choosing a distro and version

[Ed Barnes]

Hi Alex.
As you probably know from following the messages on the list, I haven't as 
of yet setup my Linux box.
Regarding synthesizers, I have several to choose from, including:
Braille'N Speak
Accent SA
Accent PC
Artic Transport
I will probably use the Accent PC because I can then save the BNS to use as 
a notetaker in the event that my notebook which I am writing this message 
to you from now is out of comission so to speak.
I will also probbly save the transport because I am planning to purchase an 
editional pc and though I could use the sound card for its speech output as 
I'll probably put some version of Winblows on it, I think I will save the 
transport to connect to it.
The other thing that is advantageous about using the Accent PC in the Linux 
computer is that the board in the box has 4 pci, 3 isa, and an agp, and if 
I don't put it in that machine which is a Pentium II 233 I'll probably not 
find another use for it because I probably won't pick up any more machines 
from generations where isa were as common as pci slots are today on 
mainboards due to the fact that I don't have much use for them.
I really don't have many solutions to offer for your synthesizer problem 
with the Braille Lite due to my own inexperience regarding Linux.
Have you connected the BLT to another pc like a Windows box and tried using 
it as a synth and if so were you successful.
If you were not, this could point to either incorrect settings on the BLT 
and or mechanical problems with the BLT itself.
However, I am skeptical to point to either of these because if you say that 
tech support basically asked you all the dumb ass questions, this leads me 
to believe that you probably already know what the correct settings should be.

If you weren't successful with testing it on a Windows or DOS machine
At 08:22 PM 23/02/2002, you wrote:
>Ed,
>Wich speach synth are you using? I just cant seem to get my Braille Lite to
>work, and that's the only thing I got (until tuxtalk is ready). Do you have
>any ideas? I called tec support and they gave me all the dumb ass solutions
>like "is your cable hooked up?
>Thanks in advance,
>Alex Snow
>P.S. what kind of system are you using? I'm using a 1 gig amd box with 128
>megs of ram and thirty gigs of disk
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed Barnes" <ed.barnes at janus.northatlantic.nf.ca>
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:01 PM
>Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version
>
>
> > Hi Alex.
> > Thanks for writing.
> > I would actually prefer to go with a system that is not a dual boot
>because
> > I hate dual boots unless they are the *only* option so I will be running
>the
> > system on a system dedicated to Linux only.
> > I also want the challenges of configuring the system as someone who will
>be
> > graduating from an I.T. program in May.
> > I feel the little introduction we received with regard to Linux totally
> > missed the boat so to speak so I want to teach myself all I can.
> > I am going to go Red Hat because there are more users of that distro
>locally
> > so I figure should I do anything to totally mess up my machine I'll have
> > more help sources around here should I need to avail of them.
> > Thanks and have a nice day.
> > Ed Barnes
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version
> >
> >
> > Hi Ed,
> > I am a first-time linux user and have a piece of advice: If you haven't
>used
> > linux befor, download "zipspeak" from
> > ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/slackware/zipspeak/zipspeak.zip
> > It's a preconfigured slackware that will run from a fat partition.  I'd
> > suggest it for people who are new to linux.  It is pretty easy to setup
>and
> > I know how to set it up.  Also it's author is very helpfull.
> > Hope this helps
> > Alex Snow
> > P.S.  I am working on a red hat version of zipspeak.
> >
> >
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