From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 6432 invoked from network); 19 Dec 1999 21:47:51 -0000 Received: from mail.redhat.com (199.183.24.239) by lists.redhat.com with SMTP; 19 Dec 1999 21:47:51 -0000 Received: from xanadu.gn.com (modemcable233.137-200-24.mtl.mc.videotron.net [24.200.137.233]) by mail.redhat.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA32072 for ; Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:47:50 -0500 Received: from localhost (nico@localhost) by xanadu.gn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA11122 for ; Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:42:57 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: xanadu.gn.com: nico owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:42:57 -0500 (EST) From: Nicolas Pitre X-Sender: nico@xanadu.gn.com To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: dosgate In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991220094145.0080ca40@earthlight.co.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Simon F wrote: > And this program will work with any dos screen reader, such as mastertouch > or jfd (jaws for dos)? That's the goal of dosgate. Of course it hasn't been widely tested yet and might still contain some bugs. But since dosgate is a regular DOS application, any DOS adaptation should work with it. > At 10:45 19/12/99 -0500, you wrote: > >dosgate is available from: > > > > http://www.cs.unibo.it/~zinie/dosgate/ > > > >On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > > >> Just an idea for someone with time to experiment: > >> > >> There is a package named "dosgate" available for few months already that > >> was announced on this list. This is a DOS program intended to run within > >> dosemu that mimic in dosemu aka DOS all Linux native virtual consoles. > >> This would allow, for example, one to pick up the free JAWS for DOS > >> version and run it along with dosgate, thus having JAWS for DOS (or any > >> other good old DOS screen reader) manage the Linux console. > >> > >> dosgate was originally written because somebody wanted to use his old Alva > >> ABT240 under Linux but there isn't any documentation available for it that > >> would have led to a BRLTTY driver. Instead, dosgate allowed for the DOS > >> TSR for the ABT240 to run under dosemu and dosgate just duplicate screen > >> content and keypresses between the DOS envirenment and Linux virtual > >> consoles transparently. > >> > >> That's something I wanted to play with for a long time, but... didn't come > >> to it yet. Since it should work with screen readers too, maybe this is a > >> good alternative too. > > > >--- > >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 > > > > > Simon Fogarty > Dunedin, NZ. > > Hm Ph: ++64-025-849896 > Wk Ph: ++64-025-2230355 > > email: > Hm: blinky@earthlight.co.nz > Bus: fogarsa1@paradise.net.nz > > > --- > 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 > >