You were probably dealing with Leo Drell who used to run the Service Department for Visualtek. I've lost contact with his company Visual Aids Electronics. But I've had Richard Oehm service both of my Optacons, and many other people on the list will attest to his superb craftsmanship and honesty. By the way, he also builds wonderful test instruments for stuio and broadcast use. Nick On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:26:13 -0400, Kane Brolin wrote: Hi, folks. I've just recently discovered this list, to my joy! I'm ever so glad to find there is still enough demand for the Optacon to justify an active mailing list. Through a query to the JFW Mailing List some years ago, I found a gentleman in southern California who repairs the Optacon, and I sent my classic unit to him a couple of years ago for repair. He did a tremendous job--but since then, I've lost the gentleman's name and contact info due to a computer malfunction. (I think he is an =E9migr=E9 from russia or one of the other Eastern European nations.) Nothing wrong at the moment; but I know that an Optacon can encounter problems with no warning, since I've used one for 30 years. Any idea whom I was dealing with and where to contact him? I've run across the name Richard Oehm, but I'm not at all sure this is the guy. Kind regards, Kane Brolin 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. 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.