Hello Janina, I’m not sure if what you say is quite true. Yes for many distros we had to compile our own kernel. However, remember Slackware V4 had speakup included. I a m sure I was using Slackware V4 in 1999 talking to Kirk etc on speak freely. Oh, those days of innocence! Gena > On 1 Apr 2019, at 10:25, Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 2.) This was often necessary because one had to compile one's own > kernel in the early days of Speakup, starting with a download of kernel > and speakup source, followed by the proper patch command, followed by > the make config. There were no prepackaged kernels with Speakup until > the early 2000's. > Gena Call: M0EBP DMR ID: 2346259 Loc: IO83PS 73 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
