Hi,
My understanding from those who use USB to serial adapters is the speech
lag with missing text is quite profound.
With my ears I read at around 375 400 words per minute, so..I imagine
my best bet will be continuing to have my machines custom built.
speaking of which, while property standards has no authority to review
how hydro is flowing in my apartment, the electrical safety authority who
311 Toronto connected me with, just might.
Getting an inspection on Tuesday.
Kare
On Wed, 2 Aug 2023, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
Parallel ports disappeared first. Serial later.
Real PC parallel ports were repurposed for all kinds of hacks. Those
might not work with USB dongles. But just using them for printers (and
things that look like them to the interface) should work fine with USB
dongles.
How fast do you need your serial port? I imagine that USB dongles should
work.
DOS on bare hardware is getting slightly tricky. New computers have UEFI
firmware instead of BIOS. Many, but not all, can boot as if they use
BIOS, using a module in the firmware called CSM. Enabling the CSM and MBR
booting are usually settings in the firmware setup page.
With some skill and knowledge, you might be able to run DOS in a virtual
machine, even with USB devices. I'm not sure because I've never done it.
Annecdote: a friend has an old printer (HP LaserJet 4mp) that he connects
via a parallel port USB dongle. This worked fine in Windows 10. Windows
11 does not support printers connected by parallel ports. But Linux
supports his printer. He want to run Ubuntu under Window 11's Windows
Subsystem for Linux, and in that Linux virtual machine, run the printer
and make a print server available to Windows. I don't know if he has
succeeded.
Best guess on what you can use:
- if USB dongles work for your applications, most computers can likely be
made to work. Not the thinnest and lightest and latest laptops.
- good solid off-lease workhorses might be a better choice because the
improvements since then are probably not useful to you.
- this advice probably applies for both notebooks and desktops.
Note: my guesses about your needs have been hit and miss.
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