Re: Other IR devices (was: Re: 1400 battery and infrared)
On 2002-12-10 01:14, Andrew Kershaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I don't know why Apple ever bothered developing IRTalk anyway. Because they wanted to include IR connectivity in their PowerBooks. IrDA didn't exist, simple because IR was new to notebooks, and Apple had their standard networking protocol, AppleTalk. ,xtG .tsooJ -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Other IR devices (was: Re: 1400 battery and infrared)
At 5:32 PM -0600 12/9/2002, aly wrote: Yes, I've often wondered if the newer Macs (G4 and all that) are compatible with the IR features of things like Palm units (with the Palm software installed, of course). Palm doesn't support IR transfer for my 1400cs, or so they said (I have Palm III series units anyway -- just call me the retro lounge!). I wish I knew a way around this. It would be so much more convenient than all the extra cables and cradle. *sigh* You can transfer to Palm via IrDA but AFAIK the 1400 doesn't support it. I just set it up (you have to install a few files on the Palm, at least on my Palm) and it works fairly well. It's kind of weird having to get to the HotSync app in Palm, starting the hot sync process and then turning the Palm around and putting it behind the laptop. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Other IR devices (was: Re: 1400 battery and infrared)
Yes, I've often wondered if the newer Macs (G4 and all that) are compatible with the IR features of things like Palm units (with the Palm software installed, of course). Palm doesn't support IR transfer for my 1400cs, or so they said (I have Palm III series units anyway -- just call me the retro lounge!). I wish I knew a way around this. It would be so much more convenient than all the extra cables and cradle. *sigh* Illovox Media wrote: Other IR devices. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Other IR devices (was: Re: 1400 battery and infrared)
Yeah, I don't know why Apple ever bothered developing IRTalk anyway. It ONLY works with other 190/5300/1400/2400/3400/Kanga/Wallstreets or with the Farallon serial port IR-LocalTalk transceiver. Besides, it's a terrible idea for networking... LocalTalk (same speed as IRTalk, btw) is far more reliable and robust. To talk to most PDAs (Newtons included) your book has to do IrDA. No PDAs (that I know of, anyway) support IRTalk. IRTalk is PowerBook only (with the Farallon exception). So called other IR devices probably use IrDA. I don't know about the HP line of infrared printers - they might do IRTalk, but I doubt it... But talk about a niche market Peace, Drew -- http://homepage.mac.com/alk/ There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most popular are `Why are people born?' `Why do they die?' `Why do they spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?' -- Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
