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From: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: PC BASSED READING SYSTEMS
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Date: 2 May 91 17:35:56 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BK> David,
 BK> I'd like to have the last word on whether or not the Arkenstone
 BK> would work with a Toshiba.  What can you tell me about this?

Bill,  The Arkenstone Reader would not work with a Toshiba laptop, at least not
the lower ones.  It requires a full-length AT expansion slot for the OCR card.
I don't know whether or not some of the 5000 series computers have regular
slots, but the lower ones do not, such as the 1000, 1200 and 1600.  Even if they
did, I am sure the card would really suck up the power.  Finally, since the
system uses a flatbed scanner, any benefits of portability would be negated.

... David Andrews

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