choosing a distro and version

[Alex Snow]

Hi Ed!
I was using the braille lite on a winblows box that also boots slackware 8
with speakup.  I tried it under windows and it doesn't work.  That gave me
an idea.  I connected it to a 486 sx I had sitting around, and it works on
that machine.  The real funny part is that it didn't work on that machine a
few months ago but it worked on my winblows box.  I'll try to email tec
suport when I get a chance.  I would just try to put a temperary thing like
zipspeak on it, just to get a feel for linux but It is an old lan manager
machine with settings for the school network it used to be on back in its
day.  I'll try to get the cdrom working, but would very much prefer putting
on the newer mc=achine.  Any ideas on what could be wrong?
Alex Snow
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Barnes" <ed.barnes at janus.northatlantic.nf.ca>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version


> 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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