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Sean Penney - 14 Jul 2005 02:57 GMT

I'd like to marry my old PalmV to my aluminum PowerBook.

I've tired the PalmConnect kit. The kit is recognized by the System
Profiler but Palm's own software doesn't allow a hotsync.

I considered the Palm-USB cable made by Belkin, but according to their
web site, this cable only works with Mac OS 8 and 9.

So, I'm wondering about IrDA-USB adapters to allow an infrared hotsync.
There are lots of them on the market but only one seems to be Mac
compatible: Bafo's BF-7030. However, I haven't found any testimonials
from Mac users about these adapters.

Has anyone gotten the BF-7030 to sync with a PDA?
Has anyone gotten a Windows-based IrDA-USB adapter to work under Mac OS
X 10.4.2?

Sean

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junior - 22 Jul 2005 16:14 GMT

> I'd like to marry my old PalmV to my aluminum PowerBook.I've tired
> the PalmConnect kit. The kit is recognized by the System Profiler
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> PDA?Has anyone gotten a Windows-based IrDA-USB adapter to work
> under Mac OS X 10.4.2?Sean

Hello,
Just for your information, adapters using sigmatel's STIR4210 chipset
are supposed to be mac compatible. They post a driver on this page

http://www.sigmatel.com/products/tech-support.htm#ir-support

An example of such an adapter is one by st-lab

http://www.st-lab.com/u280.htm

Please note that I haven't tried this - I'm just investigating the
same thing you are.

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