Laptop Question about infrared module

[Guest letterman@invalid.com]

I have a Compaq Prosignia 165 laptop. It was designed for Windows 98,

so I assume it was built in 98 to 00. I finally found an online

manual for it. It has a thing on the rear that is called an infrared

module. It fails to explain what it's for. Can someone please tell

me the purpose to this thing.

 

Thanks

[Guest Jeff Richards]

Re: Laptop Question about infrared module

 

The infrared module allows the machine to communicate with infrared devices

such as some models of PDA or mobile phones. It provides short range unwired

interconnection. The module probably appears to the operating system as a

serial communications port - check the COM ports in device manager as it is

possible that one of them is actually the infrared module..

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Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

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>I have a Compaq Prosignia 165 laptop. It was designed for Windows 98,

> so I assume it was built in 98 to 00. I finally found an online

> manual for it. It has a thing on the rear that is called an infrared

> module. It fails to explain what it's for. Can someone please tell

> me the purpose to this thing.

>

> Thanks

>