laptops with serial ports

[Dart Vader]

Hi, Michael.

Could you, please, tell the url, where I can read (download image) about
GRML or similar things.

Thanks for your attention.
WBR, Roman
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>>>>> " " == Michael Whapples <mikster4 at msn.com> writes:

 > My comment about the sound card was more to do with using something
 > like GRML, where the CD contains sound drivers, speakup and software
 > speech components, so Alex would be able to install a distribution of
 > linux using software speech. Admittedly this is not quite as good as
 > using a hardware synth and speakup for install as it requires the
 > system to boot without any problems (at least problems that don't
 > prevent it booting and don't affect the sound card), before speech
 > can be started. I would guess that it would be easier to find a
 > modern laptop that meets those requirements than the requirement of a
 > serial port (particularly considering his budget).

 > From Michael Whapples

 >  Laura Eaves writes:

>> Doesn't the sound card require a driver? At what point is that
>> loaded?  The serial port is probably not essential for any purpose
>> other than boot time access, so for other peripherals a USB or pcmcia
>> to serial adaptor is sufficient.  --le
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples"
>> <mikster4 at msn.com> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 5:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: laptops with serial ports
>> 
>> 
>> What is the reason for serial port? If it is to be able to install
>> linux with speakup, then would it be possible to choose something
>> with a suitable sound card and use software speech in something like
>> GRML. I think people were saying in discussions about GRML that it is
>> possible to install debian from that, and it should most certainly be
>> possible to install gentoo with that (as I think all the install
>> stuff is in the stage file that you decompress to the hard disk and
>> and the speech is provided by the linux CD).
>> 
>> As I remember last year when my old HP laptop got stolen, it was very
>> hard to find a replacement with a serial port (although I did find
>> one at Dell, the inspiron 510m (I think no longer in
>> production)). Sorry I can't help too much with that part, all the
>> ones I can find seem out of your price limit (evesham computers have
>> one with a serial port, but approx 1200 www.evesham.com). May be one
>> of these companies that can build laptops to order could do
>> something, but I think they will be too expensive if you need to
>> stick to that limit.
>> 
>> If you want the serial port for other things, then is there other
>> solutions with various adaptors from other ports suitable?
>> 
>> From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow"
>> <alex_snow at gmx.net> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, July
>> 14, 2006 7:29 PM 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.
>>> 
>>> -- MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten
>>> years of careful development.  -- dmeggins at aix1.uottawa.ca
>>> 
>>> 
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