From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (3902 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:55:09 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id VAA06417; Wed Oct 18 21:53:46 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA01023 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:53:55 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001018215401.007bf5f0@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:54:01 -0500 Subject: Re: speakup on a sparc In-Reply-To: <20001019105532.A12346@gotss.eu.org> References: <3.0.6.32.20001018181724.007c9e30@mail.ufw2.com> <3.0.5.32.20001003083315.007da5e0@ycardz.com> <3.0.6.32.20001018181724.007c9e30@mail.ufw2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: Are they actually better, or just different? I suppose it's not really the right thing for too many people to jump in to. How did kirk make the drivers for it then, or do the kernels just come that way, but no guarantee that one would get a double talk PC, or dec express going in one. I suppose if I were in a job situation who uses spark, I'd have to try it, but probably not advisable otherwise. At 10:55 AM 10/19/00 +1100, you wrote: >Don't go buy a sparc; >pcs seem to cause enough trouble as it is and you don't strike me as the sort >of person who would cope well inside a forth monitor. >Stay with pcs; far more people have them and the parts are cheaper. You'll >also get better support off the mailing lists with your problems. > >When Kirk says untested; he really means he hasn't even tried it so it's up >to brave folks like myself to give it a spin. >You can't run Windows on a sparc unless you use an emulator they use totally >different processors to a pc. > >Regards, Kerry. > >On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 06:17:24PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote: >> Wonder if it'd be worth buying as a second machine to try it on, maybe not >> if it's untested. The second machine I'd eventually get wouldn't need >> windows on it, so anything I could get a sightless install of linux on to >> would be good. The redhat serial interface method would probably work >> really good, as if I ever do install linux to machines that will usually >> have no synth connected to them, I'd have to do it some how. >> At 09:43 AM 10/18/00 -0400, you wrote: >> >Buddy Brannan writes: >> > >> >> Well, Kirk can address this better, but I don't see any reason why you >> >> can't run Linux on a Sparc *if* you're running Linux for a Sparc processor. >> > >> >Well, the architecture patches for sparc are already in the speakup >> >tree. I haven't had a chance to try them out on a sparc machine but >> >would be willing to help anyone that had a sparc to play with. >> > >> > Kirk >> > >> >-- >> > >> >Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility >> >e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario >> >phone: (519) 661-3061 >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >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 >> > >-- >-- >Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.eu.org >Alternates: kerry@emusys.com.au kerry@gotss.spice.net.au or khoath@lis.net.au >ICQ UIN: 62823451 > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >