Re: [Audyssey] More SAPI Frustration

2008-12-05 Thread Terrence van Ettinger AKA Angus MacLaren
No, it just had 3 numbered folders. -- From: Valiant8086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:09 PM To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Subject: Re: [Audyssey] More SAPI Frustration Hi. Does it have an .MSI file in

[Audyssey] Liam Urven contact and game keys?

2008-12-05 Thread dark
Hi. This is just a question for Liam Urven which I sent a few weeks ago. I didn't get an initial response to my message, and to be honest did wonder if it arrived alright. I remember Liam, you were kind enough to provide me with keys for my laptop to Judgement day and Superliam.

[Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread John Bannick
Folks, What blind-accessible world-building games do you like? To what degree is Civilization blind-accessible? Reason I ask is that the mom of a blind kid asked me if our company has one of those. And we don't. So I told her I'd ask the experts and point her at one. Probably there's one that

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread dark
Hi John. As far as specifically audio games, the answer is there aren't any. There is sound rts, but that's deffinately closer to warcraft than Civilization, and the objective is pretty heavily battle focused. On the other hand there are a hole load of online resource and empire management

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi John, From my games list, I can think of two, First is, Marco Steinebach and Andrea Mackowiak's Mardy-Productions. Home of Mississippi. It is a trading simulation which starts in 1770 in the wild west of America. Your American uncle has died and bequeaths you all his properties, so you

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread dark
Ooopse! totally forgot about mississippi. Sorry to Marco, and thanks to Phil. Beware the Grue! Dark. - --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread ian mcnamara
also it could be a good idear if they have email to get them to join this list and we could give them idears. i may look in to the 7128 softwere at some point. - Original Message - From: dark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent:

Re: [Audyssey] Liam Urven contact and game keys?

2008-12-05 Thread Liam Erven
Send me an email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll sort it out this weekend. Work has been crazy. So I have no time for much of anything anymore -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:08 AM To:

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread Katie Madison
Hi Phil, Thanks for the email. I had no idea that some keyboards came with a mute key. Thank goodness mine doesn't. My advice is that if you're keyboard has a mute key, label it in a way that you know what the key is. I'm glad you're wife solved the problem. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread Bryan Peterson
My laptop has one, but it's pretty easy to spot. It's directly to the right of the volume buttons, the Volume Up key being convex versus the concave Volume Down and Mute keys. So I've never actually had issues with that. My problem was that for some bizarre reason the volume would inexplicably

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread constantine (on laptop)
I know where mine is, right beside the 2 volume buttons on one keyboard, and in the middle of them on another. Another 2 don't have it. contact details: email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and others msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: the_conman283 system details: Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc AMD

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread dark
Thankfully, most of the keyboards I've seen have had obviously placed mute keys as well, and my laptop, you actually have to push the volume slider in to mute. A far more serious problem I've had is when something like Windows media player decides to randomly mute the computer for no

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread Trenton Matthews
As I have a del d630 laptop, unfortunately the death key is right next to the power' button. Now isn't that nice! *sighs deeply* Volume buttons are in the same row where the power and mute buttons are, far left hand corner above the keyboard. On 12/5/2008 5:56 AM, dark wrote: Thankfully,

Re: [Audyssey] games that are not high deffinition audio compatible

2008-12-05 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. heh I kinda like AC97. Got it on my old acer, works pretty nice. My EeePC here uses um, well, realtek hd audio. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] games that are not high

Re: [Audyssey] games that are not high deffinition audio compatible

2008-12-05 Thread Valiant8086
i. Try turning typing echo completely off, wonder if that'd help. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] games that are not high deffinition audio compatible Hmmm. its not that

Re: [Audyssey] sound things

2008-12-05 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. There's nothing wrong with high definnition in itself. I think it's just your audio device being an idiot. I'm useing high definition audio on a 350 dollar computer here and I'm not having a single problem with it, except wicked inaccessability of the finer adjustment controls in the

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread jicjaws12
since when did i have a death key oon my computer keyboard good thing i have you guys to tell me so. no seriously what computer game is this? **Stay in touch with ALL of your friends: update your AIM, Bebo, Facebook, and MySpace pages with just one click. The NEW AOL.com.

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread jicjaws12
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Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread jicjaws12
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Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
the main desktop is a treat. there are speakers with seperate volume control and one on the keyboard, you turn the knob and push hard to turn it off and on. But you can't nock it, you really have to shove the button down and it is an spring loaded control. Actually if it ever got to bad I could

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
one thing I like about this toshiba is the power button is on the top left. The next 2 buttons are set for different security and configuration options. Due to power programs and other things being inaccessible I have managed to totally remove most of the software that controls these buttons so

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
grin that probably would not make sence to anyone that did not play acefire even so there is no reason why people shouldn't know. Its a bit lol for me on a side note as on a radio station the djs quote simpsons quotes. I do know simpsons and find them a laugh but same applies if you didn't know

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread dark
Funnny sean. My toshiba laptop has the power button top left, but no annoying extras. In fact the mute button is nerely impossible to push by mistake, sinse to pres it you have to push the volume slider in instead of sliding it sideways. then again, designs change, and anyway I'm not

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
my system is exactly the same. But it came with loads of toshiba extras. Usually these are quite cool but I had to get rid of config free, security assist power manager and standard assist because they did not like my reader and crashed things loads. There are still a few toshiba things on but

[Audyssey] looking for a very particular type of mud

2008-12-05 Thread alex wallis
hi list. just wondering, does anyone no of any muds based around, or set in the universe of the american tv program dark shadows? for those of you who don't no, it was a soap on in the late 60s and very early 70s, eventually it turned super natural, featuring vampires, ghosts time travel,

[Audyssey] nop2 install reupload

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
Hi. This is just to let people know that I am reuploading my origional installer, well not my one but the game one. For what ever reason there is more installed than what was installed in my installer. There are things which are just not working right, the codes that don't work in the game and

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread dark
Hmmm, odd. I've got power saver on there myself, and actually make use of it on various occasions. I don't recognize the other utilities you mention though. Then again, sinse I bought that laptop directly from Dolphin, it's entirely possible they removed such things. Beware the Grue!

[Audyssey] nop2 origional installer

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
Hi. Ok here is the origional installer. you can choose what you want and things. http://www.divshare.com/download/6012411-b42 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the

Re: [Audyssey] Beware of the Death Key

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
well the power savers in everything around a10 and earlier were semi accessible although a bit tricky. If you had anything before the satelite a10 you had a control panel in windows. At 09:31 a.m. 6/12/2008, you wrote: Hmmm, odd. I've got power saver on there myself, and actually make use of it

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, I've tried Civilization and Galaxy Civilization and neither are accessible from a blind player's perspective. Which is too bad as I like both games much, and what we do have as alternatives are just aren't the same. The first game that comes to mind is an audio rendition of Warcraft

Re: [Audyssey] games that are not high deffinition audio compatible

2008-12-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, Personally, I don't think anything comes close to the Soundblaster X-/FI. I am personally fond of that sound card, and the cheaper sound cards like the AC-97 are, well, cheap to me. However, I do use the AC-97 in my Linux boxes because Linux seams to like those cards for some reason.

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread ari
Hi Thomas and John, There is an open-source civilisation-type game, which could, I think, be made accessible with not too much effort, especially for us who like that sort of thing. Many elements of the game is text-based, it's just a question of the interface being quite difficult to control

Re: [Audyssey] games that are not high deffinition audio compatible

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
Well I get the cheap cards with my laptops and desktops because they are internal about themselves. A nice no frills card is the soundmax. its not much but its ok. I have an sb16 also. The last card that I have had that was a pci card was a forte media fm801. Its a pitty that toshiba are not

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
that would be cool. At 11:21 a.m. 6/12/2008, you wrote: Hi Thomas and John, There is an open-source civilisation-type game, which could, I think, be made accessible with not too much effort, especially for us who like that sort of thing. Many elements of the game is text-based, it's just a

Re: [Audyssey] World Building Games

2008-12-05 Thread Dakotah Rickard
Frankly there are lots of games that could be made accessible, if only companies would be a little cooperative. As far as mainstream accessible civilizations-type games, I can't think of any. I've played several, thanks to a friend, but they just aren't accessible. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On

Re: [Audyssey] games that are not high deffinition audio compatible

2008-12-05 Thread constantine (on laptop)
Hi, I agree there. I have it on this hp laptop and nothings wrong with it - I mean, its not as bad as the SiS soundcard I have on an old computer of mine, and it does pretty decently at sound and stuff. Sterio mix is a problem for me because I can't turn the volume of that down, 0 percent and

Re: [Audyssey] nop2 origional installer

2008-12-05 Thread Che
Hi Sean, When I go to your link, it says password protected file, you got a password? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:56 PM Subject: [Audyssey] nop2 origional installer Hi. Ok here is the

Re: [Audyssey] nop2 origional installer

2008-12-05 Thread shaun everiss
hmph not that I know of. I have an account but I don't have a password. At least I don't think so. At 01:34 p.m. 6/12/2008, you wrote: Hi Sean, When I go to your link, it says password protected file, you got a password? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: