I have also made the mistake of buying a new computer without making sure it had a motherboard serial port, and now have a boat anchor. The take away is never take the salesman's word that a usb adapter or a pcie serial board will solve the problem! I think this means we will just have to forget about getting the cheapest computer at the cheapest store. This is not unlike buying any other appliance for a blind person to use. I have found a place that specializes in having or making the computer that satisfys each customer's needs. it is logic supply at: http://logicsupply.com. I have also found that many other vendors such as HP offer computers with serial ports. You just have to insist that a motherboard serial port or serial header is not negociable. One good way to get a bargin on a computer with serial ports is to buy from a used computer store. Good Luck! D. Curtis Willoughby > From speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca Thu Jul 12 12:35:21 2012 > Envelope-to: postman at localhost > Delivery-date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:35:21 -0600 > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on > new-mail2.hypermall.com > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled > version=3.2.1 > X-Original-To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > X-Greylist: delayed 454 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at speech; > Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:47:00 EDT > X-CM-Score: 0.00 > X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=X/PQ2Rve c=1 sm=1 a=gwhmnlmVVVBTXaVYiiMU8w==:17 > a=OHDxHPYXlGIA:10 a=OY9pC3LEmRkA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=JrFB1ptfAAAA:8 > a=WsyN6ZS8ITh2wGxSVTUA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=gwhmnlmVVVBTXaVYiiMU8w==:117 > From: Keith Barrett <lists at barrettpianos.co.uk> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; > rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Subject: serial ports > X-BeenThere: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 > List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup.braille.uwo.ca> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/options/speakup>, > <mailto:speakup-request at braille.uwo.ca?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup/> > List-Post: <mailto:speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > List-Help: <mailto:speakup-request at braille.uwo.ca?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: <http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup>, > <mailto:speakup-request at braille.uwo.ca?subject=subscribe> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > > I am needing to replace my old debian box which has sadly died (r.i.p) > So, I have been looking for a motherboard with a serial port. This is > not proving to be easy at the moment. > > I have been offered a plug-in serial card but I am doubtful about this. > > Anyone know whether this is likely to work with speakup and a serial synth? > > Not got in to specific cards as yet because if it is going to be > problematic, not worth looking in that direction. > > Also, if anyone has found a source of motherboards with serial ports, > would like to know. > > Many Thanks > > Keith Barrett > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
