[NTLK] Connect to OS X with IrDa

[Thick Parasite]

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> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:02:53 +1300
> From: "L.W. Brown" <lwb at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Connect to OS X with IrDa
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Sorry for the late answer. I had to dig into spam box to find my favorite
mailing list.

I don't remember at all where I found the driver, but I'm sending it to you
by mail.
Actually, I don't even know if it works because I don't know how to test it
out. Only sure thing is it worked under Windows XP, which I used to identify
the IrDa dongle.

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> No way I've ever heard of with OSX, but you got further than me by
> finding drivers! I last tried that at least 5 years ago, tho - where
> did you get yours?
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> Sent from my ?Brick...
> ;-]
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> On Mar 7, 2010, at 2:07, Thick Parasite <thickparasite at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:35:13 -0800
> From: Ryan <newtontalk at me.com>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Connect to OS X with IrDa
> To: "newtontalk at newtontalk.net" <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
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> After all, I gave up trying to use Newton with OS X 10.5 the same way it
works with OS 9.
It's probably best to leave some stuff the way it was meant to be...
Newton does so much already.

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> I think it's a dead horse. You can get a driver for Classic Mac and I
> believe there is a method to getting it to work. But the standard
> connection utilities won't work even though IRDA is an option in those
> programs. It's because Apple did not want that feature available
> probably because it is so slow. Even third party software... Apple did
> not release the SDK for IRDA transfer and developers complained. As
> fae as I know, Apple stood fast by not releasing the SDK.
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> Run a Google search for Newton IRDA... You will find aome stuff.
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> Thank you,
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> Ryan
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