Subject: NetBSD, Qemu, Serial Consoles and introductions
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Zachary Kline <Z_kline@hotmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 11/16/2007 16:41:05
Hi,
My name is Zachary Kline, and I recently became somewhat interested in
NetBSD, along with Unix-like systems in general.
I have Linux on my machine already, but that didn't seem quite as pure
Unix, somehow. Hard to describe.
I should also perhaps mention the fact I'm blind, and thus my choices in
operating systems are somewhat limited.
Because I had nothing else to do, and wanted to see if I could pull it
off, I managed to get my screen reader to read the virtualized serial
console under Qemu. (I use Kermit 95 to emulate a VT100, and installed
NetBSD I386 via the two 'floppy' images for serial consoles.
This is actually pretty neat. I can power up NetBSD whenever I want to
play with it, as to be honest I know little about Unix, even if I do have
interest in learning.
Now to my questions. I wonder if I can get the full wscons experience,
with virtual consoles and all, by using the Kermit 95 emulation in this way?
I don't have any method to read the Qemu screen otherwise.
Also, I wonder what kinds of accessibility features might be built into
NetBSD already that I'm just missing? A quick search in mailing lists
turned up little.
Sorry for the rambling nature of this post, and hope to hear back,
Thanks,
Zack.