Right. 16M of RAM is probably pushing the lower limit even for linux. I would think RAM for that thing would be expensive even if you could find it. Like I said though, I am very happy with my Pentium 150 Mhz with 56 Mb RAM. With the external synth, it rocks. Even with software speech, it's very tolerable. I mean, I use it all the time for editing text checking my mail, and as a terminal emulator. If I have to find out why somebody's machine has lost it's network connection, I connect my laptop to the serial port, run kermit, log in and do my diagnostics. It works great. Steve Holmes wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: RIPEMD160 > >Well, I have a Pentium M12d by Hitachi and unfortunately, it is a dog. >It only has 16meg of memory and I'm hard pressed to find additional >memory for it. I got it for what I thought to be a pretty good deal a >couple years ago. It's fun to play around with but it sure is slow. It >runs Slackware reasonably well but I really need to find that extra >memory since Linux generally likes the more memory, the better. I >really like the Hitachi keyboard; I think it is the best layout I've >seen in a laptop. > >On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 05:36:27PM -0600, John G. Heim wrote: > > I think one of the reasons that you're not getting many answers is that > > there aren't too many alternatives to just going out and buying a laptop > > and installing linux on it. The only thing I can suggest is that you > try to > > find a used laptop because neither speakup or emacspeak require much > > processing power. > > > > I'm running DECtalk and emacspeak on a laptop with an original pentium > 150 > > Mhz with 56 Mb of RAM. I also have speakup on it but it's configured to > use > > an external hardware synth. Anyway, I'm real happy with it and now-a-days > > you can pick up a machine like that for practically nothing because it > > won't run Win XP. > > > > > > > > > > > > Karen Lewellen wrote: > > >I must have surgery and will not be able to sit up or raise my head for > > >several weeks. The idea is to create a very basic system so I can still > > >do some work related tasks, use wordperfect, go online and tellnet to my > > >shell account, etc. > > >Thought I might seek a tad more since I must have something, but that is > > >the basic goal here. > > >Karen > > > > > >On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote: > > > > > > > What are you needing this for? > > > > Gabe Vega > > > > Certified Technical Support Specialist:A+, Network+ > > > > The BlindTechs Network > > > > Website: http://blindtechs.net > > > > Phone (602) 488-9862 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 5, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi everyone, > > > >> I realize that laptops have been discussed in the past, but I am > > > >> unsure if > > > >> my specific goals were addressed. > > > >> for a rather unusual reason I must obtain a laptop that will have > > > >> functional clear speech and allow me to work as I normally do with my > > > >> computer. I do not have a Linux DOS as of yet, but would need to find > > > >> this with the absolute least amount of tampering possible because I am > > > >> short on time. > > > >> I prefer dectalk speech, but to be honest I have not heard the > > > >> synthesizer > > > >> alternatives for Linux. I am not a windows user, so do not want a duo > > > >> system unless > > > >> it is a Linux Dos one, or a Linux mac one if this is even possible. > > > >> I also have a limited budget grin. > > > >> Any ideas as to where i might begin? > > > >> I am also weighing the option of a mac laptop, or a windows one > > > >> stripped > > > >> down to work with DOS only. > > > >> Any wisdom welcome on or off list. > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> Karen > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > John G. Heim > > jheim at math.wisc.edu > > 3-4189 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > >- -- >HolmesGrown Solutions >The best solutions for the best price! >http://ld.net/?holmesgrown >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFD6rIrWSjv55S0LfERA2aJAJ9lIvVGIk5QnaRoc0wF0pU7YfOViACgh1C4 >61PsZjNtAtsamKdFkJsGDz4= >=hvD4 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- John G. Heim jheim at math.wisc.edu 3-4189
