From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 3293 invoked from network); 15 Jun 1998 02:18:37 -0000 Received: from salyko.cube.net (195.38.152.2) by mail2.redhat.com with SMTP; 15 Jun 1998 02:18:37 -0000 Received: from goldfish(really [194.97.65.88]) by salyko.cube.net via smtpd with esmtp id for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 04:29:13 +0200 (MEST) (Smail-3.2.0.94 1997-Apr-22 #1 built 1998-Feb-12) Received: (qmail 11730 invoked by uid 503); 15 Jun 1998 02:20:13 -0000 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 04:20:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Hans Zoebelein To: blinux-announce@redhat.com, blinux-list Subject: Blinux CD-ROM: high volume - low bucks. Message-ID: Notice-Requested-Upon-Delivery-To: zocki@goldfish.cube.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Hi Blinuxers, as there are many new subscribers of blinux-list, who don't know about it, they should know that there is a... Blinux CD-ROM available! Get the newest content of the Blinux FTP archive, which at this moment holds a volume of over 520 mb of compressed binary archives and documentation. It would you take over 27 hours to download this stuff through a 56k modem link (if the connection is really perfect). What is Blinux CD-ROM? Blinux CD-ROM is a genuine hand crafted, up to date mirror of the Blinux archive site at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux. Piece by piece carefully roasted on high quality CD-Rs using CDRECORD software under Linux. Every CD-ROM is read veryfied and now has a neat label showing a fat black penguin sitting around. Contents of Blinux CD-ROM Blinux CD-ROM holds these archive files: ABBOT speech recognition demo Access-HOWTO DOS-to-Linux-HOWTO ALVA braille terminal drivers (incl. kernels) BRLTTY soft Braille terminal support DECTALK Linux PC driver EARS speech recognition EMACSPEAK, complete mirror of Raman's Cornell dirs and the Blinux archives of EMACSPEAK FESTIVAL speech system LYNX Web browser (Linux and DOS) MBROLA speech sythesizer NBFBTRANS braille translator OGI speech tools RECNET speech recognition SAYTIME speaking clock SCREADER screen reader Sound players (bplay, na_play, sox) SPEAK text-to-speech server (SPO256-AL2 speech board) ULTRASONIX prototype screen reader for X windows and more... How much does the Blinux CD-ROM cost (yes, postage is INCLUDED!): USA: 7 US$ World: 7 US$ Germany: 10 DM Europe: 70 Austrian Schillings, 200 Belgian Francs, 4 British Pound 35 French Francs 10000 Italian Lira How to pay?: Put the money as bank notes in an envelope between a leaf of paper and send it to me. My address is: Hans Zoebelein c/o blinux cd-rom Schellingstr. 63 80799 Muenchen Germany Don't forget to include your email and snail mail address. I'll email you as soon as money has arrived and the CD-ROM is shipped to your snail mail address. Isn't this way of payment to unsecure? So far, EVERY money sent to me, reached its destination. (I didn't get any complaints so far about lost money). How is Blinux CD-ROM shipped? Blinux CD-ROM is shipped to non European addresses as airmail, to European addresses as normal mail. The CD-ROM is put into a padded cardboard envelope without using a jewel box. This is done to stay below the 50gr weight limit and to pay less postage costs. Enjoy! Hans