Well I was speaking of Vinux, a blind-friendly version of ubuntu (which is
itself a linux variant), prepared with screen reader (orca) and all.
The ones you are speaking of actually run from the motherboard itself if I'm
not mistaking. MSI likes to include this.
HTH, D!J!X!
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To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [realmusicians] Re: Hard Drive Choices
Some version of Linusx called Winkie 3, I believe, came on my ZT computer's
Windows 7 re installation disk.
Do you know anything about any of the tiny Linux variants.
I also have one called Fox something, which came from FoxCon, which is
supposed to have web browser, word processer, etcetera.
There's actually a little bit of translated from Chinese persuasion from
FoxCon to try this Fox Linux, and you'll never go back to Windows again Boot
and Go on line in seconds, they say.
Do any of these use standard Windows keyboard shortcuts?
How would I learn which is the most accessible without plowing through a
bunch of them.
What size thumb drive would hold NVDA , Vinux, and one of these tiny Linux
variants, which I remember being only a meg or so, maybe less.
Thanks,
Indigo L
On 11/26/2011 6:08 AM, D!J!X! wrote:
> Get a few linux tools and pop them into vinux. All runs on ram from a
> CD with speech, when you're done, nothing to be seen on the hard drive
> and/or OS!
>
> HTH, D!J!X!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Indigo
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:47 AM
> To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [realmusicians] Re: Hard Drive Choices
>
> What I'd like is NVDA Portable and some kind of audio device on a
> thumb drive.
> What an emergency tool that would be.
> You could plug it into any computer and work right away, like in
> those library computers.
> nothing much is installed on the host computer, though I find that
> NVDA portable does leave a few files behind after you pull the thumb drive
out.
>
> On 11/26/2011 12:16 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
>> hard-drives are all experiencing artificially jacked up prices now
>> because of the flooding in China, and even though western digital was
>> the only one hit really hard, everybody's trying to get a little
>> extra pie right now.
>>
>> Those samsung drives are cool too, and quiet, the baracudas's aren't
>> very quiet from what I understand, and even though I have a separate
>> tracking room, keeping the noise down in the control room is always a
>> good thing where critical listening happens.
>>
>> Caddy's have always been a good idea even when you had to screw a
>> piece on to the drive, and when i couldn't get another one when they
>> were sold out, I got an esata external caddy instead as another option.
>>
>> That's good too, and it also acts as a usb caddy.
>>
>> when hooked up as esata, it acts just like an internal drive, the
>> computer doesn't know any different.
>>
>> the only difference in esata is the kind of connector, it terminates
>> in a sata connection inside the machine anyway.
>>
>> so, how ever you do it, your golden.
>>
>> If the bios really does go away soon, usb 3 may end up being as good
>> as a sata connection as they claim bi directional transfers and if we
>> don't have to deal with hand off routines between windows and the
>> bios, then usb will be an easy boot option instead of having to rig
>> things to get it to happen in windows.
>>
>> Casper can make a usb bootable drive, but it's not something I'd
>> trust except to resore backups.
>>
>> I actually had xp running off a thumb drive once just for funnies.
>>
>> It ran slow, but it ran.
>>
>> I don't know what voodoo casper is doing to make that happen, but
>> this is where having to mix and match and make older and newer
>> technology work together didn't work so well.
>>
>> In some cases, it's beter to let the bios handle things, in others,
>> let windows deal with it.
>>
>> for instance, leaving ahci mode turned off in the bios makes it a
>> hell of a lot easier to install xp without having to deal with
>> textmode drivers, allowing your sata connectors to immulate ide which
>> windows knows
> about.
>>
>> I think with windows 7, daw vendors are starting to allow windows to
>> handle that stuff since the performance is slightly better, but many
>> daw vendors still like to turn off ahci mode.
>>
>> Also, translation issues since these drives are getting so big, it's
>> simply not possible to store the big numbers in the bios with small
>> memory, you should go read about this stuff sometimes, it'll make
>> your head spin and wonder how any of this stuff ever worked in the first
place?
>>
>> It truly in a crazy situation where we have 1980s technology trying
>> to play with 2011 technology and just sort of half assed working.
>>
>> At 10:54 PM 11/25/2011, you wrote:
>>> Since Chris told me how fast his SamSung SpinPoint F3's are, I
>>> looked into them, and they're revolutionary for sure.
>>> The F3's were the first to put 500 gigs on a single platter, so the
>>> 1 TB drive only has 2 platters, while others have 4 or 5.
>>> 2 platters means less spinning mass, fewer mechanisms inside,
>>> smaller motor, way quieter, quicker seek time, and possibly longer life.
>>> They are shown for $59 to $79 at various places, but when you go
>>> there, they're on back order, with no certainty as to when more will
>>> come in.
>>> NewEgg says they'll ship today, for $169.99.
>>> Gee Thanks, I think I'll hang on a bit and learn what happens,as
>>> SATA
>>> 3 drives impact the market.
>>> There's already a new SATA 3Barracuda for $120, with 6 gigs per
>>> second transfer, not 3 like SATA 2 drives, and 64 meg cache.
>>> Today I found a SATA 3 compatible header that goes in a PCIA slot.
>>> I don't know its price yet, but what if you could get the sata 3
>>> drive plus the sata 3 adapter for the price of a sata 2 drive.
>>> All the stuff advances every day, and sellers will often price older
>>> technology at higher prices than the latest stuff.
>>> I found 5400 rpm F1 and F2's at $160 to $170, as much as the 7200
>>> rpm F3's, and F3's with 16 meg cache priced as high as F3's with 32
>>> meg cache.
>>>
>>> One thing I'm convinced of now, even a single caddy, or docking
>>> station is a great and very affordable idea, then you can pick up
>>> extra drives as you find them at good prices, do backup images like
>>> Ross McGregor is doing, and, most of all, isolate Reason 6 and that
>>> nasty Code Metor on a drive by its lonesome, so it can't screw up
>>> everything else.
>>> Even though I don't really mind Unplugging the mouse and keyboard,
>>> Reason ignition key, monitor plug, power plug, removing both case
>>> side panels, that's 4 screws to take out and put back in, removing 4
>>> more screws that hold the drive, that's 8 more moves, unplugging
>>> stubborn cables from the drive's back and plugging them back into
>>> the new drive, replacing both case sides, replacing all the cables,
>>> how can all that compare to a couple of seconds for plugging the
>>> bare drive into the caddy?
>>>
>>> Indigo L
>>
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