Hi, How do I tell which type of serial ports I have? The computer in question was built in the summer of 2001. It has a dead RTC battery, and the default clock time at powerup is midnight on January 1, 2000. Jayson ----- Original Message ----- From: acollins@xxxxxxxxxxx To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at linux-speakup.org> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 04:00:55 -0500 Subject: Re: Accessible Live CD's? > Hi Jayson. That depends on whether your machine has isa serial ports, > or pci serial ports. If you have isa ports, you're in luck! If not, > you're screwed. The serial drivers for speakup are in desperate need of > rewriting, but noone with the expertise has come along to take up the > job. Sorry about that, it's just the way things are. > > Gene Collins > > > >Hi, > > > >Slightly off-thread, as I'm still looking for a good distro to install. > >Are the days of hardware synths on serial ports over? My extra computer > >has two serial ports, and I have a perfectly good DECtalk Express. I > >don't need a GUI, I'm used to the Linux command line. > >Thanks, > >Jayson > > > >On 3/10/2014 11:28 PM, Kyle wrote: > >> You can try the TalkingArch live CD at > >> http://talkingarch.tk/ > >> It usually comes up at a decent volume, and will allow you to choose > >> which sound card or headset you want at boot time via a voice recording > >> and a beep. You can install packages on-the-fly, just like in most other > >> systems, so you can install the ftp package for one-time use as soon as > >> you get a prompt. You would install it like > >> > >> pacman -Sy <package> > >> > >> in this case. There is also the #talkingarch IRC channel on Freenode if > >> you need help in realtime. Hope this helps. > >> ~Kyle > >> http://kyle.tk/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at linux-speakup.org > >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
