I didn't buy a brand name, I had someone put one together for me. The motherboard is the critical component, and most Intel motherboards will work fine. The newer ones might require newer kernels. Others here would have better recommendations than this, but I would be biased against buying a brand name that might come with Windows already installed. No point paying for an OS you might not need. Also, the brand names are more likely to have components that do not support Linux, i.e. components whose specs are held in secrecy. Chuck On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:33:33AM -0600, randy turner wrote: > hi chuck, > what brand of computer do i need to be looking at? > i just want a desktop computer > randy turner > > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > > I can't answer the question about the USB driver, but it should not be > > difficult to find a computer with a serial port on the motherboard. I > > just bought a new computer with a very nearly state-of-the-art > > motherboard, that came with a serial port on the motherboard. Laptops > > might be a different story though, or so I understand. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 09:01:09AM -0600, randy turner wrote: > >> > >> hi chuck > >> i guess if it isn't all ready built in speakup just isn't going to see it. > >> so i have two questions for all of you. > >> how far are we from usb support with speakup? > >> and the second question is > >> where can i buy a computer that will work with speakup?? > >> thanks to all > >> randy turner > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > >> > >>> Randy, > >>> > >>> I doubt if removing the modem will help. I recently had a computer with > >>> one built-in serial port and a second serial port on a PCI card such as > >>> yours. I wanted to have a refreshable braille display and an external > >>> synthesizer on the box, and the only way to get the synthesizer to be > >>> recognized was to put it on the built-in port. The braille display > >>> worked either way, but the synthesizer only worked on the built-in port. > >>> My guess is that without any built-in serial ports, you can forget about > >>> installing with speakup. > >>> > >>> Chuck > >>> > >>> -- > >>> The Moon is Waning Crescent (42% of Full) > >>> Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. > >>> But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (42% of Full) > > Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. > > But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (40% of Full) Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
