Re: [NTLK] Pen Scanner for eMate-Newton?

From: Paul G. Grothaus (pgrothaus_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Oct 23 2001 - 00:16:17 EDT


on 10/22/01 6:02 PM, good-dog_at_northshore.net at good-dog_at_northshore.net
wrote:

>> Anyway, the big surprise was this. I decided to try and beam a note from my
>> Newton to the iMac using the C-pen software. IT WORKS. You have to have
>> BackTalk installed and choose the Obex protocol. The note arrives on the
>> desktop as a SimpleText file. It's perfect for a quick transfer. Much
>> simpler than setting up EETransfer, QuickPress, Xport or any of the other
>> Newton to desktop programs.
>
> How does one get the imac to do the IrDA function? I was under the
> impression it couldn't be done? Can you clue in the clueless so that we
> might be able to beam stuff to our macs?

I simply installed the C-Pen software on the Mac. It runs in the bacground.
I pointed my BackTalk equipped Newton at the Mac and hit beam using the Obex
protocol. The note or address shows up as a SimpleText file.

OK there are two problems. One, the C-pen application hangs after receiving
the note. It displays a dialogue box saying "waiting for instructions".
Clicking the cancel button does not get rid of the dialogue box and
Command-Q will not quit the application. The only way out that I have found
is to force the application to close (Control-Option-Command-Escape). The
second problem is that Apple discontinued IrDA on their current desktop line
so I can't use this with my G4 at work. Does anyone know if there are
external IrDA receivers available for a G4?

Aloha,
Paul G. Grothaus

Mililani, HI

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