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From: cas@mtdcb.att.com (Cliff Stevens)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Systems
Summary: I'd say.
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Date: 8 Nov 90 04:43:48 GMT
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In article <15411@bunker.UUCP>, Don.Horton@f109.n321.z1.fidonet.org
(Don Horton) writes:
> Index Number: 11509
> I have a total quad friend from my days at Spinal Cord Injury Unit
> (he uses an electric wheechair with a joystick) that I would love
> to get hooked up with this echo.  Anyway, I am an Amiga owner and
> as much as I am tempted to spread the faith, in truth, I know he
> would be better served with an inexpensive DOS clone.  Does anyone
> have some suggested configurations?  I would guess a 286 AT clone,
> hard drive, modem (2400?), telecom software?  

I don't know, but I'd say go IBM for the support,
and my suggestions may not be appropriate for a quad, but
I'd also get a printer, a clock/calendar chip, 640 kb of RAM, a joystick,
some kind of furniture to hold it all, a bookshelf, a filing cabinet?,
a Hayes modem (Hayes has been around so long everything speaks Hayes
escape sequences.  And I'd say an Epson printer for the same reason.)

And why 286?  If you think he'd still be active for a long time, OK, but
for the average user I'd say get a cheaper CPU.  Same w the modem, I can't
even read 1200, much less 2400!
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