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Pismo and Apple remote?

· PowerPC · 6 posts · Mar 28, 2009 — Apr 2, 2009 View original thread ↗

#1 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 - 19:58

Hi

I have a old but cool Powerbook G3 Pismo and an Apple remote.

Since the Pismo has an Irda port I wonder if I could pair my remote with my Pismo.

#2 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 - 20:39

I heard it's plausible but no one has made software for it.

#3 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 - 20:41

I never heard of that being possible.

Maybe you'll want to go with an external solution.

#4 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 - 21:37

It's cropped up a few times on the Apple Discussions from time to time.

#5 Thu, 2 Apr 2009 - 17:59

IRDA is for data only. its a completely different device than the IR receivers used for remote controls.

you can get the apple remote to work with a pismo if you can get your hands on one of the 3rd party external receivers or an internal apple receiver from a dead mac. just solder an usb connector onto it and plug it in.

if the pismo has internal headers for usb somewhere you cold also place it somewhere inside the book itself. (expansion bay comes to mind

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i got an usb IR receiver from a dead iMac G5 on my MacPro and it works like a charm.

#6 Thu, 2 Apr 2009 - 18:53

IRDA is for data only. its a completely different device than the IR receivers used for remote controls.you can get the apple remote to work with a pismo if you can get your hands on one of the 3rd party external receivers or an internal apple receiver from a dead mac. just solder an usb connector onto it and plug it in.

if the pismo has internal headers for usb somewhere you cold also place it somewhere inside the book itself. (expansion bay comes to mind )

i got an usb IR receiver from a dead iMac G5 on my MacPro and it works like a charm.

I've also heard you can use the iMac G5 iSight (and up i assume) as IR data transfer too.