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From: seeya@tellabs.com (Mike Ciha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: 48SX Power
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Date: 24 Oct 90 23:19:31 GMT
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In article <1990Oct24.124135.5312@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> byu@csri.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes:
>I am constantly amazed at what the 48SX can do, especially how one wants
>to use it to dial telephone ...  but has anyone thought about using the
>infra red to control your VCR, TC, stereo ..... 
>
>Ben

I, too am amazed by this hunk of hardware and software..I've had my 48 for 
just over two weeks.....My roommate and I (he got his first) were discussing
this very topic.  I wonder, though, since the calculators have to be 2 inches
or less apart (according to the manual, p 620) to do the infrared transfers,
would the transmitter be strong enough to talk to the TV, say 15 feet away??  
Even if you could get it to generate the correct type of signals for the TV, 
VCR, etc, you might have to hold it within 2 inches of the receiver 
of the device. :-(  

It's a great idea, though--maybe it really could work--Any comments from the
HP side of the fence??

Mike
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