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Re:Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988) by joezydeco on Thursday January 24, 2013 @03:14PM (#5111893)
They were 5-6 years ahead of IRDA, which was pretty much the wireless transfer/printing standard before Bluetooth came along.
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Re:Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988) by jimktrains2 on Thursday January 24, 2013 @05:37PM (#5112732)
I've used IRDA, I just couldn't think of it's name. It was a nice protocol. A friend and I would often use it on our Palm Pilots.
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