From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.81]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16NJ7W-0001WX-00 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2002 14:38:14 -0500 Received: from cj2204215a ([65.14.224.189]) by femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20020106193817.KEDO27139.femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com@cj2204215a> for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 11:38:17 -0800 Message-ID: <038f01c196e8$f0789d20$6401a8c0@alex1.va.home.com> From: "Amanda Lee" To: References: Subject: Re: RH7.2 w/Speakup enabled Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 14:32:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Amanda Lee" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Okay, I'm in there and just using plain old DOS to ftp as I do other stuff here. Would appreciate in future if a filelist could be posted so we can get to the names of the items we need much faster. I gave-up trying to find the image names and just gave it the ole wildcard grab! so guess I'll be downloading until next year ha! Amanda Lee Alexandria, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" To: Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: RH7.2 w/Speakup enabled > Go via anonymous ftp. The web page is not properly written, and I haven't > yet had time to fix it. > > If you have it, use ncftp. Very cool program. Address is > ftp.linux-speakup.org. Once there, cd pub/speakup/disks/redhat/7.2 > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Amanda Lee wrote: > > > I went to the link and it just shows RH6.0 and 6.1 related. > > > > Did someone make images of rh 7.2??? I'd like to obtain those and burn the > > CDs now that I have a Broadband connection ha! > > > > Thanks! > > > > Amanda Lee > > Alexandria, VA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:16 PM > > Subject: Re: Old Pacard Bell box > > > > > > > Sounds to me like your PB will take linux just fine. I would chuck those > > > old $H 6.1's, though. 7.2 is the current RH release, and you may as well > > > get current. > > > > > > Besides, there's been a lot of news here about accessible installing. > > > Perhaps you haven't heard if you haven't been around? Bill Acker has > > > tweaked the stock RH install to make it accessible with speakup. We call > > > it the Speakup Modified Redhat distribution, and its online at > > > www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, BTBG wrote: > > > > > > > Hi listers, > > > > I've been on the list before but it's been a couple years probably. > > > > > > > > I have an old Packard Bell box. I no longer have the recovery CD and am > > > > having trouble finding a replacement. It has been a good door stop and > > dust > > > > collector but now I've been wondering about running linux on it. > > > > > > > > Sorry, I don't have the model number handy. It has a AMD K6 with about > > > > 366Mhz. 64 MB RAM. 6GB hard drive. Don't know if the riptide sound > > > > card/modem still work. I have a DoubleTalk I can put into it. > > > > > > > > Will it handle linux? I have a box set of RedHat 6.1 that includes boot > > > > floppy and manuals. I have moved a couple times since I bought it and > > will > > > > have to dig through some boxes to see if I can find the RedHat disks and > > > > stuff. My son is using the computer up in his room at the moment just > > for > > > > playing a couple old games. > > > > > > > > Any better, quicker, or easier ways to get the Packard Bell loaded with > > > > linux? I need to have it talk to me. > > > > > > > > from > > > > Keith H. > > > > card > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >