From: Eckhart Köppen (eck1001_at_gmx.net)
Date: Mon Feb 24 2003 - 10:47:46 PST
Hello all,
here is a pre-alpha version of Nitro, the missing link in the Newton OS
2.1 IrDA stack:
It implements IrCOMM which is required for any modern day IrDA
connection. It has been tested on a US MP2100 (probably works on other
MP2x00s and eMates), using a Linux PC with an IrDA dongle as a PPP and
web server.
When you try it out, please be aware that it might crash your Newton,
format your desktop hard disk, call random numbers from your cell
phone's address book, poison the cat, burn down your house and run away
with your wife or husband. I'm working on preventing most of this.
To use IrCOMM in a meaningful way, an OBEX implementation is missing
(not too difficult) and more debugging regarding the use of cell phones
as modems is required (this only shows faint traces of working).
Eckhart
PS: Note that this doesn't let you dock natively via IrDA on Mac OS X.
That needs to be fixed on the desktop side, not the Newton side.
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