Infrared with IIIxe?

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"Mike Lenehan" <mlenehan@chicagoreader.com> wrote in message
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> My Palm IIIxe still does everything I need it to, except sync up with
> newer computers. I see a cheap USB infrared device is available -- can
> I expect this to work well? I've never used infrared comm before. Is
> it appreciably slower or more error-prone than the serial connection?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> ML

There is of course the good old serial to USB adaptor.

RonL

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Mike Lenehan wrote:

> My Palm IIIxe still does everything I need it to, except sync up with
> newer computers. I see a cheap USB infrared device is available -- can
> I expect this to work well? I've never used infrared comm before. Is
> it appreciably slower or more error-prone than the serial connection?

I've synced my m505 via infrared before. I synced it to a laptop
that has built-in infrared.

My experience was that it's basically exactly the same speed as
RS232. (It probably uses ircomm, which is in effect RS232 emulation
over infrared.) So, it's not a step down from RS232, but straight
USB synchronization is a million zillion times faster. (So much
faster that if I were still on a pre-USB device, I'd consider
upgrading just to save time. And because I don't like buying
AAA batteries.)

- Logan

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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:28:35 -0000, "Ron Larham"
<larhamr@necphelococcygia.com> wrote:

>
>"Mike Lenehan" <mlenehan@chicagoreader.com> wrote in message
>news:6567ee18.0411220319.36625475@posting.google.com...
>> My Palm IIIxe still does everything I need it to, except sync up with
>> newer computers. I see a cheap USB infrared device is available -- can
>> I expect this to work well?
>
>There is of course the good old serial to USB adaptor.

.... which I tried with my new Macintosh iBook and my otherwise
perfectly good IIIxe and could not get to work despite trying a number
suggestions I found online. I still use the IIIxe with my older
desktop Windows machine, but I'd really like to use it on the Mac.

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for me it's work perfectly since 4 years !
try it.

Jean-marc

"Mike Lenehan" <mlenehan@chicagoreader.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:6567ee18.0411220319.36625475@posting.google.com...
> My Palm IIIxe still does everything I need it to, except sync up with
> newer computers. I see a cheap USB infrared device is available -- can
> I expect this to work well? I've never used infrared comm before. Is
> it appreciably slower or more error-prone than the serial connection?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> ML