkin F8T003 v2 Bluetooth Adapter, which Windows XP Service Pack 2 supports out of the box.)
Here’s how to set this up (if you’re reading this in an aggregator, you
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