At 2003/02/23 12:02:18 John J. Boyer wrote: > Arent, > > 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. > And it becomes much better as these things can be completely open-source , including the BIOS thanks to Ron Minnich and his crew at the Los Alamos National Laboratory For the terminally curious : Http:/www.clustermatic.org and Http://www.linuxbios.org As far as the most interesting vendors go here's my verdict : Nexedi.com ( France ): Responsive , Wiki , mailinglists , very active , supports Mandrake VisionSystems.de (Germany ) : Responsive via telephone , no mailinglist , pricing available on application via telephone only , supports S.u.S.E soekris.com (CA , USA) Just discovered , small VAR ( smaller than the other two ) no verdict about responsiveness , currently only 486-based boards , but Geode and other 586/686-based boards available end of Q2 supports *BSD Heavily centered on wireless applications , routers , firewalls Verdict : Nexedi and Visionsystems the most promising as they can deliver from stock or on short notice Delivery start of their 586/686-based PSBC's was September and December 2002 resp Soekris.com should be given the benefit of the doubt , but worth a serious investigation as they are US-based and can probably do custom jobs As said above delivery of 586/686-based boards has yet to begin k _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list