[optacon-l] Re: Preventive: Trying to Find Repairman
- From: "Janet Wallans" <janetcw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:52:52 -0600
Hi all,
I think I may have mentioned this in a previous e-mail, but I did send my
Optacon to Freedom Scientific a few years ago for a battery change. They did
a good job but were quite expensive.
I hadn't known about Richard but will most likely contact him the next time
it needs repair.
janet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <k9jau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:26 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Preventive: Trying to Find Repairman
> Kane,
> At risk of being repetitive may I mention Leo Drehl; Visual Aids
Electronics
> 7625 Hayvenhurst AV
> Van Nuys, CA 91406
> There is a unit nunmber, possibly 11, but the Braille is quite old
> and indistinct.
> I have spoken with Mr. Drehl in the past but wound up sending my
> Optacon(s) to Richard Oehm. Oehm is great and I have absolutely no
> reason to doubt that Mr. Drehl is also competent.
> These are the only Optacon repair people in the U S to my knowledge.
> Now I'll look at the rest of todays email and see how many times you
> have received this information.
> Good luck.
> Pat ByrneAt 08:26 AM 3/31/2008, you 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
> >
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