IMHO, one thing that adversely affects the Alva is that the left and right keys are not typematic. I doubt this matters on an 80-character display, but on a 40 it's a pain and I bet it's worse on a 20. Thanks to Nicolas I found the place in the source where I could change it, but it still seems an unfortunate default. However, the Linux Alva driver seems more sluggish than (my memory of) the DOS program, so I don't think it's the serial port settings since DOS presumably uses the same ones. What are the BrailleLite's? Lee On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 08:25:31AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > Lee, the Alva works with brltty. But it's not nearly as good as the > Braille Lite 40 that I normally use. At least I now have a backup > braille display. I looked at the parameters after brltty had run and > they do seem to be > 9600,n81. > Thanks, John On Fri, 9 May 2003, Lee > Maschmeyer wrote: > > John, > > > > It's not necessary to set anything on Linux. On the ABT, at least if > the > > firmware is 970101, use the status menu to make sure the > serial port > > you're using is set to pc. (If you have to change it, > the setup menu > > choice is "Alva".) This can be done on the fly; > use the > > Prog+Home+Status keys and follow the prompts. BRLTTY will > recover > > properly when you exit the menu. > > > > Make sure the > serial cable is a null-modes cable. BRLTTY will take care > > of the > rest. > > > > I think Travis's settings are right; I think I saw it > in the source for > > the Alva driver; but as I say, brltty does it > all. > > > > I have no idea about Gnopernicus. Someone awhile ago > listed the Braille > > devices supported and (at that time) Alva > wasn't one of them. > > > > HTH, > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list > mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East > Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing > list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list