heck, we could even put together a shop to build them to speck and put the instructions out with the units. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 1:51 PM Subject: Re: xwindows Hi there, Actually there'd be good reason to design such a tutorial around a readily available, relatively inexpensive PC available widely as a refurbished unit. Something like one of the Compaq 4000 or earlier HP Pavilion or Dell come to mind. Describe a unit using a Dubltalk card, Soundblaster 16, with their original CD unit. Use a widely availble and solid modem that works with linux. This should cover it for a wide number of us who'd like to start with a modestly priced and widely avalable PC, devoted entirely to running linux for the first time. I do realize hardware variations can cause troubles, and that's why I would recommend using a widely available unit. Will wilsmith at iglou.com On Tue, 14 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Will Smith wrote: > > > I'm surprised that no one has been willing or able to create such a > > tutorial product, as I believe it would fill a great and growing need by > > many blind computer users. > > Unfortunately, I'm not. Think about it. > The first problem you've got is to try and cover every conceivable piece > of relevant hardware, modems (hardware or winmodems), sound cards, > mother-board chipsets, ith or without another os already installed, > network cards, dsl access (which can differ, some need ppp over atm, some > don't), where ould it end? > > Cheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
