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#249545 - 16/02/2005 14:01 Win98 (SE) <-> W2K over IrDA?
julf veteran Registered: 01/10/2001 Posts: 1307 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Problem: I have a ProGear tablet still running Win98. Except that it has been updated to Second Edition. And with one of the upgrades, Windows stopped accepting the driver for the Orinoco WiFi card. So no network. Only other connection is USB - and no drivers for any reasonable floppy, flash or CDROM drive. So up manure creek. Possible solution: It does have IrDA. And I have another ProGear with W2K, and a working WiFi connection. But... I can't get them to talk to each other. Smells like permission/access problem, as the win98 machine every now and then sees the W2K machine for a brief instant - so the hardware works, but it seems like the W2K machine refuses the connection. Anyone with experience of IrDA on W2K?
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#249546 - 16/02/2005 14:19 Re: Win98 (SE) <-> W2K over IrDA? [Re: julf]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	Sounds like another job for Super Maplins External IDE Adapter Thing. IIRC taking Frontpaths apart enough to take the winchester out isn't that hard. Peter
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#249547 - 16/02/2005 15:23 Re: Win98 (SE) <-> W2K over IrDA? [Re: peter]
julf veteran Registered: 01/10/2001 Posts: 1307 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Quote: IIRC taking Frontpaths apart enough to take the winchester out isn't that hard Probably what I'll end up doing. But it's annoying - finally there would have been a way to use the otherwise useless IrDA ports...
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#249548 - 16/02/2005 15:38 Re: Win98 (SE) <-> W2K over IrDA? [Re: julf]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: Only other connection is USB - and no drivers for any reasonable floppy, flash or CDROM drive. But what about drivers for a USB WiFi adapter? _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#249549 - 16/02/2005 16:00 Re: Win98 (SE) <-> W2K over IrDA? [Re: tfabris]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	If it doesn't have a generic USB MSC driver for a flash drive then it's highly unlikely it'll be able to use a WiFi dongle.
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#249550 - 16/02/2005 16:01 Re: Win98 (SE) <-> W2K over IrDA? [Re: julf]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	You got any CF or any other flash memory cards? If so, put it into a PCMCIA adapter and use that.
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#249551 - 16/02/2005 16:09 Re: Win98 (SE) <-> W2K over IrDA? [Re: tman]
julf veteran Registered: 01/10/2001 Posts: 1307 Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Quote: You got any CF or any other flash memory cards? If so, put it into a PCMCIA adapter and use that. Access to the PCMCIA requires opening the unit - might as well rip out the HD in that case
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