From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 69-144-146-49.client.bresnan.net ([69.144.146.49] helo=Bear.bresnan.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AYpex-0005zi-00 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:45:27 -0500 Received: from scott (helo=localhost) by Bear.bresnan.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AYpeQ-00068C-00 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:44:54 -0700 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:44:54 -0700 (MST) From: Scott Berry X-X-Sender: scott@Bear.bresnan.net To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.0.20031223100651.029b0eb0@pop1.sympatico.ca> Message-ID: References: <6.0.1.1.0.20031223100651.029b0eb0@pop1.sympatico.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: Debian UserScott Berry Subject: Re: Talking bios X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: n7zib@bresnan.net, "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: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:45:28 -0000 Actually Pheonix and I can't think of the other company have joined forces. So maybe if we hit both companies that would be good. On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Allan Shaw wrote: > > Back in the very early days of the 8286 CPU's one of the leading bios > manufacturers at that time whom i believe was called Phoenix had a utility > which came with any system containing there bios which would allow you to > modify/configure/set the parameters within the bios by running this utility > from at that time a command prompt. > > I had a system with this type of bios and was using the Artic speech > product and could change anything I require within the bios and then only > had to reboot my machine to pick up the changes. > > so as with many things, all we need to do is once again make the old > something new again and develop something similar for the modern day bios > and make our life a little easier. > If the Phoenix company is still around, maybe that would be a good place to > start. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Scott Berry Email: n7zib@bresnan.net