Correct, I forgot about serial ports. I wonder if I could write software to emulate one of the supported hardware synthesizers. Haden Pike Computer Science University of Kentucky Class of 2016 > On Mar 2, 2016, at 3:47 PM, Gregory Nowak <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Good point. Actually, I believe Haden said he's doing this in a > virtual machine. In that case, just give the guest a virtual serial > port, and connect to it from the host with minicom/screen/telnet. > > I haven't used slackware for the last 11 years or about, so can't give > you an exact boot sequence. However, when you get to a boot prompt of > the boot loader, pass: > > console=ttyS0,115200 > > to the kernel, and you should hopefully be all set. > > Greg > > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 10:44:16AM -0600, John G Heim wrote: >> One more thing that might be worth considering is a serial console >> install. This would probably be way easier than manually >> reproducing the steps performed by the slackware installer. you'd >> need another computer and a null-modem cable. Oh,and both machines >> have to have serial ports. >> Tip: Null-modem cables are a glut on the market in used computer >> stores. New, they are about $5. But there is no reason to pay more >> than a dollar for one of those thingsat a used computer store. > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
