HI all. had someone offer to give me a couple of alpha boxes to play with. I know basically nothing about alpha systems and want to learn. I know there are linux distros which will run on an alpha box. wonder if I can compile speakup into any of these from source code? wonder if the hardware designations are the same like for the serial ports and such. any got any reading suggestions for an intro to alpha machines how they work and such. many thanks. Brian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Barnes" <ebarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:33 AM Subject: Re: the speakup install > Hi Jed: > No sir. > Actually the speakup modified Red Hat distribution for which I am > eternally greatful to Bill and Janina for maintaining and making > available to everyone doesn't work the way you've guessed, it's exactly > the opposite. > It is designed such that a blind person can install Red Hat him or herself > without assistance from a sighted person of any kind. > The installation is quite strait forward and Janina has put a great deal > of work into writing a wonderful howto for all to refer too so you will > likely find it very beneficial to read this document before you install > and if you get stuck of course you can always call on Bill who is very > helpful to newbies such as you and I from my experience in corresponding > with im via email and speaking to him on the telephone. > It has been my experience from reading Janina's howto which you can find > on Speakup's web site that it will probably answer many of the questions > you will have, however; if it doesn't answer something of course write to > this list and or blinux-newbie at braille.uwo.ca if you subscribe to that > list as well. > I hope this response is of some assistance and if I may be of more > assistance to you feel free to contact me either directly on list or via > direct email using my address below. > Best regards, good luck, and hope you end up enjoying Linux as much as I > have in the 4 too 5 months I've been exploring and learning. > > Ed Barnes ebarnes at enigma2.cjb.net > > On Mon, 17 Jun > 2002, Jed Barton wrote: > > > Hey guys. OK forgive me for asking this question, but how to you > > install this softwhere? > > I would guess you have to have sighted assistance with the install of linux > > and then you go from there? > > Let me know. > > > > Regards, > > Jed > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
