speech in bios, was: Re: Updated Speakup how to

[Gregory Nowak]

Thanks for that info Kerry. How does a pc-wiesel board work, and where do I get one from?
Greg


On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 06:07:48PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> The default dump location for print screen is the parallel port.
> Even if this does work in bios; It would only read screen from top to bottom
> and it would not tellyou any colour information at all.
> The only viable way to get speech in bios is with a
> pc-wiesel board $350US or to go get
> an Alpha or a spark or wait for openbios to be available
> for more chipsets. I hear it supports serial port config.
> Normal bioses especially award are inaccessable to my knowledge.
> You could write a program to read and write the cmos yourself provided you know
> what system specific bits your system board uses it changes for
> each board and chipset. This is why this has not been done
> before; motherboard manifacturers customize the bios before flashing it
> into the board.
> there is mrbios; not sure if it supports serial and what boards it supports.
> 
> Regards, Kerry.