If the schematic for the pc weasel card ever gets available, I know a few people who could make those and put them back out on the market. On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, speakup-request at braille.uwo.ca wrote: > Send Speakup mailing list submissions to > speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > speakup-request at braille.uwo.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > speakup-owner at braille.uwo.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Speakup digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: program to change bios settings with software speech > (John Heim) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:26:00 -0600 > From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> > Subject: Re: program to change bios settings with software speech > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Message-ID: <03ca01c83db5$9cc01cb0$4ba65c90 at vv507j> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I don't believe the PC Weasel card is in production any longer. However, I > just put together a new machine with an ASUS M2A-VM motherboard and I was > able to get into the bios setup program with my PC Weasel card. > > Until now, the PC Weasel hasn't worked with the bios setup programs in any > of the computers I've owned for years. I wasn't even going to bother to try > it but I figured what the heck. I was really surprised when it worked. All I > can figure out is that maybe the bios setup program is smart enough to know > that the VGA card can't go into graphics mode. Or maybe the bios setup > program is a character based program. I don't know why bios setup programs > have to try to put the display into graphics mode anyway. That's just dumb. > > Anyway, the bios setup program on an Asus M2A-VM motherboard will work > with a PC Weasel. Just thought I'd throw this tidbit out there for anyone > who might be helped by it. Maybe if you really need to configure your own > bios, you can buy a PC Weasel card off ebay and get this mobo. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: program to change bios settings with software speech > > >> No; there are so many different bioses and each bios interprets cmos >> values >> in a different way. >> You can save and restore the cmos under Linux but changing it isn't easy. >> you can do it with a pc-wiesel card and a serial link or on a server bios >> you can do it over a serial port on some models; >> otherwise get a friendly sighted person to help; that's what we all >> usually >> do. >> There has been some push to make an open bios for the pc; however it is >> not >> necessarily in the manifacturer's interest to put too much time into this. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Doug Smith" <dougsmith1 at charter.net> >> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:38 PM >> Subject: program to change bios settings with software speech >> >> >>> Is there a program that will allow you to change bios settings using >>> software speech? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > End of Speakup Digest, Vol 51, Issue 15 > *************************************** >
