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From: gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: IR universal for amiga
Summary: infrared remote
Message-ID: <19353@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 8 Jan 91 16:28:11 GMT
References: <1991Jan8.060517.8189@rice.edu>
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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> >A while back there was a file (zapper.txt) going around about using
> >a computer as a universal Infrared remote which learns and repeats
> >back IR remote commands.
> > 
> >Has anyone written a program for use with the amiga?
> > 
> >I was trying this past weekend, but I couldn't get the joystick port
> >or parallel port to go fast enough. (400ms pulses)
> > 

There is a commercial product out for the Amiga, called Illuminlink. It
uses the Joystick port and can handle most IR waveforms. The current
version doesn't handle multi-frequency IR waveforms very well, but
this is due to be fixed in V2.0. The cost is $75. I'll post ordering 
info and a review of the beast as soon as I get a chance to play with
the one I'm buying tonight. 

BTW-Illuminlink uses Arexx for communications--and has a seperate
input for decoding touch-tones. It can emulate a mouse from a cordless
phone! Neat toy.



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