It's basic linux on a Win platform--including compiler tools. You get lovely things like bash.exe and lynx284.exe. And, you get enough to compile more. The footprint is around 215 Mb. On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Luke Davis wrote: > What is it exactly? What does it do? > > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Cygwin is a PC Console application. So, if you can, use your DOS screen > > reader and a hardware synth--vocal-eyes or asap with your Doubletalk. > > There's nothing gui about cygwin, it's straight bash prompt all the way! > > <grin> > > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > > > > > Where can I get set files for Wineyes to use cygwin? I know window-eyes > > > doesn't read this type of stuff real well, and I'm stuck using windows > > > until I get linux installed with kernel 2.4.x anyway. The weird part was > > > that the box that my modem came in said it was controller based, but it > > > uses com5, and ttyS4 won't initialize with it. I would've kept my isa > > > modem, but only have one slot where the double talk is, and thought a Pci > > > modem would be easier to get than a Pci synthesizer, at least for linux use > > > anyways. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > -- 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 Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp