[NTLK] Searching for Jerome Vernet's application IrDAPackageInstaller

[Daniel Padilla]

Hi.

Have you checked Eckhart's implementation?

https://40hz.org/Pages/newton/packages/nitro/

I remember playing with it, using hyper terminal and Nokia phones.

Daniel


El lun, 24 mar 2025, 18:25, Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de>
escribió:

>
>
> Hi Newtinos,
>
> maybe someone has an idea. I am loking int understanding NewtonOS's
> Infrared port. I read the FAQ, but it seems that not much was done with
> Sharp IR and even less with IrDA. Was it promised by Apple but never
> completely implemented? Can it do the same that a serial connection can do?
> And what tools exist out there to actually use IR?
>
> I saw Jerome Vernet's application IrDAPackageInstaller mentioned
> somewhere. Is Jerome still around? Would he be willing to publish the
> source code?
>
> Happy to hear anything more about IR
>
>  - Matthias
>
> PS: to explain, I found a Hama IrDA USB device for very little money on
> eBay, and I even found the tech manual for. I am curious if this is a way
> to circumvent the "Dongle of Unobtainium" with an 8$ junk device that was
> probably thrown away by the thousands in 2009.
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