[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: refreshable Braille display on eBay
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 21:29:24 -0400
I wish I could find a good one. It would be useful for school work. I can't
afford one. That is unfortunate considering my hearing loss. Let me know off
list if any come up that are compatible with Windows 7 machines and are at a
"reasonable" price.
Thanks,
DR
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On Sep 3, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The Navigator is a legacy machine that was designed to work in DOS, not
> Windows. It may work in Win95, but it may not. If it is missing a power
> supply, unless you knew the exact specs on it, you could ruin it if you got a
> power supply of the wrong kind. Since the machines aren't made any more, and
> since the likelihood of obtaining the correct power supply is questionable,
> I'd not lay out any money for it.
>
> This may be the same blessed machine that was talked about on BlindTech. I
> said there, and I'll say again, unless you have the correct drivers for your
> OS, all you'd be purchasing is a door stop. You would have to have the right
> drivers, the right power supply and all. The Drivers might be more difficult
> to obtain then even the power supply. For you nontechies, a driver is a
> piece of software that allows your peripheral to communicate with your
> computer. If the driver isn't right, your computer is going to start
> shouting, "Eh? What's that you said? Huh? Don't understand you at all. I
> don't speak DOS or Win95."
>
> What is probably going on is that somebody who used to have this display has
> died. The sighted family has absolutely no idea what they're trying to sell,
> but they know that Uncle Joe or Dad or Granddad or Grandma payed $6,000.00
> back in 1985, and surely it's worth something. Well---Door Stop? Anchor?
> Telesensory Systems museum piece?
>
> Unless you're one of the very few dynasaurs around here who's running DOS,
> you'd be purchasing a chimera.
>
> Ann P.
>
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