----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Ellison <papillo@smartdogsw.com>
To: Evgueni A. Natalenko <adam@spb.cityline.ru>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: about your amazing backtalk product; we need more!
> Stradsdvuitye, Evgueni -
>
> Thank you for your kind and inspiring words. Your sentiments match our
own.
>
> p.c. one question: does newton's hardware have ability to realize
> > completely all irda protocols? or maybe someone doesn't? in this case
> > which doesn't?:
> > IrLAP, IrLMP with IAS (Information Access Server),
> > IrCOMM, Tiny TP, and IrLAN protocols.
>
> I know the hardware can recognize the IrDA hardware signals (the Newton
> uses SIR, or "slow infrared", not FIR, "fast infrared", but this isn't a
> problem yet since all devices that use FIR are required to understand
> SIR too).
>
> The software subsystem implements IrLAP and IrLMP, and a very limited
> form of IAS.
>
> Unfortunately, the software subsystem is somewhat incomplete and has a
> number of bugs which can make it difficult or impossible to implement
> the higher-level protocols. I've implemented a limited version of Tiny
> TP, but it is possible to send a valid Tiny TP stream at the Newton that
> will confuse it. (Fortunately, this particular Tiny TP stream cannot
> appear in IrOBEX if the initial credit is 1, which we asserted for the
Newton.)
>
> IrCOMM is another exciting protocol. We haven't determined yet whether
> the protocol can be implemented on the Newton; but we'll try every trick
> we can to make it happen.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bob Ellison
> Smart Dog Software
>
>
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