[Ti] Apple Remote with older PowerBooks?

[Kynan Shook]

That's not terribly likely, though not necessarily impossible.  The  
lens on an IrDA port is different from a normal remote control; IrDA  
is designed for short distances and moderately high speeds; your  
everyday remote is designed for long distances and very low speeds.   
This makes using a remote difficult, but a few pieces of software  
existed 10 years ago or so to overcome that limitation.  However,  
since very few machines that came with IrDA are compatible with OS X,  
I doubt there is any software.  For that matter, I'm not even sure  
that any OS 9 software works with IrDA and remotes.

If you really want remote control, I think you'd probably be better  
off buying one from Keyspan or some other company; it'll save you  
lots of time (though it'll require a dongle).

John <simplymail at ururk.com> writes:
> I got an Apple Remote with my new Mac (not a MBP), and was wondering
> if I could get it to work with my Titanium PowerBook. My PowerBook
> does have an IRDa port on it, on the back.