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Re: Small PC's

No brilliant ideas, but perhaps a few thoughts...

I am in Phoenix, where there is a "Computer Rennaissance" store that sells
used (old) computers for just over reasonable prices. (It's a business.) A
big store around here, MicroAge, had a salvage outlet for lunch-time walk-ins
that had what most people would call junk, but I found to be a toyland. They
seem to have sold that place, or maybe spun it off because it has a different
name on the door. The new managers like everything to look neat so you can't
rummage around anymore - I haven't been back lately. An internet sight that
may be off the mark a bit is www.refurbcity.com where they sell "open-box"
specials, returns, and real refurbs for less than original cost - take a look.

Hope this helps you - 73, Alex (kx9i)

In article <853pid$vm3@library2.airnews.net>, (null) <davros@ycardz.com> wrote:
>I suppose one couldn't call this strictly a "wearable", but here goes
>anyway. 
>
>Briefly, I'd like to "build a better mousetrap", as it were. Briefly, I'd
>like to put together a talking computer (running Linux) in a small
>package, probably using a Doubletalk card (www.rcsys.com). I figure if I'm
>going to shell out a bunch of money, I may as well get some power for it
>rather than buying something like the braille 'n Speak or Type 'n Speak
>(www.blazie.com), which is proprietary, underpowered,
>and...expensive. Anyway, wondering if anyone has a source for either
>laptop cases with keyboards or else somewhere that sells broken laptops
>(good for gutting)? Basically, I'm thinking the best way to go is a
>standard keyboard input, but I don't know of small footprint keyboards
>that i could use other than the above-mentioned laptop, and...well...I
>don't need a screen...but will need somewhere to actually put things like
>boards (maybe PC-104 type, but I'm not very picky about that, so long as
>you can get decent battery life...) 
>
>Anyone got ny brilliant ideas? 
>-- 
>Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
>Email: davros@airmail.net
>Voicemail: 877-791-5298
>This number live 7-10:30PM CST daily
>

-- 
Alex Vrenios
Ph.D. Student
Computer Science Dept.
Vrenios@enuxsa.eas.asu.edu