Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:17:21 +0200 (CEST) From: aaron <aaron@meta.lo-res.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: "Richard C." <freebsd@telus.net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Infrared on Laptop... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104251105290.18841-100000@meta.lo-res.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20010425105200.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 25-Apr-2001 Richard C. wrote: > > Was just wondering, is there a way to use the infrared in any way? Be it > > network peer-peer to another laptop via infrared (as i noticed possible in > > windows *shiver*) or maybe use it with some software as a remote control for > > my TV, VCR, etc? I've done the later before with my Palm Pilot, was kinda > > kewl... not only would it be cool but i believe - with all the UMTS stuff coming (hopefully soon) - it is about time for IrDA: imagine putting your UMTS cell phone next to your laptop and here is your 2MBit stream (BTW: I am currently using GPRS to log in and write my mails. Modem = Motorolla Timeport 260 connected trhu serial cable - mini FAQ on timeport 260 & ppp coming soon) ... aaron. > > There is no IrDA stack for FreeBSD which is what you would need to talk to > another laptop or a palm pilot. (Well you could possibly use the raw IR port as > a half duplex serial port and run PPP over it). > > As for remote controls.. They use a fairly different system to IrDA ports so it > isn't really feasable. > > --- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > --- pub 1024D/6110C44D 2001-01-19 Aaron Kaplan <aaron@lo-res.org> sig 6110C44D 2001-01-19 Aaron Kaplan <aaron@lo-res.org> sub 2048g/EB2C5163 2001-01-19 [expires: 2002-01-19] sig 6110C44D 2001-01-19 Aaron Kaplan <aaron@lo-res.org> >> get key from http://pgp.ai.mit.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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