hi john, sounds like a good idea if the price is right randy turner On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, John Heim wrote: > If you need a machine with an ISA slot, rather than buying a new machine, it > might be a good idea to check a used computer store. The used computer store > at the University of Wisconsin usually has several machines in the 900 Mhz > to 1 Ghz range that have ISA slots. If you're running speakup wit a hardware > synth, that's plenty fast. > > Maybe the used computer store at the UW is atypical but I doubt it. I > suspect you can still get a used machine with ISA slots fairly easily and > fairly cheaply. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:52 PM > Subject: Re: doubletalk lt > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi Randy and all. >> >> I don't know if it is still possible to get a new pc with an isa >> slot. I doubt it, but I would be glad to be corrected by someone who >> knows for sure that some company out there still sells new machines >> with an isa slot. As I posted here not too long ago, a friend of mine >> told me that it is still possible to get a new motherboard today with an >> isa slot, but he says they're very expensive. Again, I don't know if >> this is actually true or not. If it is true, then even if a company >> like Del or Gateway doesn't build machines with an isa slot anymore, >> you could still get such a board, and build a machine with an isa slot >> yourself, or have someone else build it for you. >> >> As far as I know, the only pci synth out there today is the >> trippletalk, but I don't know if speakup drivers are in development >> for that or not. >> >> Greg >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 04:40:39PM -0600, randy turner wrote: >>> >>> hi greg, >>> do they still build any computers with the older isa slots? >>> also has any company built any pci synths that will work in linux? >>> what are the choices that are left for linux?? >>> thanks in advance >>> randy turner >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> - -- >> web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >> gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >> skype: gregn1 >> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >> >> - -- >> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iD8DBQFFUm2w7s9z/XlyUyARAjRyAKDGH5hBczg6MoJqBxJ3t9RMsIoIFwCfUgUt >> 0gpSWD0h3C//7yJ5ZrAJyHY= >> =mTWT >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
