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Paul wrote: > > But back to the cordless mouse topic: technically speaking, > could one use the IR port for a mouse that connects that way? > After all, it is just a regualry interfaced serial port, right? (after what > I've heard)? Unfortunately, there are several incompatible IR standards. (For example, I've heard that the Apple IR ports are hardware-compatible with consumer remote controls [ though software doesn't seem to exist for this], while this is definitely not the case for the TP ports.) W/r to the comment about turning the machine around, the IR port on the 560 is on the side. I've recently found this to be very useful, since I've finally got both DUN and DCC over the IR working on my machines, and at the office I connect my 560 to the net over the IR to a Micron Transport which is connected through an ethernet card. (The Micron has 2 IR ports - one fore, and one aft; the former sees the port on my 560, which lives on an adjacent desk.) Incidentally, I've been getting consisitent 115Kbps throughput, which is very gratifying. Now that MS has released a developer's kit for high-speed IR drivers, I wonder if we'll finally be able to use the full speed of the faster IBM IR ports in W95? - David