From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pony.its.uwo.ca([129.100.2.63]) (4652 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:01:42 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (dhcp065-024-000-112.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112] (may be forged)) by pony.its.uwo.ca (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id eBDG1iE09691 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:01:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from footrest (htp241210.columbus.rr.com [204.210.241.210]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA10324 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:59:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001b01c0651d$59091bc0$d2f1d2cc@columbus.rr.com> From: "Bruce Noblick" To: "speakup-info" Subject: not working yet Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:57:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0018_01C064F3.7000B920" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 List-Id: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C064F3.7000B920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I made the change to the install.bat file as I understood it and can = only say that it didn't work. I will include it in its current state so = that someone can determine if I have misread or overlooked something. I = am beginning to suspect something more fundamental with the computer = itself. Right now though, here is the install.bat file from the Debian = disks area with the modification to specify the serial port. Keep in = mind that in install.bat, it is all on one line. dosutils\loadlin linux root=3D/dev/ram initrd=3Dimages-1.44/root.bin = speakup_ser=3D0 I am attempting to do this with no speech program or synthesizer driver = program loaded so I have no way of knowing what is going on on the = screen so I don't know what additional information I can get to help = solve this problem. I am prepared to look at bios settings but I have = no idea of how to access them or if I can do it at all without some = sighted assistance. I don't like continuing to bore you all with this = problem. Thanks much for all the helpful and friendly comments. I hope = that we can figure out what is going on with this so I can see what = Linux is like with speech and begin to write my own programs. Enjoy! Bruce ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C064F3.7000B920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I made the change to the install.bat = file as I=20 understood it and can only say that it didn't work. I will include = it in=20 its current state so that someone can determine if I have misread or = overlooked=20 something. I am beginning to suspect something more fundamental = with the=20 computer itself. Right now though, here is the install.bat file = from the=20 Debian disks area with the modification to specify the serial = port. Keep=20 in mind that in install.bat, it is all on one line.

dosutils\loadlin linux root=3D/dev/ram=20 initrd=3Dimages-1.44/root.bin speakup_ser=3D0

I am attempting to do this with no = speech program=20 or synthesizer driver program loaded so I have no way of knowing what is = going=20 on on the screen so I don't know what additional information I can get = to help=20 solve this problem. I am prepared to look at bios settings but I = have no=20 idea of how to access them or if I can do it at all without some sighted = assistance. I don't like continuing to bore you all with this=20 problem. Thanks much for all the helpful and friendly = comments. I=20 hope that we can figure out what is going on with this so I can see what = Linux=20 is like with speech and begin to write my own programs.

Enjoy!

Bruce

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