I couldn't get any useful data from diff on those data sets, but work piled up so I reset and reentered the data I lost.
I noticed that the SyncML patch had been updated with some Palm changes, so I patched that in onto a default 1.6001 install of eGW.....seems to be OK on backup/restore now although I'm not game trying a sync!
Anyway new problem.... when I go to view each addressbook contact, I can no longer see the each linked infolog underneath.
I can see them inside the Link tab, but not under the contact listing as I could before.