OK, it looks like the port might be disabled. The copy command came back with 1 file copied, but there was no output. is it possible that the port is physically disabled? Also, do the embedded video and sound cards pose a conflict problem, especially if I want to use my own cards? -- Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:33 PM Subject: Re: can't find serial port > >From your Windows command prompt, can you: > > copy c:\autoexec.bat com1 > > If you hear anything from your synth, you'll know your device is > working. > > It's possible that the port is bad, of course. It's also possible that > it's disabled in bios. That would probably mean getting someone sighted > to go through the bios with you. > > Kyrath writes: > > From: "Kyrath" <kyrath at cox.net> > > > > Hi, > > I've got an old Gateway P2 266 that currently has win98 on it. > > It, unfortunately, has embedded video and sound cards. However, I'm not sure that would be the cause of my problems with finding the serial port. > > I've tried to redirect output via null modem cable and tried to get it to use the external double talk, but nothing happens. > > It will boot into windows, and it does access the floppy, just once, when I type "console=ttyS0" or "speakup_synth=ltlk", but no joy. > > I even tried having it look for serial port 2. > > Does anyone have any ideas of what's going on or what else I can try? > > -- Rob > > -- Rob > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
