Hi Bruce. It just so happens that I had a 486 machine that was sitting around, which I turned into a dedicated Linux bx. It was an 80 MHZ machine, so it wasn't the fastest for use with Windows, and it doesn't have to do a lot with Linux, but it seems to work well with my Cable Modem. My point is that you probably could use a used machine that's not the fastest, with the biggest HD, and gobbs of memory, that is unless you have a specific need for it. On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote: > Thanks to all who have responded with answers, questions etc. > > This is a tower model. I got a NIC card with it but still have the modem > since I need it to dial in to work but probably won't use it for Linux > unless the NIC card can't be gotten to work. I use a sound blaster live > sound card because that is the one they sold with multi-channel sound. > I would have preferred to build my own machine for Linux and that still > might not be a bad idea but I don't know where to begin to get the > components. > > I think for now I will persue a dual track and see which approach I can get > to work first. There is something very appealing about having a dedicated > machine for Linux and it shouldn't be that expensive. > > Thanks again to all who have responded to this message. > > Enjoy! > Bruce > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > Dan Murphy micq UIN 93344915 http://home.nycap.rr.com/mweeby
