You may find useful information at the following webpages. Some provided the information included in this document.
ColdSync: http://coldsync.org
Pilot-link: http://www.pilot-link.org/
PalmOS HOWTO: http://www.orbits.com/Palm/
Linux Kernel: ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
USB Visor page: http://usbvisor.sourceforge.net
Hotplug info: http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/.
Documentation to figure out type type of controller was leached from the kernel documentation, Documentation/usb/scanner.txt.
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