Re: IR stuff

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From: brian@piano.grot.starconn.com (Brian Smithson)
Message-id: <9311100615.ZM2939@piano.grot.starconn.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 06:15:34 -0800
In-Reply-To: Shag <starnet!apple!pilot.njin.net!birchall>
        "IR stuff" (Nov 10, 12:20am)
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To: <zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com>
Subject: Re: IR stuff
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On Nov 10, 12:20am, Shag wrote:
> 
> I was just thinking about this too... wouldn't the Zoomer make a really 
> _neat_ universal remote for TV's and Stereos?  But seriously - if someone 
> wrote an app that'd let you set up a little "keypad" on it, and define
> sequences by having it "learn" them from your normal remote control through
> the IR port...?

I posted something to comp.sys.handhelds (I think) a while back, asking
if the IR interfaces on devices like the Zoomer, Newton, HP95/100LX, etc.,
are compatible with consumer electronics IR remote controls.  I was
wondering about that for three reasons:

(1) Using the Zoomer as a unniversal remote device would be a cool app.
    Add VCR Plus codes to your to do list :-).

(2) Given how long it's taking Casio to get an RS232 cable, I can barely
    fathom how late an IR<->RS232 interface product could be.  If it's
    fairly standard consumer electronics technology, then chances are it's
    already been done.  Has anyone seen such devices, say, in Nuts and Volts?

(3) Even more fun, I think, would be to use those IR->RF->IR repeaters
    for wireless networking at home.  Imagine having your IR->RS232 interface
    to a PC in one room, and you're in another room with the Zoomer!

-- 
-Brian Smithson
 brian@grot.starconn.com