apollo2

[Georgina Joyce]

Hi

Ummm, networkd cards and modems are assigned com ports.  Once the pcmcia drivers up and configured, the devices are seen as being on a /dev/ttySx whereas, USB com ports are seen as /dev/ttyUSBx.  Speakup communicates with with /dev/ttySx devices doesn't it?

Gena
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:45:22AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> The PCMCIA slots do not come up as serial ports.  I guess there's serial
> addapters that might plug into the slot but... You have to include
> PCMCIA modules into the kernel and the PCMCIA Card Services package of
> utilities that will load the appropriate modules for the card you plug
> in.  The whole thing is pretty cool once you get it all configured.  I
> now have a network and modem that auto detect and load the right modules
> merely by plugging the card into the slot.  Now if I can only get my
> wireless network to go <sigh>.
> 
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 11:29:03AM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Well I'm not that much of a techy but doesn't the pc configure the pcmcia slot as a com port?  Thus I thought that there was a fare chance.  Also, I thought that the keynote is a pcmcia card.
> > 
> > As Kirk hasn't dropped in, I guess that no-one has got around to writing the driver.
> > 
> > Gena
> > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:22:11PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> > > Also what about something like the gemini? I have one lying about, and it 
> > > would be nice to use that with my laptop. Or is it a totally different thing 
> > > trying to use pcmcia with speakup?
> > > 
> > > From
> > > Michael Whapples
> > > 
> > > Darren Paskell writes:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > If my memory serves me correctly, I'm fairly sure the Juno's instruction set 
> > > > is identical to that for the Apollo 2. I'll check in the manual and let you 
> > > > know if it isn't.
> > > > 
> > > > Darren
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "Georgina Joyce" <gena at genaj.plus.com>
> > > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:05 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: apollo2
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >> Hi
> > > >>
> > > >> Your quite right, time for an update, Gene!
> > > >>
> > > >> Yes it is only the apollo II that is supported by speakup.  Although, 
> > > >> having said which, not sure about the juno.
> > > >>
> > > >> Gena
> > > >> On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 04:56:47PM +0100, Chris Norman wrote:
> > > >>> Hi people,
> > > >>> I have found an old apollo2 lying around.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Will this work with Speakup? I looked in the howto install for fedora, 
> > > >>> but
> > > >>> there was nothing there that said "apollo2", just "apollo". Will this 
> > > >>> work
> > > >>> the same?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Cheers,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Chris Norman
> > > >>> <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com -->
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
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