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Subject: Re: infared I/O for a PC ??
Message-ID: <1991May4.001756.21630@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 4 May 91 00:17:56 GMT
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In article <18929@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> svaldez@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (**R-a-v-e* U Tackhead! ) writes:
>In article <1991May2.133730.2254@cho006.cho.ge.com>, sant_m@cho006.cho.ge.com writes:
>> 
>> Does anybody know of a board or box that plugs into a PC that will enable
>> me to send and receive Infared ?  I want my computer to control my
>> TV and stereo.  I would also like to be able to have the computer
>> respond to commands from my remote also.
>> 
>> Martin
>> mfs@edison.cho.ge.com
>
>Well I seem to remember an adaptor for the HP 28s calculator which
>accepts the infrared signals -  I'm not sure that it can send 
>infrared signals but you can hook up the receiver up to the serial
>port on your PC ... this isn't really much help but it may be a 
>start.  EduPlus is out of CostaMesa, CA and I think the adaptor ran
>for something like $80.00...
>
>
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That is pretty darn amusing, since I just built one with parts that
cost approx $5 total.

Little bit of a mark up there?  I should say so.


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