you'd think the blazer would include the cable. ----- 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 10:12 PM Subject: Re: Need USB to Serial Adapter
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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com >>>> (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! >>>> Educational, tasteful and fun!) >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com >> (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! >> Educational, tasteful and fun!) >> > > > -- http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! Educational, tasteful and fun!)
