I'm aware of the paralel port and the bios situation but normally I don't mess with those things. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:56 PM Subject: Re: ot: the best online computer parts store? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 06:38:34PM -0400, Cody wrote: >> The only thing you will have trouble with is connecting the small >> wires from the front of the case to the mother board for the led lights >> and >> the power button. > > Well, there are a couple more things you'll need sighted help > for. First, as was mentioned, applying cpu compound, and installing > the heat sink. These days, since the bios screens are gui-based, > you'll need sighted help with configuring the bios as well. This used > to not be the case back in the days of text-based bios menus, and > machines with parallel ports, provided you had a way of speaking text > sent out the parallel port, a braille blazer being one example of one > such device. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFG6c5I7s9z/XlyUyARArNzAKDWIGFmLcsaqSpXs7xJY6b+TR+I2ACfehq0 > fcNWSCU0HH7K2vJP52jz9QU= > =zrGu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1005 - Release Date: > 9/13/2007 11:45 AM > >