[Blindapple] The gs is talking!

[Jayson Smith]

If the GS isn't holding its settings at power off, the battery's most likely
dead.  Do you know what rom version you have?  On the 0 and 01 versions, the
battery is soldered onto the motherboard.  On the 03, it's in a holder.
If you have a copy of Davex, you can use that to save your control panel
settings, once they're set to reasonable values, to a file, then restore
them when your system forgets.  You need the conp command.  Let me know if
you need it.  Also, Computer Aids wrote a Basic program to allow a blind
person to independently adjust control panel settings.  Or if you are using
Textalker-GS, you should be able to set them yourself once the system is
booted.  Just hit Ctrl-Apple-Esc, select "control panel" hit Enter and
you're off.  Let me know if you need further instructions.
Jayson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Howell" <aaron at kitten.net.au>
To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at jaybird.no-ip.info>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindapple] The gs is talking!


> Hi there,
> No, you didn't send me the textalker update. but then, I didn't get back
to you either.
> I'm having a slight problem with my gs not holding its control panel
settings at the moment,
> it might have a dead battery or something,
> but once I get that sorted out, and don't have to have sighted assistance
every time I turn the machine on,
> I'll be able to look at things like adt.
> and Rachel is sending me the disk that everyone's been after with space
invaders and the like to get imaged
> (thanks rachel *hug*).
> which I will send to you to go up on the disks page once it is done.
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 06:05:46AM -0500, Jayson Smith wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Did I ever send you the newer Textalker-GS disk from December 1992 or do
you
> > already have that version?  Do you need help getting ADT up and running?
Do
> > you have any interesting Apple software the rest of us might like?
> > Jayson.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Aaron Howell" <aaron at kitten.net.au>
> > To: <blindapple at jaybird.no-ip.info>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:18 PM
> > Subject: [Blindapple] The gs is talking!
> >
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > > Just to let you all know,
> > > My birthday has finally come around and I've been allowed to have the
> > Doubletalk.
> > > Its in, and all works just fine (in both Slotbuster and Echo speech
mode).
> > > Textalker gs has been tested, as has the utility disk that came with
the
> > unit,
> > > and scat/proscat will probably get a test out tonight as will bex.
> > > Wow its good to be back in the apple 2 world.
> > > Rachel, if you're still on-list and you want that talking games disk
> > imaged so it can be shared,
> > > get in touch with me off list and I'll give you an address to send it
to.
> > > (I should have pc connectivity happening over the weekend, I hope).
> > > For those considering a Doubletalk, get them while they're hot.
> > > They do arrive, and they do work.
> > > you can email randy directly at randyc at rcsys.com (I have no idea how
many
> > are left though).
> > > Regards
> > > Aaron
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