[bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:38:30 -0600
I had an original Dectalk, one of those big 15 pound honkers. Occasionally it
wouldn't come up to ready when you turned it on. A friend of mine told me to
hold it about a foot above the desk and drop it. Yep, it fixed the problem.
So, whenever that happened I would give it a jolt and away it would go again
for the next several months.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 9:37 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
:I had one of the original tape-based VersaBrailles back in the eighties.
: It had a neglegeble, but chronic problem ... I can't even remember what
: it was. One day the unit took a tumble off my desk onto the concrete
: school floor. The only consequence was a slight scratch on the lid, and
: the chronic problem disappeared entirely, never to be seen again.
:
: Bruce
: On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:29:50 -0500, "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
: > The sickest I've felt in recent years was the day my wife dropped her
: > brand
: > new digital camera from a standing height on the concrete floor of a
: > picnic
: > shelter. She'd had the camera less than a month and it survived without
: > any
: > damage whatever, although I still don't know how. For those who aren't
: > necessarily aware of such details, digital cameras; unlike standard 35mm
: > cameras; ordinarily don't have a neck strap. Well, I contacted the camera
: > manufacturer after this incident and learned that there actually _is_ an
: > optional neck strap that absolutely nobody carries and that wasn't even
: > listed in the manufacturer's official list of accessories.
: >
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:34 AM
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
: >
: >
: > Well, I have to say I have never been quite that hard on my Book Port,
: > but I
: > will admit it has hit the floor more than once, and I think the only
: > access
: > technology hardware that I have ever seen that would take as much abuse
: > as
: > the Book Port was the old Braille 'N Speaks. I had a BNS Classic that
: > got
: > plenty of abuse and kept right on working, and a BNS 640 that got droped
: > hard enough to crack the bottom of the unit, but it still works.
: >
: > Now, let us hope the new Book Port will be just as tough and sturdy as
: > the
: > current model.
: >
: >
: >
:
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