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On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Dennis Pantazis wrote: > On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, John D. Griffith wrote: > > Do these irDa devices require special drivers to operate or are they > > The adaptor does not need any drivers, it connects up to the serial port > and acts as an extension of it. 1 meter range using the power supplied > to serial port. It must be suported in the traqnsfer program like Laplink. > > > Currently, to transfer files, I reboot from NT to DOS and run > > laplink. This is quite inconvenient as I often have lengthy > > optimization calculations running on the NT machine. > > Why not just use a terminal or modem program and send z modem from one to > the other over a null modem cable? The IRDA looks just like a null modem cable. You can use a terminal program with it. You're not limited to Laplink and its ilk. In fact, you're better off testing if it works with a terminal program. That way even if all your settings aren't right, you'll probably still see something to indicate it's working. I tried my JetEye on my TP750 with the IR on my 701 and it didn't work. It works fine with desktop systems, so I suspect the 750's serial port doesn't put out enough power to operate it. Does anyone have the external power supply for the JetEye? The power connector looks like it takes a DC current, but is nonstandard. Anyone know how many volts/amps it takes? -- John H. Kim "Just try telling the IRS you don't feel like jokim@mit.edu 'contributing' this year come April." -- Bob Dole jokim@tuna.mit.edu on Bill Clinton's avoidance of the word 'taxes'