Nonsense. The speed of the cpu has nothing to do with communication on the serial port. There it's the same old old same. On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > the system is a brand new huge dell machine. wonder if it is too > fast for the decxp? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas D. Ward" <tward at bright.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:18 AM > Subject: Re: speakup on red hat 6.2 > > > I would also make sure that you had the right boot disk for Red > Hat 6.2 and > the dectalk. I made the mistake myself when doing a Red Hat > install I had > grabbed the wrong Dectalk disk, and it didn't work until I got the > right > one. > However, I can assure you in most cases the Dectalk does work > under RH 6.2 > and RH 7. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Cc: "SPEAKUP Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca>; > "MIKE > CALVO" <mike at radiowebcaster.com> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: speakup on red hat 6.2 > > > > > > David: > > > > You don't say what system you're trying to work with or how the > DEC Talk > > is connected, so it can be a bit difficult to give you specific > advice. > > Let me make two suggestions: > > > > 1.) You might want to consider Redhat 7.0 though this won't > likely fix > > your immediate problem; > > > > 2.) You might try passing the following type of argument at the > > non-speaking "Boot>" prompt that pops up early during the floppy > boot > > process: > > > > speakup_ser=1 > > > > If the kernel assigns ttyS0 to some port other than the one > you've > > connected DEC Talk to, even though you may think it should be > ttyS0, it > > won't work because you're not actually connecting. So, try > pushing up the > > serial port designation as above. > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, David Poehlman > > wrote: > > > > > We're attempting to get this up and running with a dec > express. > > > we've a boot disk that was created but we aren't getting it to > > > talk. Please help if possible? > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > mailto:poehlman1 at home.com > > > url: http://members.home.com/poehlman1/ > > > i c q: 6958436 > > > voice 301-949-7599 > > > end sig. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > janina at afb.net > > (202) 408-8175 > > http://www.afb.org/gov.html > > > > > > The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning > > achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing > will soon > > eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" > available at: > > > > http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > > > Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind > computer users. > > Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina at afb.net (202) 408-8175 http://www.afb.org/gov.html The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how.
