doubletalk lt

[randy turner]

hi john,

sounds like a good idea if the price is right
randy turner
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, John Heim wrote:

> If you need a machine with an ISA slot, rather than buying a new machine, it
> might be a good idea to check a used computer store. The used computer store
> at the University of Wisconsin usually has several machines in the 900 Mhz
> to 1 Ghz range that have ISA slots. If you're running speakup wit a hardware
> synth, that's plenty fast.
>
> Maybe the used computer store at the UW is atypical but I doubt it.  I
> suspect you can still get a used machine with ISA slots fairly easily and
> fairly cheaply.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:52 PM
> Subject: Re: doubletalk lt
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>> Hi Randy and all.
>>
>> I don't know if it is still possible to get a new pc with an isa
>> slot. I doubt it, but I would be glad to be corrected by someone who
>> knows for sure that some company out there still sells new machines
>> with an isa slot. As I posted here not too long ago, a friend of mine
>> told me that it is still possible to get a new motherboard today with an
>> isa slot, but he says they're very expensive. Again, I don't know if
>> this is actually true or not. If it is true, then even if a company
>> like Del or Gateway doesn't build machines with an isa slot anymore,
>> you could still get such a board, and build a machine with an isa slot
>> yourself, or have someone else build it for you.
>>
>> As far as I know, the only pci synth out there today is the
>> trippletalk, but I don't know if speakup drivers are in development
>> for that or not.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 04:40:39PM -0600, randy turner wrote:
>>>
>>> hi greg,
>>> do they still build any computers with the older isa slots?
>>> also has any company built any pci synths that will work in linux?
>>> what are the choices that are left for linux??
>>> thanks in advance
>>> randy turner
>>>
>>>
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