On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:44:58 BST, root@mauve.demon.co.uk said:

> For laptops, might console=/dev/irda work?

Hmm.... <looks around>  Do I have anything handy that will *catch* stuff being
spewed out the irda port?  Don't think so, or I'd have built that driver....

Yes, might work, *if* you have hardware handy.