Thanks, Buddy - I will pass this info along to my friendly computer shop. Chuck. On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Couple of thing kinda things: > > 1. I have a Smart And Friendly 4X4X24X CD-RW (SCSI), which works well with > cdrdao and with cdrecord and the generic SCSI CD-R drivers. > > 2. Don't get a Sis (Sys? No, I'm fairly sure it's SiS) chipset video card. > I got one (an AGP one), because I didn't need any great shakes for video, > and when I tried to install any linux or run stuff, the system seemed to > lock up randomly. ... Gene and Kirk may remember my Debian trials in May. > ... Anyway, go for a Matrox card--I've seen 8MB video cards for fairly > inexpensive prices on the net. or ati. Or s3. ... But stay far away from > SiS. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh Q: How does a single woman in New York get rid of cockroaches? A: She asks them for a commitment.