Re: [Freedos-user] HX DOS extender with AC97 and HDA soundcard support

2016-02-19 Thread Guillem León 
Hi,
Yes, I've heard of the Reading Edge. I was aware of the fact that it used 
DECtalk, but I didn't know it could act as an external synthesizer.
TextAssist doesn't require dosbox, it just needs a SoundBlaster. I meant that 
the talking dosbox package included the synthesizer. You can probably get the 
files out.

> On 19 Feb 2016, at 02:50, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I do not use dosbox.  my dos setup is strictly dos, so if the textaccess 
> thing requires dosbox it will not work.
> My tie to dec is in a reading edge a stand alone scanner built by xerox that 
> also has the synthesizer  option.
> I have never required emulation as I expressed before.
> I will ask  on some other survival pc  lists about spain.  If you are 
> reasonably urban, there might be a freecycle.org group for the hardware.
> will write off list too as I am now wondering about the Spanish.
> Kare
> 
> 
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote:
> 
>> TextAssist is not too hard to find. You can get a pre-built dosbox with Win 
>> 3.1 and TextAssist somewhere in grossgang.com. He has a lot of old DOS 
>> access software.
>> I'm in Spain, so that would probably be kind of a problem. :)
>> I'm guessing you're using an external DECtalk synthesizer 
>> (card/stand-alone)? Have you had it for a long time or did you get it from 
>> any place in particular? I've been collecting these things for a while now 
>> and I'd love to get hold of a few more.
>> I don't know if this might be getting a bit off-topic. Feel free to E-Mail 
>> me offlist if that's the case. I don't usually post on here so I don't know 
>> what's really acceptable. :D
>> 
>>> On 19 Feb 2016, at 02:34, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I use dectalk every day smiles.
>>> where are you located?  Somewhere I have contact information for a person 
>>> stateside who can build the machine for you, port included.
>>> Is it still possible to find textaccess  anywhere?
>>> might be a fun laptop option.
>>> Kare
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote:
>>> 
 Yeah, ever since I realized DOSUSB wasn't going to help me and VSB would 
 not run any tts software I've been thinking of getting a dedicated machine 
 for DOS but I don't really know where to look. Does anyone know of 
 something not too expensive that has at least one RS232 port and a 
 SoundBlaster-compatible card?
 The quality is pretty OK. SBTalker has a low sampling rate but doesn't 
 sound too bad, TextAssist sounds just like DECtalk if you've ever heard 
 that one, and Monologue sounds terrible to me but it's usable although I 
 never got it to load under DOS.
 
 
> On 18 Feb 2016, at 23:53, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
> 
> Oh okay.
> I have no idea, it might I believe someone  suggested asking on the 
> source list for it.
> I have always gotten my machines custom built, one can still find those 
> with cereal ports.  as I use dos exclusively It has been worth it to me 
> to keep the door open.
> I did not know all those sound card options existed might be fun to play 
> with them, assuming the sound quality is clear enough.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote:
> 
>> I do, but none of the computers that I have have a serial port. I was 
>> hoping that this would be an alternative but I guess not.
>> 
>>> On 18 Feb 2016, at 23:43, Karen Lewellen  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Understood,
>>> May I ask what the problem is then?  Do you not have an external 
>>> synthesizer?
>>> I do not use freedos, but a later  package of ms dos 7.1  I have no 
>>> issues, but I am not using a sound card.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote:
>>> 
 I have heard about talking dosbox, in fact I helped with the project 
 and I made one of the speech synthesis helper applications, but I was 
 hoping to be able to have dos running natively without emulation. I 
 have no sight whatsoever so I need speech output, and the only ways of 
 speech output available are through serial with an external speech 
 synthesizer or via a SoundBlaster or compatible with SBTalker, 
 Monologue, TextAssist etc.
 
> On 18 Feb 2016, at 21:49, Karen Lewellen  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guillem,
> granted I am unsure what your goals may be, but have you tried  a 
> relatively new project talking dosbox?
> 
> 
> http://batsupport.com/unsupported/dosbox/00_README.html
> 
> 
> I can tell you nothing about it save that  it is supposed to allow 
> for speech via dosbox using the sound card etc.
> hope this presents a solution for you.
> karen
> 
> 
> On

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2+ Preview 12 - Now with Dimples

2016-02-19 Thread Louis Santillan 
Hey all,

I plan to do another test run with the hardware I have.  1.2p12 or 13,
which ever is available.

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jerome Shidel  wrote:
>
>> On Feb 13, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
>>
>> I booted from the CD not USB , but my extreme test machine has 3 hard drives 
>> wth various "C" drives among them. Even with XOSL hiding partitions, I think 
>> the installer may not be prepared for setting drives beyond "D;" 
>> "lastdrive=Z" notwithstanding.
>
> If the installer is run in advanced mode, you can specify what drive you want 
> it to install FreeDOS. Advanced mode can be entered 2 ways. Either by using 
> "setup adv" from the command line or by pressing CTRL+C when it is waiting 
> for user input. As long as dos can see a drive, it should be able to install 
> to it. However, you would still need to know if you want it to go on E: F: X: 
> or wherever. My only concern is SYS transfer of system files messing up your 
> boot code.
>
>>
>> Your rewrite should do the trick.
>
> We will keep our fingers crossed. The installer works great. It's just 
> getting the installers loader to setup an environment for it to run under 
> that is compatible with all of the bizarre system configurations it may 
> encounter. :-)
>
> Hopefully have preview 13 out in a couple days (as free time permits).
>
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2+ Preview 12 - Now with Dimples

2016-02-19 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 

> On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I plan to do another test run with the hardware I have.  1.2p12 or 13,
> which ever is available.

13 should be up in a few minutes or so.

> 
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jerome Shidel  wrote:
>> 
>>> On Feb 13, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I booted from the CD not USB , but my extreme test machine has 3 hard 
>>> drives wth various "C" drives among them. Even with XOSL hiding partitions, 
>>> I think the installer may not be prepared for setting drives beyond "D;" 
>>> "lastdrive=Z" notwithstanding.
>> 
>> If the installer is run in advanced mode, you can specify what drive you 
>> want it to install FreeDOS. Advanced mode can be entered 2 ways. Either by 
>> using "setup adv" from the command line or by pressing CTRL+C when it is 
>> waiting for user input. As long as dos can see a drive, it should be able to 
>> install to it. However, you would still need to know if you want it to go on 
>> E: F: X: or wherever. My only concern is SYS transfer of system files 
>> messing up your boot code.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Your rewrite should do the trick.
>> 
>> We will keep our fingers crossed. The installer works great. It's just 
>> getting the installers loader to setup an environment for it to run under 
>> that is compatible with all of the bizarre system configurations it may 
>> encounter. :-)
>> 
>> Hopefully have preview 13 out in a couple days (as free time permits).
>> 
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2+ Preview 12 - Now with Dimples

2016-02-19 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
There are a lot of major internal changes in 13. no sense testing 12.

Anyhow 13, floppy an 32mb slim usb images are up. it will be about an hour 
for the 512mb image. Internet is very slow where I am at right now.

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> On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I plan to do another test run with the hardware I have.  1.2p12 or 13,
> which ever is available.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jerome Shidel  wrote:
>> 
>>> On Feb 13, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I booted from the CD not USB , but my extreme test machine has 3 hard 
>>> drives wth various "C" drives among them. Even with XOSL hiding partitions, 
>>> I think the installer may not be prepared for setting drives beyond "D;" 
>>> "lastdrive=Z" notwithstanding.
>> 
>> If the installer is run in advanced mode, you can specify what drive you 
>> want it to install FreeDOS. Advanced mode can be entered 2 ways. Either by 
>> using "setup adv" from the command line or by pressing CTRL+C when it is 
>> waiting for user input. As long as dos can see a drive, it should be able to 
>> install to it. However, you would still need to know if you want it to go on 
>> E: F: X: or wherever. My only concern is SYS transfer of system files 
>> messing up your boot code.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Your rewrite should do the trick.
>> 
>> We will keep our fingers crossed. The installer works great. It's just 
>> getting the installers loader to setup an environment for it to run under 
>> that is compatible with all of the bizarre system configurations it may 
>> encounter. :-)
>> 
>> Hopefully have preview 13 out in a couple days (as free time permits).
>> 
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[Freedos-user] FDI Preview 13

2016-02-19 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
FDI Preview 13 is now available.

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