From: Eckhart Köppen (eck1001_at_gmx.net)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 08:07:41 PST
On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 04:29 , Hendrik Lipka wrote:
> With IrDA dongle, do you mean a serial-to-IrDa-converter?
> Does such a device require any special support for the operating
> system?
The one I use connects to the IrDA plug on the motherboard (it's an
Actisys IR210L). But I think that any IrDA adapter (Serial, USB, ...)
should work as long as it is supported by the desktop OS.
> As my computer does not have an IrDA device, I intend to buy such an
> adapter. But the one I found states only support for Win9x,2K,XP, and
> I'm using still NT...
I'm afraid that with NT, you're out of luck.
> Are there any other limitations of such a device?
I'm not sure, but if it is supported by the OS, it should work...
Eckhart
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