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Posted by: mindingulove on 2015-01-08 15:16:27
Hello everyone

I have an old apple infrared receiver that uses dab, and two powerbook laptops, a 1400s running mac os 7.6 and a powerbook 180 running system 7.1.

The problem starts here, the 1400 has already an built in infrared dispositive, and i wanna connect my apple adb receiver to the powerbook 180 so that i can exchange files. 

But i can't seem to find any software and driver to use infrared on the 180, is there any chance someone from old school know how to solve this?

thank you
Posted by: unity on 2015-01-08 15:28:59
I really can not help, but did you read all of this?:

http://lowendmac.com/2015/irtalk-irda-and-the-mac/
Posted by: mindingulove on 2015-01-08 17:33:08
I really can not help, but did you read all of this?:

http://lowendmac.com/2015/irtalk-irda-and-the-mac/
thank you for the link! but stills the question, how can i transfer files between powerbook and other computers? i have an iMac g3, a powerbook 1400 an iMac g4 and an iMac g5, i think the only possibility of transferring is from powerbook 1400cs and or iMac g3. i tried null modem cable, using zterm, but idk how to configure. any idea? thank you
Posted by: unity on 2015-01-08 17:44:55
A Ethernet PC card in the 1400 would work. I used to use one from my Newton in a 1400. Worked great. You can get em dirt cheap online. Just have to be certain models so you can get the correct drivers. Or dont forget about a USB floppy drive for the G3 iMac.
Posted by: mindingulove on 2015-01-08 18:40:27
A Ethernet PC card in the 1400 would work. I used to use one from my Newton in a 1400. Worked great. You can get em dirt cheap online. Just have to be certain models so you can get the correct drivers. Or dont forget about a USB floppy drive for the G3 iMac.
it has an wireless orinoco gold card, but what i really want is establish a connection between the powerbook or the iMac g3 with the powerbook 180 so that i can transfer files to it. do u have any idea if i can use local talk with a null cable modem?
Posted by: finkmac on 2015-01-08 21:44:20
Read through this. Plenty of useful information there.
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