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From: Will Smith <wilsmith@iglou.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: xwindows
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:51:19 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0205141347170.7291-100000@shell1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0205141841100.2253-100000@frontdoor.g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk>

Hi there,

Actually there'd be good reason to design such a tutorial around a readily
available, relatively inexpensive PC available widely as a refurbished
unit.  Something like one of the Compaq 4000 or earlier HP Pavilion or
Dell come to mind.  Describe a unit using a Dubltalk card, Soundblaster
16, with their original CD unit.  Use a widely availble and solid modem
that works with linux.

This should cover it for a wide number of us who'd like to start with a
modestly priced and widely avalable PC, devoted entirely to running linux
for the first time.

I do realize hardware variations can cause troubles, and  that's why I
would recommend using a widely available unit.

Will
wilsmith@iglou.com
 On Tue, 14 May 2002, Toby
Fisher wrote:

> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Will Smith wrote:
>
> > I'm surprised that no one has been willing or able to create such a
> > tutorial product, as I believe it would fill a great and growing need by
> > many blind computer users.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not.  Think about it.
> The first problem you've got is to try and cover every conceivable piece
> of relevant hardware, modems (hardware or winmodems), sound cards,
> mother-board chipsets, ith or without another os already installed,
> network cards, dsl access (which can differ, some need ppp over atm, some
> don't), where ould it end?
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 How to get an accessible telephone Janina Sajka
 ` Alex Snow
   ` Janina Sajka
     ` 'Georgina'
       ` Toby Fisher
     ` Alex Snow
       ` xwindows Jim Ruby
         ` xwindows Saqib Shaikh
         ` xwindows Charles Crawford
           ` xwindows Janina Sajka
             ` xwindows jwantz
     [not found]             ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131152340.30644-100000@babel.hpcc.noaa.g ov>
               ` xwindows Charles Crawford
                 ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                 ` xwindows Janina Sajka
             ` xwindows Octavian Rasnita
               ` xwindows Cecil H. Whitley
               ` xwindows Ameer Armaly
                 ` xwindows Charles Crawford
               ` xwindows Toby Fisher
             ` xwindows Steve Holmes
     [not found]           ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131106331.2492-100000@toccata.rednote.ne t>
             ` xwindows Charles Crawford
               ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                 ` xwindows Janina Sajka
               ` xwindows Janina Sajka
     [not found]               ` <Pine.LNX.4.33.0205132201240.2521-100000@frontdoor.g0ucu.fr eeserve.co.uk>
                 ` xwindows Charles Crawford
                   ` xwindows Will Smith
                     ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                       ` Will Smith [this message]
                         ` xwindows David Poehlman
                         ` xwindows Ann Parsons
                           ` xwindows Will Smith
                           ` xwindows charles crawford
                             ` xwindows Ann Parsons
                         ` xwindows 'Georgina'
                     ` xwindows charles crawford
                     ` xwindows Steve Holmes
                       ` xwindows Erik Heil
                       ` xwindows Toby Fisher
               ` xwindows Brian Borowski
           ` xwindows Jim Ruby
             ` xwindows Janina Sajka
           ` xwindows 'Georgina'
             ` xwindows Igor Gueths
               ` xwindows 'Georgina'
         ` xwindows Rich Caloggero
           ` xwindows Jim Ruby
             ` xwindows Janina Sajka
               ` xwindows Scott Howell
           ` xwindows 'Georgina'
             ` xwindows David Poehlman
               ` xwindows Cheryl Homiak
                 ` xwindows jwantz
                   ` xwindows Janina Sajka
                     ` xwindows David Poehlman
                     ` xwindows jwantz
                       ` xwindows Janina Sajka
                         ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                         ` xwindows jwantz
                           ` xwindows Janina Sajka
                         ` xwindows Dave Hunt <
               ` xwindows Ann Parsons
     ` How to get an accessible telephone Scott Howell
       ` Janina Sajka
       ` Charles Hallenbeck

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