I need some feedback/info concerning installing a DVD reader/writer + CD reader/writer on my old computer. I need hardware which will work with Speakup enabled Linux running a text console (currently running Slackware 10.0). I expect the biggest hurdle I have to deal with is that my old system is only a 133 MHz Pentium with 64 MB RAM. Might this old thing be capable of running more than a simple CDROM? What models are supported by Linux? Are there outside sources I should be reading (where to get them, etc.)? Should I just wait until I can get a new computer, and if so, what generally should I be looking for that will run Linux and the DVD + CDr/rw hardware? I have been told by a few people that DVD writers can only run on much faster hardware than I have here (1.2 GHz, I think was mentioned), so I would like to find out some more info before I run off and spend money on hardware I will not be able to use until I buy a new machine at some point in the distant future. Thanks, and have a _great_ day! -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. _PI = 4 * ARCTAN (1)
