Hello everyone, I managed to get FreeDOS installed. When it restarts, the DVD disc asks if you want to boot from the C: drive. The Orca screen reader didn't read this menu correctly due to the timer, so without realizing it, I inadvertently pressed Enter on the "Boot from C:" option, and the disk tried to load from C:. The best way I found to get around this is to wait for the boot timer to time out, which automatically loads the DOS environment from the DVD drive by default, and then type `setup.bat`.
I plan to contact the DOSEMU2 team and ask about Raspberry Pi support. An open-source screen reader for DOS was mentioned in this thread. Could you please tell me where I could find the screen reader? I’d like to try to get it working in my virtual FreeDOS environment. Sincerely, Lawrence Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 26, 2024, at 1:32 AM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > Hello! > > According to the images, that keyboard has the same chips as the first > > https://ardent-tool.com/keyboard/Model_M.html#PS2_PCBs > http://ohlandl.ipv7.net/keyboard/Keyboard.html#Model_M_PCB > > Not sure which of the 2 copies of that website is the original one. > > It has a 4x4 block with the keys > > 1 2 3 A > 4 5 6 B > 7 8 9 C > * 0 ? ? > > The two ? keys actually are unmarked grey keys, others are white. > > Right of the 4x4 block, there is a double height HELP key on top > and a double height STOP key below it. > > "Despite using a PS/2 cable, the Screen Reader Keypad is not a > typical PS/2 device. It was intended to be connected through > either a PS/2 mouse port or a PS/2 port on a drop-in ISA expansion > card for PC/XT and PC/AT systems called the IBM Screen Reader > Adapter (P/N 57F1588, assembly P/N 57F1587, FRU 33F4842)." > > The page also links to > > https://sharktastica.co.uk/wiki?id=modelmsrk > > which gives more details. There, the keys below 9 and C > are listed as # and D respectively, which is plausible. > > Regards, Eric > >> Hello. >> Here I found information about the special keypad. >> https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Screen_Reader_Keypad >> It still insist that it worked on DOS, but as I told you, I had never seen >> it running. >> Regards. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
