Don't go buy a sparc; pcs seem to cause enough trouble as it is and you don't strike me as the sort of person who would cope well inside a forth monitor. Stay with pcs; far more people have them and the parts are cheaper. You'll also get better support off the mailing lists with your problems. When Kirk says untested; he really means he hasn't even tried it so it's up to brave folks like myself to give it a spin. You can't run Windows on a sparc unless you use an emulator they use totally different processors to a pc. Regards, Kerry. On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 06:17:24PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote: > Wonder if it'd be worth buying as a second machine to try it on, maybe not > if it's untested. The second machine I'd eventually get wouldn't need > windows on it, so anything I could get a sightless install of linux on to > would be good. The redhat serial interface method would probably work > really good, as if I ever do install linux to machines that will usually > have no synth connected to them, I'd have to do it some how. > At 09:43 AM 10/18/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Buddy Brannan <davros at ycardz.com> writes: > > > >> Well, Kirk can address this better, but I don't see any reason why you > >> can't run Linux on a Sparc *if* you're running Linux for a Sparc processor. > > > >Well, the architecture patches for sparc are already in the speakup > >tree. I haven't had a chance to try them out on a sparc machine but > >would be willing to help anyone that had a sparc to play with. > > > > Kirk > > > >-- > > > >Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > >e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > >phone: (519) 661-3061 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.eu.org Alternates: kerry at emusys.com.au kerry at gotss.spice.net.au or khoath at lis.net.au ICQ UIN: 62823451
