From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 25379 invoked from network); 3 Dec 1996 23:33:07 -0000 Received: from natashya.eden.com (root@199.171.21.14) by mail2.redhat.com with SMTP; 3 Dec 1996 23:33:05 -0000 Received: from Porange (net-6-167.austin.eden.com [206.81.226.167]) by natashya.eden.com (8.8.3/8.8.1) with SMTP id RAA10649 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 17:32:29 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 17:32:29 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961203184015.0f97eb44@mail.eden.com> X-Sender: orange@mail.eden.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: le big mac Subject: Re: Got some questions? List-Id: what about connecting via another computer. i would like to run linux also, but i am waiting on a 2.1g drive. How do you set it up so you can run linux from a boot manger and have it connect to there other computer, so you can use a terminal prog to get speech? /Shawn At 04:24 AM 12/3/96 -0700, you wrote: > >Well it will take a 386 with 4 meg of ram minimum to run linux but >personally I would not run it on less than a 486 66 with 16 meg ram. It >is just to slow. You don't have to tie up your pentium with linux you can >actually boot into any OS you want by partitioning your drives for each OS >On my pent I have windows 95, Linux and yes even old MSdos plan. This way >you can boot into anything. As for the device driver for Emacs speak the >only speach access software out there you have to right that driver in >emacs as far as I understand it. If it was as simple as writing it in C >or C++ I think there would be one writen. As it is right now if you don't >have Dectalk you don't have speech. There is a nice braille term program >if you have a braille display. I hear the people who wrote the braille >screen reader were thinking about writing a speech out put but then I have >seen nothing of that since I wrote them about 6 months ago. > >Ken /whistler > > >On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Jim Corbett wrote: > >> Hello there, >> >> I have been monitoring this list for five months and I am inpressed with the >> caliber of the discussions. >> >> So now I feel comfortable enough to toss my hat into the ring and post a few >> questions. >> >> My experiences with Linux or Unix has come from the Net or through the >> college I work for. However this experience has come via a terminal emulator. >> >> I have been thinking about setting up a computer at home to play with Linux. >> I don't really want to tie up my P166, so I was thinking of using a 286 or a >> 386 that I can pick up rather ceap these days. Any ideas? >> >> Also what should I be considering for a synthesizer? I have the means of >> accessing a multitude of internal or external devices. ie. acsent pc, >> acsent sa, Artic 215, 615, or a Echo internal card. >> >> The latest discussion in regards to Artic, does cause me some concern. >> >> I am currently in my third year of Information systems, and have enough >> experience with Assembler and C plus plus to try and tackcle writing a >> device driver. so if any one out there has the source code for a driver, I >> would be more than greatful to have it. >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> >> Jim corbett >> BLINDNET@reach.net >> >> Jim Corbett >> BLINDNET@reach.net >> >> --- >> Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com >> Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux >> Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux >> To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com >> with subject line: unsubscribe >> > >--- >Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com >Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux >Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux >To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com >with subject line: unsubscribe > > Shawn Keen, orange@eden.com "everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."