[nfbcs] PC's with a serial port

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

that's what i just said. first she has to know the board, then find the 
other end mounted on a expansion slot cover.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] PC's with a serial port


> lots of mobos have the header for the port. Where you'll run the port out 
> through is another question entirely. the mobo panel has to have a slot 
> for it or you have to find some way to use it.
> On 1/29/2014 2:39 PM, Bryan Schulz wrote:
>> 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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