You can use a usb to serial converter. They don't cost much, and they work well. I have a laptop with no serial port and connect to the bn with the converter fairly easily. Hope this helps.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Fenton Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] Wireless cards and getting around lack of Usb port Greetings, listers. My name is Chad Fenton, and I will be receiving a 32-cell BrailleNote QT within a couple weeks. I had a couple questions I wished to pose to the list. It is my understanding that, with the release of Keysoft 6.1, there will be the ability to connect to the Internet wirelessly, provided a network has been set up either in the home, at work, or via a wireless hotspot. However, I believe that only certain wireless cards have been found to work with the BrailleNote, unlike the (Pssst, Pac-Mate), which seems to be more accomodating to a wider variety of cards. Believe me, it wasn't an easy decision between the BrailleNote and Pac-mate, but in the end I thought it was better to use a laptop for the full version of JAWS, Microsoft Office, etc. rather than a stripped-down Pocket version in the Pac-mate. At the present time, can anyone recommend a good wireless card that will be compliant with the BrailleNote? Of course, if it adds 100mb of flash storage as well, that's a nice addition. I did find a fairly good deal on a Sandisk 1gb compact flash card for $108 American dollars off of eBay, so perhaps extra storage isn't a necessity. I couldn't pass up this deal, as it would have been twice that amount ordering directly from Sandisk, and because my book collection is around 600mb, but I digress. My other question deals with a USB port, or rather, the lack thereof on the BrailleNote Bt and Qt models. Is there a way to get around this? I suppose that even a USB hub requires a USB port to connect it to, but just wondered if any geeks out there knew of a way to work around this issue. If, like the Braillenote Pk, the Bt and Qt models had USB, bluetooth, and wireless connectivity, then it could connect to almost anything. Of course, Keysoft 6.1 will offer wireless, with bluetooth possibly coming in the next release, so that's a partial compensation. USB seems the only connectivity issue that the Pk has and current models of the BrailleNote don't. Any help with these two questions is appreciated. Regards, Chad ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
