From: Brent Harding <bharding@doorpi.net>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: weasel Pc
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:57:43 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020315235743.008aaa70@mail.doorpi.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020315203222.A1859@lpwh1.pwh.com>
Well, how else besides sighted help can one use besides this device? Does
this device talk, or does it make it so I'd hook a synth up to a serial
port built in and do things that way.
At 08:32 PM 3/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
>HI.
>I have been using one of the isa versions for about 2 years now.
>It is a very good device for setting the bios settings,
>and even using dos/linux or any other text based operating
>system.
>although, I wouldn't want to use it for that purpose for any length of time
>when there are better ways of doing so.
>your bios must be a text bios not one of the win bioses such
>as the ones that ami uses.
>if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
>
>phil
>
>On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 07:33:20PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>> wondered if anybody had any experience with or knowledge of this
product. Url is
>> www.realweasel.com/intro.html
>> I thought I read a while back that a blind person had put this in his
computer
>> and was able to use it for reading what comes up in the bios before boot
and, if
>> I understood correctly, he could then also make changes with sighted
help. but
>> I'm not sure about this. there's apparently both an ISA and a PCI
version. Not
>> saying I'd rush out and buy one or that i necessarily want to give up
one of my
>> slots to this (except temporarily when need arises), but it is
frustrating not
>> to be able to check bios settings without sighted help. Any input on this,
>> especially if anybody has had firsthand experience, would be appreciated.
>> TIA.
>>
>>
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