[brailleblaster] Interfacing a mac to a braille embosser
- From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:27:24 -0400
Hi John,
That would be fine. I have changed the subject line so that those who search
the archives will be able to find the correct information.
I think Alex is going out of town for a few days, so, it may be some time next
week before we get back to this.
Keith Reedy
keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jul 8, 2011, at 9:18 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> Keith,
>
> You can keep it on list for now. We will have an edition of
> BrailleBlaster for the Mac, and the information in this thread might be
> valuable in the future.
>
> John
>
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 08:50:51AM -0400, Keith Reedy wrote:
>> John and all,
>>
>> Would you rather Alex and I take this off list, or, would this be of
>> interest to others?
>> Keith Reedy
>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I do.
>>> Keith Reedy
>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 8, 2011, at 2:37 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Keith,
>>>>
>>>> I am really sorry about the delay.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have administrator privileges for the machine in question?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Alex,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>>
>>>>> At this point, I am willing to try most anything, smile. We have an
>>>>> Index Basic-D and the serial port adapters will not work with the index,
>>>>> so, I am interested in your information and the information that Alex
>>>>> will provide as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for taking the time to send me this.
>>>>> Keith Reedy
>>>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 7, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Chris von See wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Keith, I know you said you wanted to connect USB to USB, but if your
>>>>>> embosser also has a parallel or Centronics port I might suggest this
>>>>>> USB-to-parallel adapter:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-16899-IEEE-1284-Parallel/dp/B000UX21PY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310093701&sr=8-1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although the description says it's Windows only, one of the reviews says
>>>>>> it works with Mac as well. We have two of these to connect Windows
>>>>>> machines without parallel ports to our smaller Romeo and Juliet
>>>>>> embossers, and they work flawlessly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A search on Amazon for "usb to db25 ieee-1284 mac" turned up some other
>>>>>> solutions, some of which claim to work on Macs as well as Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have a Windows machine somewhere that you can sacrifice as a
>>>>>> print server, we've found that network printing between Macs and Windows
>>>>>> servers can work as well - although we don't currently have that set up,
>>>>>> I can probably figure it out again if needed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wow, glad to have found you again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just one question, can you do this with out the adapter?
>>>>>>> Keith Reedy
>>>>>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 7, 2011, at 8:41 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Keith,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I sure am.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I haven't forgotten about your Mac question.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The adapter for my embosser (Which is not natively a USB embosser) is
>>>>>>>> now sitting on my desk.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am going away for the weekend, but I'll document the proceedure on
>>>>>>>> Monday or Tuesday of next week.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Aex,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2011-07-07, at 3:47 PM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am sorry for the strange message, however, Alex said some time back
>>>>>>>>> that he had found a way to interface a mac to an embosser, USB to USB
>>>>>>>>> and then I lost track of him.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If any one can help me with his contact information that sure would
>>>>>>>>> be nice.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>> Keith Reedy
>>>>>>>>> Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a
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>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson
>>>>>>>>> Taylor.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>
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> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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