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> I'm typing this on a Thinkpad 701CS that I got at the flea market. It's
> a 486DX4-75 with 8 megs DRAM, and a built-in sound system.
>
> Does anyone know if Dragon Dictate will work with this old laptop? I
> can expand the RAM to 40 meg for moderate expense. I know the CPU is
> underpowered.... maybe DD for DOS?
>
> - Jerry Kaidor ( jerry@@tr2.com )
>
My sister used to run IBM voice type version 1 on a similar machine.
It might have had more RAM, and there is a slight chance that it was a
DX 4-100, though I don't think so. I can't say that it ran well, either.
If you use a microphone which requires a bias voltage (e.g. VXI or
Andrea) you will need to use the appropriate battery box, because the
microphone jack doesn't supply a bias voltage. I would guess that the
sticking point would be the RAM, which I think is less than the official
minimum for DragonDictate for Windows. I don't think that DragonDictate
for DOS will run with any sound card other than the IBM M-ACPA card, and
since I don't think there is a docking option for the 701, I think that
that would not be a possibility.
Finally, I would get a decent microphone, and the Dragon Systems audio
setup wizard and see what rating you get before you put more money or
time into it.
David Fox
davidfox@@fas.harvard.edu
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~dcfox/index.html
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Well, well! It cannot be helped, and it is difficult not to slip in
talking to a dragon, or so I have always heard.
-- Balin, The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
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