[guispeak] Re: Has Anybody Successfully Used WinDisk, the Shell Extension for Moving Files Between the PC and Old Freedom Scientific Notetakers, Under Windows Vista?
- From: "Dorothea Martin" <dotty-martin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:13:59 +0100
Hello, Jerry,
I have exactly the same problem. I can also see the files but cannot transfer
across. I have tried to find another program which will work but have not had
any luck. Please keep us posted if you find anything that will help and I will
do likewise. The current, and paid, version of Hyperterminal seems only to have
Telnet, which I don't think will do. I would appreciate any solution anyone
might have short of telling me to buy a new note taker.
Dotty Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: gerald.g.weichbrodt@xxxxxx
To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:01 PM
Subject: [guispeak] Has Anybody Successfully Used WinDisk, the Shell
Extension for Moving Files Between the PC and Old Freedom Scientific
Notetakers, Under Windows Vista?
Hi all,
I still use a Braille Lite 40 which forces me to do file transfers over a
serial port for loading, saving, backing up, restoring and so forth. I just
got a Windows Vista laptop for home and am trying to use WinDisk with it. I
bought a USB to serial converter cable to add a serial port to this new
computer since serial ports are getting rather scarce these days. Thus far I
have managed to get to where the WinDisk program does see the files and folders
on the Braille Lite, but any time I attempt to copy a file across the
connection between the computer and notetaker, I get an immediate clang from
Vista and generally an error box that just says "Error" with an OK button.
Does anybody have ideas for making this work? Yeah, I know, I should probably
buy a Pac Mate or a Braille Note, but I work for the auto industry, and things
aren't all that cozy in that particular industry right now, and braille devices
continue to be frightfully expensive.
Thanks,
Jerry
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