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 6963C3EA28 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:07:52 -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 fAEJ7qp07912 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:07:52 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAEJ7qH06443 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:07:52 -0500 Received: from mta1.snet.net (mta1.snet.net [204.60.203.70]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAEJ7pw06439 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:07:51 -0500 Received: from beethoven.wgaughan.net (20.64.252.64.snet.net [64.252.64.20] (may be forged)) by mta1.snet.net (8.12.1/8.12.1/SNET-smtp-1.1/D-1.1/O-1.1) with ESMTP id fAEJ6oa0029919 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:06:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (wgaughan@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beethoven.wgaughan.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id fAEJ9Ef00545 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:09:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:09:14 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Gaughan X-X-Sender: wgaughan@beethoven.wgaughan.net To: blinux-list@redhat.com 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: Just to clarify my point about the OS's further. And to be concise. Using the PC and PC DOS/Windows os's as an example, what is so, so unthinkable about a palmtop or laptop that is fully functional with braille and speech. I have a desktop pc with a DecTalk Express and a PowerBraille 40 running a dual-boot system, linux with brltty and emacspeak and speakup or DOS/Windows 95 running Window-Eyes 4.1. Why can't something this good be in a box that small? Sighted people have it with Thinkpad and Mac Power Book. I don't know what kinds of portable PC run full Linux with X-win? That's all folks. Your thoughts? -- Bill Gaughan wgaughan@snet.net On Wed, 14 Nov 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. > >