On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Dawes, Stephen wrote: > A laptop with no serial port is not a problem as you can get a PCMCIA > card that can have anywhere from 1 to 4 serial ports on it. They work > well, I am using one of these little gems with 2 serial ports to connect > a Dectalk express and an Alva abt380 to my laptop. <snip> Doesn't this, however, mean that you can't get speech until card services comes up? If I recall, that's quite a way into the boot, and speakup may not find your synthesiser until pcmcia is up. Cheers. -- Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 ICQ: #61744808 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
