The problem with usb to serial is I don't know if it'll give me a serial console to do an install...I know it won't work with speakup compiled into the kernel since the usb subsystem doesn't load early enough. I actually did find 2 laptops with serial, the Latitude d820 and the Inspiron 600m. On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 09:21:35AM +1000, Adrian Beech wrote: > G'day Alex, > > You might be hard pressed to find a laptop nowadays with serial ports! An > alternative option would be to use a USB to serial converter. The main > question is, I guess, would Speakup be able to use a USB interface even > though the converter should by rights show up as a serial port? I haven't > tried using USB to serial converters under any of the Linux flavors and > probably don't fully understand all the ins and outs, etc -- hence my point > here may be a mute one. > > Cheers. > AB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Alex Snow > Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2006 4:30 AM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > 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 at aix1.uottawa.ca > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ NOD32 1.1661 (20060714) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Microsoft Corp., concerned by the growing popularity of the free 32-bit operating system for Intel systems, Linux, has employed a number of top programmers from the underground world of virus development. Bill Gates stated yesterday: "World domination, fast -- it's either us or Linus". Mr. Torvalds was unavailable for comment ... -- Robert Manners, rjm at swift.eng.ox.ac.uk, in comp.os.linux.setup
