Linux and laptops

[Toby Fisher]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Dawes, Stephen wrote:

> A laptop with no serial port is not a problem as you can get a PCMCIA
> card that can have anywhere from 1 to 4 serial ports on it. They work
> well, I am using one of these little gems with 2 serial ports to connect
> a Dectalk express and an Alva abt380 to my laptop.

<snip>

Doesn't this, however, mean that you can't get speech until card services
comes up?  If I recall, that's quite a way into the boot, and speakup may
not find your synthesiser until pcmcia is up.

Cheers.

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