Hi Kirk. I actually thought of that, but just wasn't sure if it was the case. So could I do with a female-2-male serial converter instead? Just asking because you just mentioned to me that a usb-to-serial wouldn't work. Its a good thing I didn't go out and buy one before I read your post grin! On 2 Apr 2002, Kirk Reiser wrote: > A usb to serial converter won't do any good for talking to a serial > synth. The reason is that the i/o ports for the uarts are not the > same and we speak to the ports at a very low level. I am trying to > find time to include usb and pcmcia support. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >