[sclug] Linux supported USB-IRDA

Matt matt at bodgit-n-scarper.com
Sun May 9 12:47:20 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 13:38, Roland Turner wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I want to make my desktop machine capable of IR communication with
> phones, PDAs, etc. The supported device list[1] seems a little short
> and is difficult to correlate with, e.g. DABS's list; not least
> because searching DABS for IRDA brings up ~200 non-IRDA products.
> 
> Does anyone know where I can actually get a Linux-supported USB-IRDA
> adapter?

If you really want IRDA, I think Dabs stock Actisys products, which IIRC
have tended to be Linux supported from the start.

IRDA is old hat these days, Bluetooth is much better :-)

Matt



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