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From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To: Martin Roos <kulminaator@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2005-Apr-08 14:36:13 +0300, Martin Roos wrote:
>i just recently purchased an irda dongle to use with my cellphone, but
>unhappily just after the purchase i found myself in the situation
>where my last choice of software, freebsd, does not support it. it's
>not only the 'item' itself, the whole irda support seems to be missing

Check out /usr/ports/comms/birda

It works well enough to talk to my cellphone but I still can't download
pictures because the manufacturer has implemented that bit using a
proprietary protocol :-(.

-- 
Peter Jeremy