Never mind Londa. I thought you were writing to me on something and I see that you were not.
>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Londa Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:42:30 -0400 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Wireless cards and getting around lack of Usb port >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 >___ >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
