Well, how else besides sighted help can one use besides this device? Does this device talk, or does it make it so I'd hook a synth up to a serial port built in and do things that way. At 08:32 PM 3/15/02 -0500, you wrote: >HI. >I have been using one of the isa versions for about 2 years now. >It is a very good device for setting the bios settings, >and even using dos/linux or any other text based operating >system. >although, I wouldn't want to use it for that purpose for any length of time >when there are better ways of doing so. >your bios must be a text bios not one of the win bioses such >as the ones that ami uses. >if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. > >phil > >On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 07:33:20PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> wondered if anybody had any experience with or knowledge of this product. Url is >> www.realweasel.com/intro.html >> I thought I read a while back that a blind person had put this in his computer >> and was able to use it for reading what comes up in the bios before boot and, if >> I understood correctly, he could then also make changes with sighted help. but >> I'm not sure about this. there's apparently both an ISA and a PCI version. Not >> saying I'd rush out and buy one or that i necessarily want to give up one of my >> slots to this (except temporarily when need arises), but it is frustrating not >> to be able to check bios settings without sighted help. Any input on this, >> especially if anybody has had firsthand experience, would be appreciated. >> TIA. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >