a ton of questions

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for all your answers. My synth is a doubletalk pc set to the default
base adress of 29E.
Greg Nowak


----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Campbell <mattcampbell at pobox.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: a ton of questions


> Gregory Nowak wrote:
>
> > Does linux support winmodem technology at all? Somehow I've got the
sinking
> > feeling that the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
>
> You can find drivers for some Winmodems at www.linmodems.org.
>
> > In my c++ programming under windows, I've used 'iostream.h' to handle
input
> > and output streams. However, I've noticed to my surprise that this
header
> > doesn't exist in the gcc 2.7.2.3 include directory. What do I use
instead?
>
> You need to compile C++ programs with g++, not gcc.  Also, you should
> install the egcs package and use that.  GCC 2.7.2.3 is old and I can't
think
> of any reason why you would want to use it.
>
> > I know I'll probably be smerked by some of you for asking this one, but
> > where can I download a free DOS emulator for linux?
>
> There's a package called dosemu which is basically a PC emulator capable
of
> running DOS or some similar operating system.  You can get a free MS-DOS
> clone at www.freedos.org.
>
> > I've also heard that it is possible for speakup to speak in lilo at the
boot
> > prompt. How do I set that up with slackware 7.1?
>
> What kind of synthesizer do you have?  If it's an external synthesizer, to
> what serial port is it connected and what is the baud, parity, and number
of
> data bits?  Speakup itself doesn't support speech at the LILO prompt, but
> LILO itself can output its messages to a serial port, so if you have an
> external synthesizer you can probably configure LILO to send the output to
> the synthesizer.
>
> > Are there any screensavers for linux that would turn off the monitor
after a
> > certin amount of noneuse both at the login and shell prompts?
>
> If your computer supports Advanced Power Management, then you can
> reconfigure the kernel so that it will turn off the screen after a certain
> time of inactivity.
>
> > P.S. One more question,: Does speakup speak under x?
>
> No.  There are a few projects underway to provide screen access for the
GUI
> in Linux, but I haven't seen any usable results yet.
>
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