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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, Rodney. At the time only hardware synths are
supported, and for many reasons they have always been more supirior to software
synths anyway.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can get a Double Talk PC or LT for less than
$300.00 which is pretty fare for the proformence you get. Personally, I suggest
the Double Talk LT because of it's portability, and can be easily taken from
computer to computer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If memory serves me TVI, <A
href="http://www.tvi-web.com">www.tvi-web.com</A>, has the best prices on
hardware synths.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for being a web server Linux does that pretty
awesome. In fact </FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>I use an internal Linux
web server with Apache to test and develope web sites before they are actually
posted to whoever's server they will be going on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ok, as for making kernels that isn't as bad as it
sounds. In short you just download the latest speakup source, and the latest
kernel 2.4.x kernel, and patch it with the install script.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then, you would run a make config. Basically, it is
a series of questions on processor type, hard drive controlers, floppy
controlers, network cards, sound cards, and that kind of thing.Once done you can
easily type a line like this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>make dep ; make clean ; make modules ; make bzImage
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then, once compiled you can type,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>make modules_install ; make install</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Make sure that after installing your new kernel
that you have configured your boot loaders conf file to reflect the new kernel
version.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If using lilo the file is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>/etc/lilo.conf</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If using grub, which I like better, the file
is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>/etc/grub.conf</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Compiling and installing new kernels isn't as
terrible as it sounds. In short you run make config, and </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rodneylist@home.com href="mailto:rodneylist@home.com">Rodney</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=speakup@braille.uwo.ca
href="mailto:speakup@braille.uwo.ca">speakup@braille.uwo.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Getting Started</DIV>
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face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well I am a
serious newby when it comes to Linux. I have a donor computer (Pentium
166), it has a network and sound card. On my other computers I use
Windows 98 SE with JAWS (Eloquence) and a sound card. I don't own any
hardware synthesizers yet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am familiar with
partitioning and formatting hard drives. I am not afraid of working with
the hardware. My research on the internet tells me that I need to
purchase a hardware synthesizer for the donor computer before I attempt to
install Linux on it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also I am not
currently familiar with compiling kernels. However, I am a computer
professional (developer) so I should be able to pick it
up.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll stop my
rambling now and hope someone can point me in the right
direction.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial size=2>My goal is
to create a low cost web server for development and production
work. So far I heard that Speak Up may be the way to
go.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=130313120-21112001><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Rodney</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>