anyone tried an alpha machine with speakup

[Janina Sajka]

I have one, courtessy of Kirk and Frank's technical assistance.
Mine did talk once, but doesn't at this time.

I would go for it, were I you. What's to lose? They're nice
machines, and if there are more to be had than you want to take,
I'll take one too.

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Brian Moore wrote:

> HI all.  had someone offer to give me a couple of alpha boxes to play with.
> I know basically nothing about alpha systems and want to learn.  I know
> there are linux distros which will run on an alpha box.  wonder if I can
> compile speakup into any of these from source code?
> 
> wonder if the hardware designations are the same like for the serial ports
> and such.  any got any reading suggestions for an intro to alpha machines
> how they work and such.
> 
> many thanks.
> 
> Brian.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Barnes" <ebarnes at enigma2.cjb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:33 AM
> Subject: Re: the speakup install
> 
> 
> > Hi Jed:
> > No sir.
> > Actually the speakup modified Red Hat distribution for which I am
> > eternally greatful to Bill and Janina for maintaining and making
> > available to everyone doesn't work the way you've guessed, it's exactly
> > the opposite.
> > It is designed such that a blind person can install Red Hat him or herself
> > without assistance from a sighted person of any kind.
> > The installation is quite strait forward and Janina has put a great deal
> > of work into writing a wonderful howto for all to refer too so you will
> > likely find it very beneficial to read this document before you install
> > and if you get stuck of course you can always call on Bill who is very
> > helpful to newbies such as you and I from my experience in corresponding
> > with im via email and speaking to him on the telephone.
> > It has been my experience from reading Janina's howto which you can find
> > on Speakup's web site that it will probably answer many of the questions
> > you will have, however; if it doesn't answer something of course write to
> > this list and or blinux-newbie at braille.uwo.ca if you subscribe to that
> > list as well.
> > I hope this response is of some assistance and if I may be of more
> > assistance to you feel free to contact me either directly on list or via
> > direct email using my address below.
> > Best regards, good luck, and hope you end up enjoying Linux as much as I
> > have in the 4 too 5 months I've been exploring and learning.
> >
> > Ed Barnes ebarnes at enigma2.cjb.net
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Jun
> > 2002, Jed Barton wrote:
> >
> > > Hey guys.  OK forgive me for asking this question, but how to you
> > > install this softwhere?
> > > I would guess you have to have sighted assistance with the install of
> linux
> > > and then you go from there?
> > > Let me know.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jed
> > >
> > >
> > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

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