From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Greylist: delayed 398 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at befuddled; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:29:34 EST Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 944641EF531 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:29:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 12 Dec 2012 22:22:50 -0000 Received: from c-107-3-73-48.hsd1.ct.comcast.net (EHLO [10.1.10.79]) [107.3.73.48] by mail.gmx.net (mp030) with SMTP; 12 Dec 2012 23:22:50 +0100 X-Authenticated: #12989700 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+yAVkJYWKyNSNufo9wgxldre2aIDwhsIy9Md5svx 8SWXgid2t0GM+B Message-ID: <50C903BA.4060508@gmx.net> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:22:50 -0500 From: Alex Snow User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.28) Gecko/20120306 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Are the days of hardware synths and speaking from boot numbered? References: Your message of Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:16:03 +0100. <50C83D43.7000103@mjw.se> <005801cdd87d$06251ea0$126f5be0$@math.wisc.edu> In-Reply-To: <005801cdd87d$06251ea0$126f5be0$@math.wisc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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, 12 Dec 2012 22:29:35 -0000 Also most server-class boards still come with onboard serial ports (I deal with a lot of Supermicro hardware at work and they still have at least 1 serial port). Even if you don't want to spend the money on a new board, surplus equipment is always available. On 12/12/2012 10:26 AM, John G. Heim wrote: > I always buy Asus mobos and they always have a serial header. The adapter > you need is available from cables2go for about $10. My department always > buys from Dell and they always come with the serial port DB9 port on the > back. So for me, it hasn't been a problem using my serial hardware synth. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of > acollins@icsmail.net > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:26 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Are the days of hardware synths and speaking from boot > numbered? > > Well, they may be, but not quite yet. As John Covici pointed out, you can > get cables and brackets to extend the serial headers on your mother board, > if it has them. > > On the other hand, if you have an old isa card, and are in the market to buy > a new computer, there are still companiesout there that make computers with > both isa and pci slots, you just have to look for them. > One that I found while doing a search is Nixsys Open Systems. Their web > site is nixsys.com, where you will find a link for isa slot computers. > They come in both short tower and rack mount configurations. Hope this > helps. > > Gene > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup