Hi Ron: If I were you, I'd recompile the kernel to get your hardware supported. Since you are a hardware expert, this shouldn't present any major difficulties. Grab a kernel source from the kernel 2.2 tree at ftp.kernal.org, get the patch from ftp.braille.uwo.ca/pub/linux/speakup/speakup-0.08.tar.gz and go for it. Geoff.