Ah so it does run on dec alpha. I've been wanting to get a hold of one of those boxes for a while. Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm sick of Winblows! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt" <mattw@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Speakup Working on a DEC Alpha > I have been meaning to ask about non-Intel platform work with Speakup. I > have a Sun Sparc20 at work that I have been trying to find a screen reader > for. Not only would I like to run Speakup on a Sparc, but I would like to > do it with Solaris if possible. I have been tempted for quite a while to > purchase on of those DEC Multia's as well and run either True64 or Linux on. > > Has anyone else tried anything interesting? > > Matt > > At 09:56 PM 11/29/2002, you wrote: > >For the record I am pleased to report that I have Speakup working like > >the champ it is on a DEC Alpha Station 200 (Avanti). There is no video > >in this machine, so Linux is using the dummy video driver. I am running > >Speakup through an internal Doubletalk card. The kernel is 2.4.20, > >released yesterday. > > > >Kirk and others on this list will recall that this is a very old project > >of mine. It's delightful to have success at last, lo these many years > >later. The theory was always correct, as it transpires, if the > >execution was circumlocutious. > > > >Thanks to Kirk, and more recently Frank and Bill for all the help > >getting this non-Intel platform working. > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 >
