Hi Ummm, possibly. I guess it depends upon what country you are in to define a typical PC. I think that we often forget the mp3 tutorials that are mainly held on Main Menu. Surely shouldn't focus be upon extending them? Gena Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >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
