OT: Will a DVD work on my old system?

[Willem van der Walt<willem@top.health.gov.za>]

Hello,
I see no reason why under linux, you would not be able to use the 
dvd/cdrom
  reading capabilities.
If you set the speed low enough, you should also be able to write cds and, 
i think, dvds.
You would most likely have problems in using the dvd for playing dvds in 
real time.
I wrote cds on a 486 without problems at speed 1.
hth
Willem

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Ralph W. Reid wrote:

> 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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