Hi Catherine, Richard and list, I had placed a call a couple of weeks ago to Frank Almendinger, who at one time worked for TSI in Pennsylvania. He returned my call today and gave me his e-mail address: almendin@xxxxxxxxxxx I took the liberty of giving him your business phone number, Richard, and I explained to him the goal of putting him in contact with you. He did tell me that he has a good many non-working Optacons that he cannot repair because he doesn't have the retina cables and/or cannot make them. He no longer repairs Optacons unless it's for someone directly in the Pittsburgh area, and he did say he's a busy man, having developed other business interests and being out of town much of the time, but he did indeed seem very interested in knowing of the list and that there were still a number of us interested in Optacon preservation. Linda Gehres To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.