From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F00573F3C0 for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 13:30:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h49HUQA28810 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 9 May 2003 13:30:26 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h49HUQI28806 for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 13:30:26 -0400 Received: from im2.sec.tds.net (im2.mail.tds.net [216.170.230.92]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h49HUQH30537 for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 13:30:26 -0400 Received: from jumbo.chpi.org (mdsnwi11-vlan427-40.wi.tds.net [66.222.63.40]) by im2.sec.tds.net (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h49HUKIw013820 for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 12:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 12:29:41 -0500 (CDT) From: "John J. Boyer" To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Diagnosing ABT320 Braille Terminal In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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: list Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Nicolas, Where do I find documentation on the Alva built-in menus? Most of what I know I've learned by trial and error, and I haven't been able to find where to set the baud rate, etc. thanks, John On Fri, 9 May 2003, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > > > IMHO, one thing that adversely affects the Alva is that the left and > > right keys are not typematic. I doubt this matters on an 80-character > > display, but on a 40 it's a pain and I bet it's worse on a 20. Thanks to > > Nicolas I found the place in the source where I could change it, but it > > still seems an unfortunate default. > > And I explained why... > > > However, the Linux Alva driver seems more sluggish than (my memory of) > > the DOS program, so I don't think it's the serial port settings since > > DOS presumably uses the same ones. > > On DOS the default mode of operation is through the parallel port which is a > much faster link. Even BRLTTY is much snappier with a parallel port > connection. But unfortunately the parallel port protocol information isn't > available and only an old binary-only library exists which just can't be > linked with BRLTTY using recent versions of gcc. > > But to reduce the sluggishness a lot you can change the default serial > baudrate from 9600 to, say, 38400. On BRLTTY's side you need to edit > Drivers/Alva/brlconf.h accordingly and recompile. On the Alva side you need > to change the baudrate using the built-in menus accessible by pressing > PROG+HOME+CURSOR simultaneously. > > > Nicolas > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703