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Can IrDA share a COM port?
Name: Lee Date: October 8, 2001 at 02:28:43 Pacific
Comment:
I'm using a IBM thinkpad 600,PII-300. Somehow, the laptop has only 1 serial port, which has been taken over by the internal modem. Now, I would like to know if it's possible for the infrared device to share the COM port with the modem??? if so..then how??? Please help me!!! otherwise, my new Digital Camera would become useless. Thank you.
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