[brailleblaster] Re: Is Alex still on the list?
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:18:31 -0500
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
> >>>>>>> gift from Bibles For The Blind.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> http://biblesfortheblind.org/download_music.shtml
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson
> >>>>>>> Taylor.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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