From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233F23F53D for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:13:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fAEJDZp08532 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:13:35 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAEJDYv07155 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:13:34 -0500 Received: from toccata.grg.afb.net (dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.170.83]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAEJDYw07151 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:13:34 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAEJDT823135 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:13:29 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:13:28 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is just a guess, but my expectation is that it has to do with the processor. I don't know what the Strongarm supports in the way of RAM. I do understand that it will run on battery longer, and that's certainly important in a device you carry around. Also, it runs off ROM chips so you don't wait for it to boot, you power up and it's ready. 2001, Bill Gaughan wrote: > Why will the Elba have a memory restriction. The Mac Power Book comes with > 128 Megs of memory? I believe the IBM Thinkpad does also. Come one, guys, > memory is really cheap, today. I can get a 128 meg chip for $30 or less, > mail order off the web. > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp