Lol the good old Apple IIgs. You will need a serial card if you want
to do that, and I have no idea where you'd even buy one now that would
be compatible. I'm sure you could find one though if you looked hard
enough, some later IIgs models even had serial ports on them as
standard.
Most embossers take formatted braille, this is why you need the
translator program to generate it. As long as you connect it properly
it should work fine. I don't know about graphics, though.
On Nov 5, 2008, at 13:55, Tiffany D wrote:
I've heard this is the only usb to parallel cable that works with
Leopard but I'm not sure how true that is. Also, I wonder how well
the Mac will recognise my embosser. I mean, there are no drivers for
Leopard, of course, so I'm assuming it'll work fine as a plug and play
with a translator? Also, just as a gag, can I use my printer from my
Apple II GS with that adapter? I think that would be really funny to
see the two Apple products working together.
Keyspan UP-6C.
http://www.keyspan.com/products/up6c/
On 05/11/2008, David Poehlman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you can find a usb to parellel adaptor, it will be better if
supported
but the keyspan will meet your needs. I don't know how to do braille
graphics on the Mac though unless you use a windows app.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: Need USB to Serial Adapter
Okay. I just did my research and as I remembered, the Blazer has
both ports. The first is a standard Centronix parallel and the
second is a 25-pin female serial. So which should I get, a usb to
parallel or a usb to serial adapter? Btw, that Keyspan sounds great.
Also, it can braille graphics, so now I need to check out that
translator that can handle them.
Thanks,
Tiffanitsa
On 05/11/2008, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
Key span is a good adaptor. I used one in tiger for my alva braille
display
with terminal and brltty to get braille display support before we
had it
in
leopard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Cavendish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: Need USB to Serial Adapter
Greg once recommended keyspan usb to serial adaptor, I have
purchased
it and it works with my old everest index braille embosser.
On 5 Nov 2008, at 04:42, Tiffany D wrote:
Hi guys,
Figured I'd put this in a separate message so it wouldn't get
lost. I
won that Braille Blazer and now need a recommendation of a good
usb to
serial adapter. Alternatively, if it's possible to print from the
parallel port, I'll accept one of those. But I know they're
expensive
and I just spent $168 on the embosser so don't want to make a
mistake.
Thanks,
Tiffanitsa
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