Hi, Well, the c-64 also had a RF modulator chip--but as I recall it also had a provisions for connecting a terminal--a Commodore terminal of course, not an IBM style terminal. Also, with the screen reader I was using I could use many more commercially written software programs than you Apple guys. However, your standard BASIC was far superior to Commodore BASIC 2.0 which was built into the ROM. As C-64 users all know, everything was in ROM, you didn't use a boot disk. i've seen embeded Linux that doesn't need a disk either. But I can't think of a way to pass it kernel boot time parameters even if you had Speakup built in. I do wish somebody would build a little router that you could pass Linux commands to the router via an RS-232 or a USB port. On Thu, 23 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > Oh I was thinking of the apple II. That had the rf modulator card. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:20 AM > Subject: Re: OLD DAYS > > > > the rf modulater card was for the omega > > all you had for a comodore 64 was the cable between the system unit and > > the tv screen. > > > > > > -- > > Shaun Oliver > > > > Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the > > > > only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. > > > > -- Wernher von Braun. > > > > email: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au > > > > icq:76958435 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
