Hi,
I've seen a site or two that has either a serial or
usb external IR port...I'll have to surf around to
find it...could this be IRDA and are there drivers for
the mac?? I do have a 20th anniversary mac (Alchemy
board) with the front IR and t only works for the
tv/radio/cd remote control (but we've established
that). I do have a computer from that era (powerbook
2400c---one of the best notebooks-- except for heat)
with an IR port and protocol that allows me to sync
with palms effortlessly. I'd like to try with a
newton when I: a) get another newton b) fix the
powerbook.
Paul
--- RADAR9999_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> > I see what appears to
> > be an Ir reciver port on the front,
>
> I think you'll find that this is just the receiver
> for the remote control.
> You can fit a TV card. There is a remote control
> that comes up on eBay now
> and again (I sold one there the other week) that can
> be used to change
> channels etc. The remote will also control the CD
> player. Apple also had
> some form of FM tuner but I'm not sure if the remote
> covered that as well.
>
> As far as IR and Newton go, I think it's a
> non-starter. In fact I hope so as
> I sold a 6400/200 last year and am still regretting
> it!!
>
> HTH
>
>
> IIRC --The IR port on earlier 68K and 603/604 units
> are not IRDA compatible.
> They used a proprietary apple comm protocol to allow
> early powerbooks to sync
> with desktops and other powerbooks. I don't believe
> that they switched to
> IRDA until the first couple of G3's were introduced.
> As for the remotes that
> were used to control the TV and Radio tuner's I can
> only speculate that they
> also utilized a subset of the control codes inside
> apple's IR protocol. I
> looked at syncing my 5400 to my newt 130 (later
> 2000) and found out there was
> no EASY way to do it. IIRC the IMac was the first
> IRDA compatible G3
> available to the masses.
>
> Edward R Johnson
>
> "The Mission of the Marine Corps Rifle Squad is to
> seek out, close with, and
> destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or to repel
> the Enemy's assault by
> fire and close combat".
>
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