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A: Yes. Bluetooth serial (EIA-232) adapters, available in good computer shops, are architecture-neutral, i.e. they are
the same for PC, Amiga and other systems.
On a Bluetooth-enabled PC, Amiga Explorer also
works with a Bluetooth serial adapter attached to the Amiga serial
port. The PC side must support the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile,
which makes it possible to select the Amiga side as a standard COM
port in Amiga Explorer. Depending on the adapter, no configuration
may be required (the adapter attached to the Amiga serial port
automatically runs as a "slave"), or, in some cases, the adapter
must first be connected to the PC serial port and configured via
the included software. Some adapters have a built-in web server
which allows for remote configuration. In either case, no
Bluetooth software is required on the Amiga. A 9-pin to 25-pin
adapter may be required to connect a 9-pin Bluetooth EIA-232
adapter to the Amiga DB-25 serial port connector.
Bluetooth
serial adapters include
Baracoda's Serial Dongle,
Free2move's F2M01 plug, Inventel's
BlueAirPlug, LinTech's
Bluetooth RS232 Adapter,
Roving Networks' BluePort XP, SMART Modular
Technologies' Blue Lapis Serial Port Adaptor,
Socket Communications'
Cordless Serial Adapter and
Sphinx Elektronik's
PICO Plug. These devices
are not endorsed and have not been tested by Cloanto. Also be sure
to verify the power supply requirements and/or if separate means
of power supply are available (Amiga models other than the A1000
only supply 12 Volt power over the serial port, whereas some
adapters require 5 Volts).
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