Most serial ports are nine pin, but the older ones were 25-pin
connectors like the one on the blazer, or a lot of external dial-up
modems. I used to use the serial port for printing a lot, as some of
the printers I had were unreliable through parallel, and further when
I first started on the Apple IIe and later the IIgs there was no way
to use parallel with the printing and embossing software I had to use.
Then along came USB and made everything much easier... at least so
long as the drivers worked :).
On Nov 5, 2008, at 22:12, Tiffany D wrote:
No, you remembered the ports correctly. It's a 25-pin female serial
port, which I found strange, considering how most serial ports are
9-pin. I don't think that cable should be hard to find, though, and
I'll probably need it even if I wanted to use the serial port on one
of my Windows machines. I'm used to using a parallel port for
printing, though I've used serial ports many times.
On 05/11/2008, Jacob Schmude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Forgot to add that you'll need a serial cable with the 25-pin
connector on one end to connect to the blazer, and a nine-pin female
on the other end to connect to the Keyspan adapter. The Keyspan
adapter has the standard nine-pin male serial port, like the one you
would find on the back of most desktops. I believe you'll need a 25-
pin female to nine-pin female serial cable (also known as db25f to
db9f), though it's been a while since I've seen the blazer so I might
be wrong on the port it has.
On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:06, Tiffany D wrote:
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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