From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 17206 invoked from network); 12 Dec 1996 13:46:12 -0000 Received: from netcom4.netcom.com (jrebman@192.100.81.107) by mail2.redhat.com with SMTP; 12 Dec 1996 13:46:12 -0000 Received: (from jrebman@localhost) by netcom4.netcom.com (8.6.13/Netcom) id FAA22728; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:44:57 -0800 From: jrebman@netcom.com (Jim Rebman) Message-Id: <199612121344.FAA22728@netcom4.netcom.com> Subject: Re: tclx drivers for emacspeak To: blinux-list@redhat.com Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:44:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <32AF7722.2DAB@magic.mb.ca> from "Patrick Legg" at Dec 11, 96 09:08:18 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: > Is there anyplace that has a collection of tclx drivers for emacspeak? > > Sure, the programming effort is supposed to be small, but an archive of > drivers that are even halfway working sounds like a good idea to me. No, there is no archive of drivers because, there has been no motivation thus far to develop drivers for anything but the serial DecTalks and the software DecTalk that runs on the DECAlphas. When developing drivers, keep in mind that these synthesizers are interfaced through the serial port (I'm not really sure how the software DECTalk works), because there are no linux/unix drivers for internal synthesizers. So, if people are to develop drivers for internal synthesizers they must also develop a low-level driver for the card, and this will more than likely have to be at the kernel level. There is one guy who is developing such a low-level driver for the internal DECTalk, but as he is working on it in his spare time, he makes no promises as to its release date. So... great idea, now if somebody with the motivation and the skill wants to undertake such an effort, I am sure it will be greatly appreciated by the community at large. Keep in mind that this is the spirit of linux, and that its success comes from the fact that people support it because they believe in a alternative to the Microsoft way of thinking. -- Jim Rebman