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1 total messages Started by Ralf Brown Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:00
Re: ���sUSB Port
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Author: Ralf Brown
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <5c894g$5r52@hkusud.hku.hk>, cpoon@cs.hku.hk (Poon Chi Fai  Denny) wrote:
}Percy Cheung Chi Shun (ee_ccs@stu.ust.hk) wrote:
}: In addition to USB,
}
}: I remeber that something like ??Infra Red?? port on the motherboard
}: (according to my MotherB. menu).
}:       -what is the "Infra Red port"
}
}  From the 1.0 spec., it's not IR port .  It's use a four- wire cable 
}for connection.  And your device can get power from the
}host through it.

There is a separate (from USB) infrared-port specification known as IrDA.
I've seen motherboards advertised with both USB and IrDA ports.

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