Problems attempting to set up Speakup with a DECtalk PC2.

[Jim Grimsby]

Hi, this does not sound like a speakup driver issue this sounds like a
dt loader issue.  Remember the only thing that changed between pc 1 and
pc 2 was the firmware and the chip on the card.  The communication  did
not change at all nither did the in line commands.  It sounds like the
issue is with loading the dt firmware on the card.  
Hth 

jim grimsby 
msn: jim.grimsby at att.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Adam Myrow
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:08 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Problems attempting to set up Speakup with a DECtalk PC2.


I tried using the Dectalk PC 2 long ago with the Speakup driver, and had

similar problems.  I found that what I often had to do is load it from 
DOS, then do a soft reboot with control-alt-delete.  I also had problems

where the Linux clock would lose time severely whenever the Dectalk PC 2

was active.  I eventually gave up and went back to the Accent PC I had 
gotten when the manufacturer was dumping his remaining stock.  Once I
got 
a new PC, I switched to the Dectalk USB in RS232 mode, and haven't
looked 
back.  The bottom line is that the Speakup driver may well work with the

original Dectalk PC, but seems not to work well with the later PC 2.  I 
don't have the slightest idea of what the cause is.


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