[brailleblaster] Re: Is Alex still on the list?
- From: Alex Jurgensen <asquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:37:19 -0700
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 gift
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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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