I have one, courtessy of Kirk and Frank's technical assistance. Mine did talk once, but doesn't at this time. I would go for it, were I you. What's to lose? They're nice machines, and if there are more to be had than you want to take, I'll take one too. On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Brian Moore wrote: > 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 at enigma2.cjb.net> > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
