Hello, I see no reason why under linux, you would not be able to use the dvd/cdrom reading capabilities. If you set the speed low enough, you should also be able to write cds and, i think, dvds. You would most likely have problems in using the dvd for playing dvds in real time. I wrote cds on a 486 without problems at speed 1. hth Willem On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
