From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt11a-10.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.86.10] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15FoRI-000164-00 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 22:55:24 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f5T2jUD00495 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:45:30 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:45:10 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: New Braille Notetaker From Papenmeier Message-ID: <20010628214510.A479@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <000e01c0fe5e$80797bc0$c52b893e@essex.ac.uk> <004401c0fe8f$a19af780$0100a8c0@cybertsar> <20010626205040.D611@lpwh.pwh.com> <001e01c10035$afae31a0$0100a8c0@cybertsar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <001e01c10035$afae31a0$0100a8c0@cybertsar>; from tsar@sylaba.poznan.pl on Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 07:19:21PM +0200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Also try to use the braillenote's internal hsp modem, and you'll also know what is meant. Greg On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 07:19:21PM +0200, Victor Tsaran wrote: > Here is an interesting question. Why do all these machines use 200MHZ > processor? BrailleNote uses this one, another device that I know of, it's > being developped, uses the same one... Can't they use something faster? Try > to open a 1000-page Word file and you'll see what I mean! > Victor > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 2:50 AM > Subject: Re: New Braille Notetaker From Papenmeier > > > > If they are using the processor that I think they are, > > it is the strongarm 200mhz processor. > > It is plenty fast enough for most applications. > > While I was working at blazie engineering and the freedom scientific > > we started to develop such a device. > > I had a development machine > > based on this processor running linux, > > and it was a very nice system. > > phil > > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 12:26:55AM +0200, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > > Hi, > > > This definitely makes my mouth watter! This thing does sound like a good > > > alternative to BrailleNote. The price, if Janina's word turns out to be > > > true, is a bit too high though. Some of the tech specifications are a > bit > > > snicky: 32-bit RISC processor does not indicate its speed, Linux does > not > > > indicate the version of the OS they are using. But, I think it was a > great > > > idea to use Linux instead of Windows CE. > > > Well, let's see! > > > Victor > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup