That's interesting steven, though I do wonder how many people have access to
a dos screen reader. To me the process sounds a little complicated, but then
again, I've never really worked with dos, much less dosbox, and much less
run under modern windows with a program like Eamon deluxe.
It's a shame this dos scorren reader thing can't be cracked once and for
all, sinse then there would be no problem with any 16 bit application.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Where can I get the game Eamon?
Actually, thats not quite correct, you can manage eamon under dosbox but
only under the following conditions.
you will require a pc with at least 1 9 pin male serial port, a hardware
serial port, not USB to serial converter as they do not generate
interrupts
A hardware synthesiser such as Accent SA or artic transport (other
synthesisers like light talk or doubletalk may work, but have not been
tested)
A modification to your dosbox.conf file as follows.
[serial]
# serial1: set type of device connected to com port.
# Can be disabled, dummy, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# Additional parameters must be in the same line in the form of
# parameter:value. Parameter for all types is irq (optional).
# for directserial: realport (required), rxdelay (optional).
# (realport:COM1 realport:ttyS0).
# for modem: listenport (optional).
# for nullmodem: server, rxdelay, txdelay, telnet, usedtr,
# transparent, port, inhsocket (all optional).
# Example: serial1=modem listenport:5000
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem,
directserial.
# serial2: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem,
directserial.
# serial3: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem,
directserial.
# serial4: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem,
directserial.
serial1=directserial realport:com1
Or whatever number serial port you want to use.
last but not least, you will need a dos screen reader program.
dos screen readers are extremely hard to get a hold of especially these
days when everything is all windows xp and windows 7, windows 8 etc.
You can try using the 45 minute demo of the old vocaleyes screen reader
from GwMicro, or the freeware jaws for dos 2.31, again, I have not tested
this out with my hardware accent sa/artic transport device.
At 03:59 PM 9/20/2012, you wrote:
Hi Kieth.
I haven't updated the db entry because the new version of eamon deluxe is
in testing, particularly it's new vi compatbility mode which fixes a lot
of the problems with menues and such the old version has, as well has
having lots of new eamon adventures and more converted classic ones. The
bad news is that in vi compatibility mode, it won't run on post xp windows
unless you use a virtual machine, (the none vi compatible version uses
dosbox, but that unfortunately won't work with screen readers).
There have been a few preliminary releases of stand alone adventures, that
you can find on the eamon deluxe page at
http://www.eamonag.org/pages/eamondx.htm
If however your also interested in getting a full private beta copy, you
can contact the developer on [email protected]
A full version should be out later this year, and the developer is looking
into solutions to the dosbox problem.
Hth.
all the best,
Dark.
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