[optacon-l] Re: Total Active Optacons
- From: "Anthony Vece" <ajvece@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:23:41 -0500
No, they'll give it to you!!!
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From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:08 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Total Active Optacons
> Gee, maybe they'll sell me a SoftPak at the same time I renew my SMA for
> JFW. (grin)
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:35:23 -0600, Janet Wallans wrote:
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> I didn't know about Richard (I think that is the name of the person in San
> Jose) a few years ago when I needed a new battery for the Optacon.
>
> So, I contacted Freedom Scientific, which I think is in Florida, and they
> put in a new battery for quite a bit of money. But the point of this is,
> that when they sent it back to me, they sent it in a new soft pack. I
> can't
> remember if I sent it to them in the soft pack I had. But I do remember
> that
> I was surprised to get the new pack. So, they must have them in stock.
>
> By the way, I also transported the Optacon for, I think, about 17 years
> without a mishap.
>
> Janet
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:40 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Total Active Optacons
>
>
>> I think that is in part, because many of us have one at work, and one at
> home, and feel they're too valuable to chance transport damage on.
> However,
>
>> transported mine on the road 1978-89, and had no transport related
> damage--but I did carry it in it's leather case inside the soft pack. My
> soft packs,
>> Margie's and Mine are in deplorable shape because of the foam. I surely
> wish I had a replacement of proper size and durability!
>
>> Nick
>
>> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:20:04 -0500 (EST), Catherine Thomas wrote:
>
>> Without actually meaning to start this thread, the replies it received on
>> and off-list have accounted so far for forty-five Optacons in the
>> possession of 19 people. It doesn't take much math to see that the
>> average
>> number of Optacons per person is just over two. I'm placing these replies
>> in a file called howmany. Maybe it is worthwhile from the development and
>> preservation point of view to find out how many machines are being used.
>> Amazing!
>> Catherine
>
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