laptops with serial ports

[Alex Snow]

The problem with usb to serial is I don't know if it'll give me a 
serial console to do an install...I know it won't work with speakup 
compiled into the kernel since the usb subsystem doesn't load early 
enough.

I actually did find 2 laptops with serial, the Latitude d820 and the 
Inspiron 600m.
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 09:21:35AM +1000, Adrian Beech 
wrote:
> G'day Alex,
> 
> You might be hard pressed to find a laptop nowadays with serial ports!  An
> alternative option would be to use a USB to serial converter.  The main
> question is, I guess, would Speakup be able to use a USB interface even
> though the converter should by rights show up as a serial port?  I haven't
> tried using USB to serial converters under any of the Linux flavors and
> probably don't fully understand all the ins and outs, etc -- hence my point
> here may be a mute one.
> 
> Cheers.
> AB
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Alex Snow
> Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2006 4:30 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: ot: laptops with serial ports
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Looking at retiring my old Latitude cpt in favor of something a bit 
> faster.  What current laptops do people here have experience with?  My 
> main requirement is something with a serial port, and I'd like to find 
> something under $1,000.  Any input would be apreciated.
> 
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