I heard it would, I haven't tried it. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 8:49 AM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: (no subject) You know I saw on Computer Geeks, http://www.computergeeks.com a usb to serial adapter. I wonder if this would work for serial synths. I have a feeling not, but I hope I'm wrong. ANyone know? On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:20:04PM -0500, Patrick Turnage wrote: > Hi. > My mom wanted me to do some shopping for notebooks for christmas. I > have a hint that when I get home on december 20, she's going to ask me > the best deal I found. She said no more than 1000 dollars. I have > found the toshiba 1115-S103 from Bestbuy for 1099 with a 200 dollar > rebate. The specifications look fine to me, except. It does not have a > serial port or floppy disk drive. > 1. How can I install jaws on a computer with no floppy disk drive? What are > people doing to boot the system? Aside from bootible cdrom. > 2. What would be the best way to have serial devices accessable to the > system? I may want to install Linux so having the serial port workable with > speakup is what I want. That is the only thing I use the serial port for.. > My mom has placed a few requirements on me, like the machine has to be > pickupable from a store.. So I'm at the murcy of their pricing... > Thanks for the suggestions. > sincerely, > Patrick > > > ----- > Patrick Turnage > E-mail: pturnage at tampabay.rr.com > AOL Instant Messenger: kg4dqk > Home Page: > http://www.access-connect.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
