If your PC does not have an infra red port it will probably have a four (or 5) pin socket on the mother-board marked IRDA. You can find out more in the motherboard manual, which you can usually download from the motherboard manufacturer's web-site or driversguide.com. You can buy a plug in USB infra-red port or if you have basic electronics knowledge, it is easy to build an internal one to match the mother-board port using an infra red TX device (three connections - 5v data+ data-) and Rx device (similar connections). These are available from RS components etc.
Richard, October 2004