From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E82FC3EBA8 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:57:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2GHvjm16422 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:57:45 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2GHvji08830 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:57:45 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2GHvio08826 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:57:44 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2GHvim16418 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:57:44 -0500 Received: from mail1.netacc.net (mail1.netacc.net [208.34.108.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2GHu3r07536 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:56:03 -0500 Received: from Pharding (algoma-host39.doorpi.net [12.37.10.44]) by mail1.netacc.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2GHvgs45360 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:57:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020316120338.008a4100@mail.doorpi.net> X-Sender: bharding@mail.doorpi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:03:38 -0600 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding Subject: Re: weasel Pc In-Reply-To: <87lmcs8yqw.fsf@lexx.delysid.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, don't think the modern bios usually provides the functionality of the realweasel because it's mostly something one would use on servers, not on client machines. I think there's some servers that support some remote bios changing features, rebooting, and other stuff. At 01:48 PM 3/16/02 +0100, you wrote: >Cheryl Homiak writes: > >> wondered if anybody had any experience with or knowledge of this product. > >Yeah, I use it at work. See below. > >> 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. > >NO! Without sighted help! Thats the key. Only thing you need is a second >PC, or a VT100 terminal capable notetaker or such. At work I simply >use my main workstation. I have ttyS1 connected to the realweasel and >use Minicom as terminal emulator. It works perfectly, as long >as the BIOS isnt of the very new kind with graphics display. But >bios wasnt the main motivation for me. Linux installation is very simple >with this card. In fact, as I said, I use it at work for installing >Linux PCs. Get a new PC, open it, put the realweasel in, boot up, >install debian, make sure IP adress and SSH works, power down, remove the >weasel, close PC again, and fire it up... Then I do everything over the net. > >> but I'm not sure about this. there's apparently both an ISA and a >> PCI version. > >?? Really. You seen a PCI version there! I have to buy it, now! > >> 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. >I can only say, it eased my work very much. And the product is real fun, >can go up to 240000bps if I remember right. Has a little internal menu for remote >control. Say, you could reboot the PC via a escape sequence if you had >one little cable connected. That basicly would allow you to connect the realweeasel >to a modem and therefore a phone and remote control a server somewhere. Its >really a nice thing. When I play with it, I started to ask myself: "And why >dont do modern BIOSes just do that for you?" > > >-- >CYa, > Mario > > > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >