Christine, it's sorted. Not worth having a serial to USB adaptor in my view as there'll be a lot of cabling, particularly for my needs. So I'm going to stick with good old bluetooth, my favourite technology. Thanks for the help though, greatly appreciated.
Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 3:37 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Serial cables
Chris, when Peter comes home I'll get out the cable and get him to tell mewhat you want to know, I had to buy it for my laptop to BN as I couldn't getit to work cable-wise in any other way, I found this off the braille lightgroup, but the cheapest anyone had bought was £30 and I wasn't going to payout that much, its Only a cable with the right ends on it! lol Christine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Serial cablesRight OK. So are these two ends USB shaped, or is one serial and the otherUSB. Know what I mean? Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 12:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Serial cables > Its just a "Normal" two ended cable that you plug in Chris, you can'tget> anything different, good luck in finding what you want though!Christine.> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:34 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Serial cables > >>> Sounds quite cheap Christine, however not sure if these "adaptors" >> will> suit >> my fine motor difficulties. Thanks for sharing. >> Chris Hallsworth >> BrailleNote mPower user >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx> >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:57 PM >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Serial cables >> >> >> >I got an adapter Chris off eBay, it only cost me £2.50 Hope this info >> >helps. >> > Christine.--- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:14 PM >> > Subject: [access-uk] Serial cables >> > >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> For my physical disabilities, is there a way for me to use serial >> >> connections without damagin the socket or plug in any way? For >> >> example, > I >> >> like to use JAWS 8 with my BrailleNote mPower as a Braille display, >> >> via >> >> bluetooth. This works, but as with any bluetooth device theconnection>> > needs >> >> to be initiated manually, meaning that I won't be able to haveBraille> at >> >> startup. This isn't a problem, but it would be cool if I could. Bythe>> > way, >> >> I don't have a serial port on my laptop, but I've heard of serial > cards. >> >> I >> >> know they fit in a PCMCIA slot, which I believe I have on my laptop > (will >> >> have to check that out), but how do they work, and would it benefit >> > someone >> >> with physical disabilities? >> >> Thanks in advance for sharing. >> >> Chris Hallsworth >> >> BrailleNote mPower user >> >> >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> ** and in the Subject line type >> >> ** unsubscribe >> >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> >> ** immediately-following link:- >> >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> >> ** or send a message, to >> >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> >> >> >> > >> > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > ** and in the Subject line type >> > ** unsubscribe >> > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> > ** immediately-following link:- >> > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> > ** or send a message, to >> > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> > >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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