Is an infrared printer still worth getting?

[rprosperi]

(10-07-2021 07:44 AM)Martin Hepperle Wrote:  Dear All,

you can find a list of calculators compatible with the RedEye protocol in my PDF document at
https://www.mh-aerotools.de/hp/red-eye/index.htm.
Note also that the 50g and similar calculators have a relatively weak IR signal, compared to the 48G, thus a low range of one or two inches only.

Martin

The IR signal on the 48gII, 49g+ and 50g were supposedly deliberately lowered by HP to "prevent" cheating by students that could otherwise beam answers from seat to seat. It seems they actually were lowered a lot, as I've never seen consumer IR with such limited range, but that story seems a bit too cute; I wonder if it was done for power saving reasons, or somehow easier to implement on the new ARM h/w?