Re: [NTLK] Various questions [Was: Re: newtontalk Digest V1 #380]

From: James Elliott (rootbeeraddict_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 12:14:18 EST


>on 01/12/01 13:18, eric engle at engleerica_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > IRDA Convertor: I have found IRDA converters which let
> > you use an RS232 port as an infra red port! Is there
> > any point to such? Would they work with the newton 120
> > OS 2? As far as I can tell the IRDA on the newtons
> > OMP-130 is pretty much useless. Or am I wrong?
>
>Actually, there is no IrDA protocol on anything less than a Newton running
>the Newton OS 2.1. OMP, MP100, MP110, MP120 and MP130 all use an infrared
>protocol developed, I believe, by Sharp that was called, IIRC, ASK.
>
>The IrDA protocol has a very basic implementation on Newton running NOS 2.1,
>just the required support so that you can advertise the unit as being IrDA
>compliant.

Yeah. The pre-2.1 Newts used the same infrared protocol as the Sharp
Zaurus. I am pretty sure that it was ASK.

-James

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