From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt13a-115.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.206.115] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15MCZ4-0005g4-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:53:52 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f6GHecB00221 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:40:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:40:18 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: distribution of SLackware on cd Message-ID: <20010716124018.A217@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <200107161127.f6GBROF03914@mail.interl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200107161127.f6GBROF03914@mail.interl.net>; from elspider@interl.net on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 06:27:24AM -0500 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: I'm using an Hp cd-writer +9100 with ide-scsi emulation, and Linux does a good job with it for me. In fact, I hesitated blowing windblows off this machine because of easy-cd creator, but after learning cdrecord and all that stuff, I took the Linux only plunge, and don't regret it on any account. Greg On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 06:27:24AM -0500, Richard Webb wrote: > On 2001-07-16 speakup@braille.uwo.ca said to elspider@interl.net > >have not received any usable response to this request. My own > >researches on this issue have produced a telephone number for > >Slackware software on CDROM. The number is 925-674-9124. I don't > >know if money orders are accepted, but you might call and find out. > > I may try that. I've had an offer from a private individual to burn > me a disk, I assume for a replacement of the blank or something, and > will take the option first, but will probably call that number if this > doesn't work out. > > Upgrading a 486 100 with a Zefiro za2 audio card and a cd burner. > WIll be looking at a burner that's supported by linux. I"m not a > microsoft fan by any stretch of the immagination and don't want this > machine accessible to the average tweaker that doesn't know what he's > tweaking. That's my next question folks: Anybody give me suggestions > on what to check out for burners which are supported by this os > reliably? > > > > > Richard Webb > > Electric Spider Productions > > If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But > this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is > somehow enobled and none dare criticize it. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup