My suggestion would be that you make and use your own boot disk. That way, when you're done with the work station, all you need do is reboot it in the way that your university's computing department has set up the work station. I would ask the university what device support they've compiled into heir kernels (modules etc), so your boot disk kernel matches the default kernel in all respects, with the addition of Speakup. I'm sure they will cooperate! For added portibility, you should compile Speakup with support for an outboard synthesizer like the Doubletalk LT, so you can use any available work station. Good Luck, Dave