Kevin and John, Thank you to both of you for the suggestions. I'll try to learn more about the cable/converter I have, but if that doesn't get me anywhere I'll check out the one Kevin mentioned. I bought mine on impulse, and it is possible it is the wrong brand or something.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:56:49 -0400, Kevin Barry wrote: >this one works wonderfully well. >If it is no longer available; I have a new one I bought a while back >and never used. >Kevin >http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/GW-Info_Archives/index.php?postID=16464 >At 10:59 PM 6/25/2011, Steve Jacobson wrote: >>I've been experimenting with using my old Artic Transport with >>Window-Eyes under Windows 7 using a cable that >>converts serial to USB. It works great, except that after ten >>minutes to perhaps a half an hour, my system crashes. I >>can bring up Narrator, but I can't seem to do anything. When I >>force a shutdown and reboot, I get the message that >>Windows has recovered from a serious error. I know that some >>converters work better than others, but this works so >>well while it is working that I'm thinking there is some kind of >>conflict. Does anyone have experience with this kind of >>thing and perhaps suggestions as to what to look for? >> >>Thanks in advance for any thoughts. >> >>Best regards, >> >>Steve Jacobson >> >> >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >>message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >>GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You >>can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
