From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Ac15-0003uM-00 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 15:43:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4MJhLY11075 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 15:43:21 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:43:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: OLD DAYS In-Reply-To: <00b301c201c7$2915a800$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 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: The thing I wanted, and never got, was a battery powered RAM card from some outfit in Texas called Applied Engineering. You could boot to this card, like in seconds. I still want something like that. Booting from hd, even on Linux, just isn't the same as flipping a switch and having a prompt at about the same time. -- 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