[CUBE] GSM & IrDA

[Riba]

On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 08:19 PM, Rick Rodman wrote:

> I tried using IrDA with Palm back in the OS 9 days (on a 6200, if you 
> want
> to know).  Forget it - it's slow as death.  Maximum speed on IR is 
> 19.2kb/s.
> FWIH, Bluetooth isn't much faster.

I know it isn't, so I don't really see the bluetooth advantage. Speed 
is not the issue, the amount of the data transferred is very small, at 
least in my case.

> Get the Keyspan Dual Serial USB adapter.  It works perfectly under Mac 
> OS X
> (get drivers from Keyspan's web site).  You'll need a 
> mac-serial-to-9-pin
> adapter.  Plug all the cables together and play!

In that case I'd rather get a CubePort, since I don't use my internal 
modem....now that you mention it, CubePort can be found for the same 
money as the USB-IrDA adapter...but that would leave my Powerbook in 
the cold...ah, so many problems...