I saw on the wiki that there were several proponents for a port to this camera but no action has been taken yet. I have an A460 at home, perhaps I can help to dump the firmware and/or test it.
The same build could probably be used for A450 since the only difference is 4x optical zoom as opposed to 3.2x in A450.
So, where do I sign up?
I nearly forgot, I don't have a phototransistor but I have built a remote receiver for the PC with Girder. I don't remember OTTOH what schematic I used (it's Ivan something) and is based around a common infrared receiver with 3 pins connected to serial port. Perhaps I can use that as a starting point.