Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!coplex!disk!corpane!herman From: herman@corpane.uucp (Harry Herman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: IR link stuff - HP48SX Message-ID: <1991May02.205416.5668@corpane.uucp> Date: 2 May 91 20:54:16 GMT References: Organization: Corpane Industries Inc. Lines: 27 In sunyat@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) writes: >Hi, I heard there was two games out there, that'll let you play head to head >using the Infrared Link. One was some tank game and the other was something >else I don't remember...anyone seen these games or know if they're up for FTP >somewhere? I have seen ads in an EduCalc catalog for games like you describe. I think they are all on one 3.5" floppy, but I am at work, and the catalog is at home, so I cannot swear to that. > Also, anyone know if you can talk directly between two HP's using the >IR link, without going through Kermit and sending only variables & directories? >Like a Chat type terminal program that's full duplex (or even half duplex)? > Eric I would imagine that you could. There are commands in the I/O menu to send and receive plain text, by which I mean non-Kermit encoded text. >-- >| Internet: Eric_Hsiao@MTS.RPI.EDU > Read GIF News - a freely copied news < | >| sunyat@rpi.edu > magazine in .GIF file format. Color < | >| Bitnet: userGJ8L@rpitsmts.bitnet > articles on reviews of programs, < | >| FTP to wuarchive "gn91-03.zip" > games, industry news, IBM, Amiga, etc.< | Harry Herman herman@corpane