Re: Apple IIGS and speech generation for handicaped

[mikew50@aol.com (MikeW50)]

In message <18034.otter@oz.net>, "Otter" <otter@oz.net> said:

>On 29 Jan 1998 00:59:27 GMT, 
>MikeW50  <mikew50@aol.com > wrote:

>>I'd also recommend HyperStudio, still available from Roger Wagner Publishing.
>>That will require 1.75M of RAM to be useful in this case, and 4M would be
>>better. It can run from a 3.5" floppy, but I would recommend a hard drive.
You

>Actually, I have never had any problems running Hyperstudio with only 
>1.25M RAM and 3.5" drives.

It runs that way, yes. When you add Talking Tools, though, you need more RAM.
That's why I said 1.75M in this case. I also recommend a hard drive, since it
avoids the hassle of swapping disks, which would be required in this case
unless you have 2 3.5" floppies and are willing to delete a fair amount of the
system disk (and know what you can delete and get away with it). It's been a
while since I've tried it; I'm not positive you can actually get Talking Tools
on a book disk that can run HyperStudio with System 6.0.1, especially of you
leave the Finder on.

HyperStudio without Talking Tools will certainly run from 1.25M and an 800K
floppy. I'd still _recommend_ a hard drive, and for anyone developing large
stacks, I'd _recommend_ 4M of RAM. Heck, they're not expensive anymore.

Mike Westerfield