From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JUNrK-0004WS-00 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:06:14 -0500 Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D94747A0 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:05:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673822BD9B for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:05:44 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <049d01c87952$39cd3c90$4ba65c90@vv507j> From: "John Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: serial ports (was 4DOS) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:05:44 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:06:14 -0000 Another thing to look into if you have a PC without a serial port is whether the motherboard actually has a serial port header block on it. In other words, your motherboard might have a serial port but it's just not connected to the case. If so, you can just buy a $5 adapter that goes from the motherboard to the back of the case. ----- Original Message ----- From: "josh" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:30 PM Subject: Re: 4DOS > you could buy a serial card that you install in your computer which will > give you serial ports. >