Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?

Stephen Rudy <[email protected]>
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I used to do it regularly with a G4 TiBook. I think it was the last laptop with IR.  It was very reliable, but not very fast. I also used to do it with a Rev. A iMac.
Pretty sure I was running classic OS on them. 
-Stephen

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Today's Topics:

   1. Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR? (Max Piantoni)
   2. Re: Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
      (Laurence W Brown)
   3. Re: Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR? (Forrest)
   4. Re: Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR? (Jon Glass)
   5. Re: Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR? (Forrest)
   6. Re: Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
      (Grant Hutchinson)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:24:59 +1000
From: Max Piantoni <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [NTLK] Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Hi all,

Does anyone know of a way to use the infrared on the eMate to ?beam' a document to a mac? Either classic OS or OS X/macOS?

Thanks!

Max

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:01:10 -0700
From: Laurence W Brown <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Can only be done in Classic thru OS9 (as far as I recall)?

-L.W. Brown
via 6s+

> On Jun 11, 2019, at 23:24, Max Piantoni <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to use the infrared on the eMate to ?beam' a document to a mac? Either classic OS or OS X/macOS?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Max
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> http://newtontalk.net/
> http://twitter.com/newtontalk



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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:14:30 -0700
From: Forrest <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], Laurence W Brown <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I thought the beaming feature was only useful in transferring between Newtons; that one of the (few) problems within the Newt?s design was that the format was not compatible with anything else.

I recall reading this somewhere. I don?t, however, recall ever actually trying to beam to a Mac, so I could well be wrong. Perhaps it was that feature did not work with WINDOWS computers.

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 6S Plus

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 12:01 AM, Laurence W Brown via NewtonTalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Can only be done in Classic thru OS9 (as far as I recall)?
> 
> -L.W. Brown
> via 6s+
> 
>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 23:24, Max Piantoni <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Does anyone know of a way to use the infrared on the eMate to ?beam' a document to a mac? Either classic OS or OS X/macOS?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Max
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -
>> 
>> http://newtontalk.net/
>> http://twitter.com/newtontalk
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> http://newtontalk.net/
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:46:29 +0200
From: Jon Glass <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
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On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:14 AM Forrest <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I thought the beaming feature was only useful in transferring between Newtons; that one of the (few) problems within the Newt?s design was that the format was not compatible with anything else.
>
> I recall reading this somewhere. I don?t, however, recall ever actually trying to beam to a Mac, so I could well be wrong. Perhaps it was that feature did not work with WINDOWS computers.
>

I used to beam notes from my Pismo, and packages to my Newt all the time from Pismo. In fact, I installed a mirror behind the Pismo so I could do the beaming without turning it around. I don't remember what software I used, though... It may have been third-party. That was looong ago

--
 -Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<[email protected]>


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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:08:30 -0700
From: Forrest <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Yes; I now seem to recall a discussion here on NTLK some time ago?years?about that software.

Perhaps a search through the archives for posts about it would yield a result. I would search for the word ?beam??speaking as someone who has done such searches in the past.

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 6S Plus

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 3:46 AM, Jon Glass <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:14 AM Forrest <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I thought the beaming feature was only useful in transferring between Newtons; that one of the (few) problems within the Newt?s design was that the format was not compatible with anything else.
>> 
>> I recall reading this somewhere. I don?t, however, recall ever actually trying to beam to a Mac, so I could well be wrong. Perhaps it was that feature did not work with WINDOWS computers.
>> 
> 
> I used to beam notes from my Pismo, and packages to my Newt all the
> time from Pismo. In fact, I installed a mirror behind the Pismo so I
> could do the beaming without turning it around. I don't remember what
> software I used, though... It may have been third-party. That was
> looong ago
> 
> -- 
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <[email protected]>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> http://newtontalk.net/
> http://twitter.com/newtontalk



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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:52:55 -0600
From: Grant Hutchinson <[email protected]>
To: NewtonTalk List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Is there a way to beam from emate to Mac via IR?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>> On Jun 12, 2019, at 3:46 AM, Jon Glass <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I used to beam notes from my Pismo, and packages to my Newt all the
>> time from Pismo. In fact, I installed a mirror behind the Pismo so I
>> could do the beaming without turning it around. I don't remember what
>> software I used, though... It may have been third-party. That was
>> looong ago
> 
> On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Forrest <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Yes; I now seem to recall a discussion here on NTLK some time ago?years?about that software.

Gathered from the Newton FAQ ...

It?s possible to use a terminal emulator and Steve Weyer?s Sloup to communicate via IrDA:

https://communicrossings.com/html/newton/sloup.htm
https://communicrossings.com/html/newton/sloup/connect.htm#IrDA

Additional information:

<https://web.archive.org/web/20110105021720/http://web.ukonline.co.uk:80/kieran.miller/newton/irda.html>

Thomas Tempelmann?s Newton Data Browser also works on PPC Macs.

http://www.tempel.org/newton/#DILplugin

Note that I have not tried these solutions, so your mileage may vary.

g.

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