-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 or jumpers in a liniar form for say the multiplier instead of clustering them together so you cant tell one from the other. On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 10:12:18PM -0500, Glenn Ervin at Home wrote: > Hi Igor, > Usually an experienced sighted person has no trouble identifying the types > of slots, and likewise the experienced Blind person will have no problems > here. > I don't believe that they label the PCI slots, and the AGP slot. We usually > can tell those by our experience. > But one thing, and I think it is referring to what you called the zip slot. > I think that you are referring to the IDE plugs, which your IDE drive will > plug into. The 3.5 drive plug is the shorter of the three, but there are 2 > others that can get mistaken for each other. That would be the primary > drive plug and the other is the secondary drive plug. It would help to > label these. > Now the Memory slots are usually easily identified, but what we don't know > is the number of pins and the type of memory for them. So I would think > that this and some other answers would best be given in the manual, in an > accessible format. But again, the 2 IDE plugs do need to be identified. > You also mentioned the jumpers. If there were a way of labeling these, that > would be great, but I don't know how it would be done. I would suggest that > they go with a switch rather than the old style jumper setting. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:16 PM > Subject: OT: motherboards > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. I just got my Asus A7n8x-x board today, and I am reminded once > again that it is next to impossible to figure out the layout of the > board. Like I know I am supposed to be looking for 6 expansion slots (5 > PCI and 1 AGP), and I think I found them but not positive of that. I > also think I found the ziff socket and the DIMM slots, but not sure of > that either. So now I'm trying to come up with ideas on how to make > building a box more accessible to the visually impaired. One idea I came > up with is to add/rephrase it in the manual so that you are able to > relate the location of for example, IDE connectors to where your hand > (s) are positioned on the motherboard. Much like documentation for > adaptive equipment. I'm not sure it would be possible to stick little > labels next to/on jumper connectors for example, because I'm thinking > they may melt because of changing temperatures inside the machine/during > the shipping process. Anyone have any other ideas? I am actually > thinking of incorporating any ideas people may have here with ones of my > own and writing to Asus with my suggestions. > - -- > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAf0H5Nohoaf1zXJMRAk48AJ9Y+d8ub8FpkllXP+5N0HVzBnP3GwCcCvce > XfM+yerVcjX4n+5Otwz7Dzg= > =/gRz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 - -- if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "-advice") == 0) { printf("Don't Panic!\n"); exit(42); } -- Arnold Robbins in the LJ of February '95, describing RCS -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAf7au9XVrM3ri110RAnbSAJ9JbdPF8dO/oWWrU3tdBMrqskA+DQCdE4Po cd6Wr747rMeld3U3qOxU/CU= =VXWt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
