Re: IdDA & TP701 Success

["John D. Griffith" <griffith@kodak.com>]

> I finally got my JetEye InfraRed (Extended Systems 1-800-235-7576) and
> after installing TranXit on my desktop, and configuring everything, I
> marveled at how the two machines transfer files!  They negotiate on their 
> own and transfer at about 115.2 Kb.  Its about a 3 minute meg. 
> Transfers seem to go faster when the desktop is the host machine and the 
> TP as the remote.
> 

I would like to buy one of these things for my desktop machine at 
work and use it to transfer files to my thinkpad 701. However, the
 problem is that I'm running Windows NT on my desktop machine 
machine and a lot of communication software doesn't work under NT. 
For example,  Laplink doesn't work under NT (at least over a parallel 
cable).   

Do these irDa devices require special drivers to operate or are they 
simply  hardware devices  that would work with any program (e.g. 
kermit) that talks politely  with the serial port under NT??  

Currently, to transfer files, I reboot from NT to DOS and run 
laplink.  This is quite inconvenient as I often have lengthy 
optimization calculations running on the NT machine.

I contacted two vendors of these devices trying to get an answer to 
this question, but I was unable to penetrate the sales/marketing 
barrier.  I'd appreciate any information that anybody has.

John D. Griffith
John D. Griffith
Optical Design Department
Eastman Kodak Company
griffith@kodak.com