Accessible Live CD's?

[acollins at icsmail.net]

Oops!  the irqs are listed in /proc/irq, whichis a subdirectory in the
proc structor.  /proc/ioports is a file.


Gene Collins


>Hi,
>
>How do I tell which type of serial ports I have? The computer in question 
>was built in the summer of 2001. It has a dead RTC battery, and the 
>default clock time at powerup is midnight on January 1, 2000.
>Jayson
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: acollins at icsmail.net
>To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
><speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 04:00:55 -0500
>Subject: Re: Accessible Live CD's?
>
>> Hi Jayson.  That depends on whether your machine has isa serial ports,
>> or pci serial ports.  If you have isa ports, you're in luck!  If not,
>> you're screwed.  The serial drivers for speakup are in desperate need of
>> rewriting, but noone with the expertise has come along to take up the
>> job.  Sorry about that, it's just the way things are.
>> 
>> Gene Collins
>> 
>> 
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >Slightly off-thread, as I'm still looking for a good distro to install. 
>> >Are the days of hardware synths on serial ports over? My extra computer 
>> >has two serial ports, and I have a perfectly good DECtalk Express. I 
>> >don't need a GUI, I'm used to the Linux command line.
>> >Thanks,
>> >Jayson
>> >
>> >On 3/10/2014 11:28 PM, Kyle wrote:
>> >> You can try the TalkingArch live CD at
>> >> http://talkingarch.tk/
>> >> It usually comes up at a decent volume, and will allow you to choose
>> >> which sound card or headset you want at boot time via a voice recording
>> >> and a beep. You can install packages on-the-fly, just like in most 
>other
>> >> systems, so you can install the ftp package for one-time use as soon as
>> >> you get a prompt. You would install it like
>> >>
>> >> pacman -Sy <package>
>> >>
>> >> in this case. There is also the #talkingarch IRC channel on Freenode if
>> >> you need help in realtime. Hope this helps.
>> >> ~Kyle
>> >> http://kyle.tk/
>> >
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