See http://www.lirc.org/ for plans for cheap hardware to get a pc to send and received IR, software for linux and windows, and a database of remotes. Alternate "serial port" transmitter at http://www.blars.org/blarslirc/ -- Blars Blarson blarson@blars.org http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu