From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ignatious.1tree.com(c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com[24.7.105.70]) (1470 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:18:15 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by ignatious.1tree.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 13oddZ-0000CG-00 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:23:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:23:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@ignatious.1tree.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: which prebuilt linux boxes seem to work best? In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001025211925.007dbe10@mail.ufw2.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: > Are pcmcia extra serial ports worth it? Find one and decide if it is worth your money. Good luck, I haven't seen any and didn't looking at CDW web site. > Do parallel to serial converters > work as they would using a braille 'n speak to print to a parallel ink > printer, do that quite a bit. The serial end goes in to the braille 'n > speak, and the parallel goes in to the printer. The short answer is no. You would have to have another driver written to get this done. This driver would have a different interface to deal with. If you hold your breath waiting you will surely pass out. So the long answer here is also no. Like I said, forget it. You can't get there from here. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net