Arent, Thanks. This is very interesting. i'm glad the eightythree isn't the only machine of this kind. Older notetakers such as the Braille Lite are now available at very good prices from Computers & Assistive Technology, www.computerassistivetech.com . So it is now possible to have a braille computer for about half the price that companies like Freedom Scientific want. And it is probably much better. It would beat the Braille Note very handily also. John On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Arent Kits van Heijningen[106016.3614] wrote: > > John , > that Tiquit eighty-three is yet another manifestation of what is called an > Ultrapersonal/Ultraportable PC > Systems of this type are rapidly becoming common in generic business and > consumer environments now that thanks to compatible low-power high- > performance architectures the "486 glass ceiling " has been broken and > small-footprint highly integrated systems van be build at very low cost > The "83" is in fact build from off-the-shelf components and can be offered > for around the same RRP as a mid-range to high-end PocketPC device > There are now also availabe minute desktop systems build around the same > hardware , have a look at http://www.nexedi.com and > http://www.visionsystems.de > Linux and *BSD runs fine on these things likewise MS-NT 4.0 up to SP6NT > 5.0 SP3 and NT 5.1 SP1 will be slow however on the 300 MHz Geode chip that > most of these little fellows use ( Banias and Crusoe are options but then > it will no longer be low-cost ...:-( ) > This type of product has gone mainstream in S.E. Asia because there was an > enormous market for very small relatively high-performance systems that > can be used in industrial , office and home environments You won't use > this as your main gaming/multimedia/CAD/whatever rig but for most normal > tasks this is perfectly adequate > k > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list