SPONSORED LINKS
At 07:07 AM 9/19/97 -0400, w.t.brown wrote: >I have a Thinkpad 560, pentium 120mz, 24 mb ram. I normally use a serial >cable to copy files back and forth to my desktop, at a speed of 115kps. I >was thinking of buying a jeteye for my desktop to use with >the infrared port on my 560 to copy files. However, Mobile Computing >magazine said their test of infrared >ports showed they effectively only operate at the very slow speed of about >75kps, way too slow. > >Has anyone any experience with using infrared ports to copy large files to >a desktop? I've used the IR port on my 560 to communicate with my HP 200LX (file transfers). Problem? Too blasted slow. Inevitably, I prefer to hook up by cable. But then again I'm not fond of parallel connections either--I have a small ethernet setup that I hook into and transfer files lickety-split. ------- Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775 Director, Electronic Commerce Program Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California