Beginners • Re: Feasibility: Raspberry Pi to run MS-DOS Based software to communicate with IRDA transciever

Or am i better off finding an old simple x86 box and getting an usb -> IRDA dongle and trying to run it from ms-dos/windows there?

USB won't work. DOS programs only use physical COM ports. USB is not supported. You need an RS232-to-IRDA cable. These contain such a chip
https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tir1000.pdf
that handles IRDA modulation.

Would be ideal for a WeeCee.
https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharepro ... ng_PC.html
... if they had wired the com ports to external connectors.

Statistics: Posted by fchk — Tue Nov 18, 2025 10:14 am

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