Re: tlug: Infrared link for Zaurus etc

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

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tlug note from "Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>
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>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> writes:


    Stephen> I recently purchased an infrared link for my Zaurus
    Stephen> (which I have upgraded to the Color Zaurus; +
    Stephen> digicam---it's pretty cool, but at 320x240x32000 you
    Stephen> shouldn't be considering this instead of one of the
    Stephen> standalones which give at least 4x the resolution; OTOH,
    Stephen> it really is a multimedia machine which fits into a nice
    Stephen> case about the size of traveler's toilet kit, and you can
    Stephen> do a lot with it---besides, you get an almost realtime
    Stephen> display on the screen, which the usual camera won't give
    Stephen> you).

I've got one of these as well. Yeah, resolution isn't great, but you
can grab pictures in the oddest situations... 

    Stephen> I'm looking for Linux drivers for the IrDA and ASK IR
    Stephen> links (IrDA for the Color Zaurus, ASK for the old
    Stephen> PI-5000).  Anybody know anything about this?

I've had a hell of a time getting the Sharp IrDA gizmo to work. The
driver seems to be installed OK, but it never sees anthing from the
Zaurus. I ended up getting the serial connnect for my desktop.

Using a ThinkPad with buildin IrDA, it works fine. 

    Stephen> Sharp only sells Win95-J based software (I haven't tried
    Stephen> to load it on Windows 3.1, but I bet it doesn't work).

Most likely not. There does not seem to be very much info on the Color
Z. yet. For the old ones, you can write your own programs etc. 

Andy
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