From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from omta03sl.mx.bigpond.com ([144.140.92.155]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1G1WwT-00016C-00 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:19:29 -0400 Received: from minbari ([149.167.102.19]) by omta03sl.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20060714231857.UCLE1089.omta03sl.mx.bigpond.com@minbari> for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:18:57 +0000 From: "Adrian Beech" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Subject: RE: laptops with serial ports Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:21:35 +1000 Organization: Polarmation Message-ID: <000001c6a79c$3fb71e20$0a0510ac@minbari> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20060714182943.GA26714@gmx.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: a.beech@bigpond.net.au, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:19:29 -0000 G'day Alex, You might be hard pressed to find a laptop nowadays with serial ports! = An alternative option would be to use a USB to serial converter. The main question is, I guess, would Speakup be able to use a USB interface even though the converter should by rights show up as a serial port? I = haven't tried using USB to serial converters under any of the Linux flavors and probably don't fully understand all the ins and outs, etc -- hence my = point here may be a mute one. Cheers. AB -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca = [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Alex Snow Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2006 4:30 AM To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: ot: laptops with serial ports Hi All, Looking at retiring my old Latitude cpt in favor of something a bit=20 faster. What current laptops do people here have experience with? My=20 main requirement is something with a serial port, and I'd like to find=20 something under $1,000. Any input would be apreciated. --=20 MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development. -- dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca = http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup __________ NOD32 1.1661 (20060714) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com