[nfbcs] PC's with a serial port

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

sometimes the usb adapter will get by and sometimes it will be the glitch.
can you discover the brand/model of the motherboard?
several i have read about lately have the socket on the motherboard, just 
not the connector plumbed out the back.
middle of the road would be to get a small pci board especially if you want 
to use an older parallel printer.
Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:07 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] PC's with a serial port


> I'm looking around for a new desktop.  I am using an older Alva braille 
> display, which runs off a serial port.  I am having trouble identifying if 
> a PC I'm interested in has a serial port or not.  Sometimes it's in the 
> technical specs, and sometimes not.
> Is a serial port no longer standard?  Does the USB to serial adapter work 
> just as well, or is it slower at passing data through?
> Would anyone care to recommend a desktop, or a place to look?  I've been 
> looking at Amazon and TigerDirect.  I tried NewEgg, but didn't see much I 
> fancied.
> Thanks.
> Tracy
>
>
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