Hi Anna, Your modified IBM 1403 printer reminds me of the MBOSS-1 printer. It might still be around in a few places. It had the same idea, but I don't think it used the period key to make the dots. The one we had at Braille kept breaking down, was noisy, and the braille was questionable. Francis -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx