[bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
- From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 12:15:57 -0700
I bet I know what it was. After you used a tape several times, you got
gremlen gabble instead of sense. Some tapes were really stable, but
others...
I, for one, wouldn't do without my braille lite M-20, but if Book Port had a
few more word processing features, well...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:37 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.
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Bruce Toews
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