Have a question. If someone buys a computer with a 64 bit,
would a
screen reader still work on it but at a 32 bit rate? In other
words,
just wondering what would happen if someone actually did put a
screen
reader on a 64 bit machine? Just my curiosity.
Sandra Fouts
Phone Counselor
Arkansas Attorney General's Office
323 Center Street, Ste 200
Little Rock, AR
501-371-2303
Fax 501-682-8118
-----Original Message-----
From: Don H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:27 PM
To: Joe Lanier
Cc: gwmicro
Subject: Re: 32bit or 64bit hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It may be a difficult job to convert WE to support a 64 bit OS but
it is also getting difficult to find a computer that isn't
running a
64
bit OS.
If you are in need of a new computer in the near future you can't
purchase the latest and greatest because of your need to use a
screen
reader. In the past GW has been proud of being first to support
new
features and functions and I sure hope they meet this need real
soon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Lanier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:09 PM
Subject: 32bit or 64bit hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hi,
Ok. Time for my rant hehehehe
Well, there are many big differences between the 32 and 64 bit
O.S.es.
These differences
make it impossible to do a simple "port". I have had to do the
exercise of "port"ing software from older platforms to newer and
from
one type of platform to another in the UNIX world. I feel GW's
pain
when contemplating the code/technique changes.
Believe me, its going to be a very long and painful process. The
Unit
Testing alone will probably take months. The data types are
entirely
different, structures of O.S. constants are changed, i/o
structures
and the list goes on and on..
Any documentation
I find for porting from 32 to 64 reads like "Gone With The Wind"
or
atleast as long of a read as the entire Chicago Metro phone book.
For those who didn't quite get the psychobabble above, lets try
this.
Lets
take
a car that was designed to have 13inch wheels and retrofit it to
use
30inch tires.
Think of some of the steps needed to fix the problem. Simply
jacking
up the car wouldn't help as the size of the tires are big enough
that
they would touch front to back. Ok ok ok. that is a little
extreme,
but, these kind of thought processes are what will have to happen
for
a good portion of the existing WE product.
I guess the purpose of this email is to say that 32bit O.S.es will
be
around for quite a while. Some will have to do some extra work
to
obtain vista 32 bit. Where it is a pain, what in life is easy.
So,
take a deep breath and be patient.
Good
things come to those who wait.
With a smile..
Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier
From: erik burggraaf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:13 PM
To: tygur kwak
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Will we7 run on 4 g 64 system You have a conflict
here.
If you upgrade to 4 gb memory, then you need to upgrade to a 64
bit
OS
to use all four gb.
If you upgrade to 64 bit OS then window-eyes will not run.
You can upgrade to 3 gb and use the vista that comes with,
although
it
doesn't say here whether that is 32 or 64 bit. 32 bit OS' support
up
to 3 gb memory, so that's it as far as that goes.
This situation is benighted, rong, and increasingly irritating.
Unfortunately blind
windows users are stuck.
Best,
erik burggraaf
Certified Technician
Assistive Computing LTD Support and training Sales department:
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On 19-Nov-08, at 7:08 AM, tygur kwak wrote:
on the listed hp 550 notebook
will we7 run if upgraded to 4 g memory on xp pro or vista?
here is stats:
Memory Type:
DDR2
Maximum Memory Supported:
4GB (Requires 64-bit Operating System) HP 550 Notebook PC
FW385AT -
Intel Core 2 Duo T5270 1.40GHz, 802.11a/b/g WLAN, 1GB DDR2, 160GB
HDD,
DL DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Windows Vista Business/XP Pro Downgrade
Processor Brand:
Intel
Processor Class:
Centrino CoreT 2 Duo Processor T5270
Processor Speed:
1.40GHz
Processor FSB:
800MHz
Processor Cache:
2 MB L2 Cache
Additional Technologies:
Intel Centrino Processor Technology
Memory Type:
DDR2
Memory Size:
1GB (1GB x 1)
Memory Slots (Total):
2
Memory Slots (Available):
1
Maximum Memory Supported:
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