William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson) (04/20/91)
Index Number: 15080 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] GD> Is there enough power in the laptalker to handle Word Perfect or GD> would one have to use a smaller word processor? Grant, To tell the truth, I have never used version 5.0 or 5.1 of Word Perfect with the LapTalker, but I have used versions 4.1 and 4.2. It is either a 512k ram machine and a 730k ram disk, or a 640k ram and 600k ram disk, the numbers rounded off to the nearest 50k cause I'm feeling pretty lazy right now! In other words, depending upon how you configure the ram, you have between 1.3 and 1.4 megs of disk space to play with, with the 720k floppy, so it should be possible to run the newer and larger Word Perfects if desired. Willie ... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh! -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!William.Wilson Internet: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson) (04/25/91)
Index Number: 15179 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] AM> Willie what is the Laptalk? How much does it cost? What AM> operating system does it use? Would you recommend it as a AM> second computer? Angelo, The LapTalker is a Toshiba 1000 with an ASP speech board in the modem slot. It uses Dos version 2.11 which is on rom chips for its operating system, but you can configure it to boot off the single 720k floppy to use other versions of Dos should you desire. So far as cost goes, it is all dependant upon which options you get with the unit, including things like a ram disk card, speech program, carrying case and menu system. More information is available via Automated Functions Inc. at 703-536-7741. Would I recommend it as a second computer? Well, there are a lot of laptop alternatives available to us now, but I believe the LapTalker does deserve a look. The support offered by Ron Morford for his product is fine, many speech programs can be made to work with the ASP board, and it is directly supported by Softvert, Vocal-Eyes, TinyTalk and Flipper. It is quite light in weight and compact, so despite its lack of many of the features now available with talking laptops, if portability and price are a consideration, sure I'd recommend it! My LapTalker functioned nicely for me for a long time as my second computer. Willie ... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh! -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!William.Wilson Internet: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org