BluetoothCards

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Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a medium to short distance (1m up to 100m) wireless standard. It can be used for serial connections, as a cable replacement. It also allows Object Exchange (OBEX) like IrDA and web-sharing (TCP via BT).

Blunt is a Bluetooth-driver for the Newton.

Blunt-supported Bluetooth Hardware

The NewtonMessagePad can make use of Bluetooth with a driver from Eckhart Köppen. There are some cards, both PCMCIA and CompactFlash, which are supported:

• Sphinx PICO Bluetooth PCMCIA card (available here: http://NewtonSales.com) and on Adriano's website
• Taiyo Yuden internal UART modules
• AmbiCom Air2Net BT2000CF and BT2000E
• Conceptronic CBT100C with UpdatedFirmware (ask DanielPadilla)

Not working is the following hardware:

• Belkin Bluetooth PC Card (a CardBus card)
• 3com Wireless PC Card (incompatible serial chip)
• IBM Bluetooth PC Card (incompatible serial chip)

See also:

• The Blunt webpage for more details and the Blunt driver packages
  
• BluntSetup for "The Complete Moron's Manual(TM) to Blunt Setup"
  
• PowerConsumption
  

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