changing bios settings, without eyes, how?

Igor Gueths igueths at lava-net.com
Sun Mar 14 00:19:12 EST 2004


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Although wouldn't you have to have some osrt of parallel to serial 
adapter plugged into the parallel port of the Blazer, since the print 
screen command won't send output to the serial port? 
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 10:38:22PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Since the blazer can also speak whatever comes in through its parallel
> port, you theoretically wouldn't need lots of paper.
> 
> I'll have to try this some time to see if it works. I assume the
> print screen key on the keyboard is used to issue the print screen
> command?
> 
> Greg
> 
> P.S. My machines here all have Award BIOSes, anyone know if this works
> for a fact with Award BIOSes?
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 11:18:19PM -0500, Tom and Esther Ward wrote:
> > Hi, to access the bios the most helpful tool is a braille printer such as a
> > braille blazer.  You can sometimes use a print screen command to print the
> > entire screen to a braille page and follow it through the menus and to see
> > the options and what they are set to.
> > It takes alot of time and paper to do it right, but the method does work in
> > alot of cases.
> > If you don't have a braille printer then all you have is sighted help to
> > depend on.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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