From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc2-s30.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.166]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1G1s9T-0003LI-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:58:20 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.174.74]) by bay0-omc2-s30.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:57:49 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:57:48 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 128.243.220.41 by BAY103-DAV2.phx.gbl with DAV; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:57:46 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [128.243.220.41] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com From: "Michael Whapples" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20060714182943.GA26714@gmx.net> Subject: Re: laptops with serial ports Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:57:39 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jul 2006 21:57:48.0886 (UTC) FILETIME=[B6310760:01C6A859] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:58:20 -0000 What is the reason for serial port? If it is to be able to install linux with speakup, then would it be possible to choose something with a suitable sound card and use software speech in something like GRML. I think people were saying in discussions about GRML that it is possible to install debian from that, and it should most certainly be possible to install gentoo with that (as I think all the install stuff is in the stage file that you decompress to the hard disk and and the speech is provided by the linux CD). As I remember last year when my old HP laptop got stolen, it was very hard to find a replacement with a serial port (although I did find one at Dell, the inspiron 510m (I think no longer in production)). Sorry I can't help too much with that part, all the ones I can find seem out of your price limit (evesham computers have one with a serial port, but approx 1200 www.evesham.com). May be one of these companies that can build laptops to order could do something, but I think they will be too expensive if you need to stick to that limit. If you want the serial port for other things, then is there other solutions with various adaptors from other ports suitable? From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" To: Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:29 PM Subject: ot: laptops with serial ports > Hi All, > > Looking at retiring my old Latitude cpt in favor of something a bit > faster. What current laptops do people here have experience with? My > main requirement is something with a serial port, and I'd like to find > something under $1,000. Any input would be apreciated. > > -- > MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years > of careful development. > -- dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca > > >