OT: Will a DVD work on my old system?

[Ralph W. Reid]

I need some feedback/info concerning installing a DVD reader/writer +
CD reader/writer on my old computer.  I need hardware which will work
with Speakup enabled Linux running a text console (currently running
Slackware 10.0).  I expect the biggest hurdle I have to deal with is
that my old system is only a 133 MHz Pentium with 64 MB RAM.  Might
this old thing be capable of running more than a simple CDROM?  What
models are supported by Linux?  Are there outside sources I should be
reading (where to get them, etc.)?  Should I just wait until I can get
a new computer, and if so, what generally should I be looking for that
will run Linux and the DVD + CDr/rw hardware?  I have been told by a
few people that DVD writers can only run on much faster hardware than
I have here (1.2 GHz, I think was mentioned), so I would like to find
out some more info before I run off and spend money on hardware I will
not be able to use until I buy a new machine at some point in the
distant future.

Thanks, and have a _great_ day!


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