From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.doorpi.net ([209.94.175.5] helo=mail.algoma.doorpi.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HZGtd-00032d-00 for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:36:17 -0400 Received: from brent827e59cc1 (unverified [70.92.74.34]) by doorpi.net (SurgeMail 3.6f5) with ESMTP id 73553896 for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:36:35 -0500 Message-ID: <000701c77722$cfa0e510$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> From: "Brent Harding" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070403175049.GC5537@hittsjunk.net><001101c77621$e11ed100$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1><20070403194831.GQ26256@rednote.net><20070403205509.GB17712@gmx.net><20070403211540.GA8300@localhost.localdomain><04ec01c776bf$1fed8780$4ba65c90@vv507j><000001c776c5$0c2f9bb0$6401a8c0@tunes><7.0.0.10.0.20070404111032.02132f58@somtel.com><001901c776f2$9049fe40$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> <7.0.0.10.0.20070404202633.02168c38@somtel.com> Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:36:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-2083737571 X-Authenticated-User: bharding@doorpi.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:36:17 -0000 Oh, OK, I heard of a tool for Windows, just not sure if the 98 variety. I will maybe have to see, otherwise next time I get sighted help over, we will have to see what error the live CD gives and what kind of motherboard is in there, if the tag is easily accessible. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:53 PM Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu >I don't know of any, but that's not to say there isn't such a thing. > If you have sighted assistance, than the easiest answer is probably > to open up the case and look for the data tag on the motherboard. > If assistance isn't readily available, you may want to go to the web > site for AOpen and see if you can find specs for their older systems > to compare them to your's. > Use factors like slots (how many, ISA verses PCI, is there an AGP, > etc.), how many memory slots are there, what is built-in (video, > audio, network), does it have USB and if so how many, does it have > serial and if so how many and what style- DB9 or DB25), etc. > The only problem with this approach is you're not always assured of a > match even though the info is available, as sometimes even the same > model motherboard may have slight variations. > As someone else suggested, you may want to consider pulling 1 of the > memory modules and taking it to a local computer shop to see if they > can tell you what it is, or maybe just get the name & numbers of it > and do a google search on those. The number you would want would > probably end with either 128 or 256, depending on whether you > presently have 1 or 2 modules installed, and I guess for that matter > if there are 4 slots and they're all populated it would end with 64. > If you pull the memory, be careful and don't force anything, don't > touch the bottom edge, and put it in some type of static proof bag. > If you can't come up with any specifics on the type of motherboard, > and you end up buying memory locally, and you get something larger > than 256MB, make sure they are willing to give you your money back if > it doesn't work. My old Dell notebook for instance has 2 Dimm slots > and won't take larger than 256MB modules. > > HTH > > Dave > > At 03:50 PM 4/4/2007, you wrote: >>I lost the manual and CD for the motherboard. I only know that AOpen made >>it. Is there a good software tool I could run from an Oralux or other >>talking rescue disk that identifies the model number of the motherboard >>and >>type of ram? At least if I knew what it was, specifications might be able >>to >>be found online. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >