On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Jude DaShiell wrote: > There's a batch file that runs to get the dectalk going. That batch file > contains the irq and hex addresses you need being passed as parameters to > the dos initialization software to access the dectalk in linux. If you > can find out what that software sends to the hex port to initialize the > dectalk, assembly experience required it might be possible to expand > support. How to upload the software is not the issue. The issue is getting the software that you need to load. Since, at present, speakup wants to enable the synth from the get go, there are no filesystems available from which to retrieve the software to send to the card. The only other alternative is to store it in the driver itself. I don't know how big this software is, but this is probably a flagrant waste of space if it's at all doable. geoff.