[optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon

  • From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:16:07 -0800

I didn't know that Richard Oehm is blind.  Gosh!!  He sure fixed my old 
Optacon beautifully.  I am glad to have it back!!

Marie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill English" <english.family@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:50 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon


> Yes, Richard Oehm is said to be the best Optacon engineer and repair 
> person
> available, and his prices are very fair.  I'm very glad to have made 
> contact
> with him.  He is also blind, and an avid user of the Optacon, to read 
> electronic
> schematics and view pictures.  He recycles old Optacons, so think of him 
> before
> you dispose of a broken one beyond repair.
> All My Best,
> Bill English
> MSFB Org
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: H & C Arnold <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 12:47:46 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
>
> My neighbor taught electronics at Sandhills Community College. So, he and 
> my
> husband (alive at the time) got into my computer. There are two batteries 
> in
> sort of a pack. We tried all the places around Raleigh, NC, but none knew
> where we could get an exact fit. I think I finally called Freedom
> Scientific, who put me in touch with a guy in California, whose name I 
> don't
> recall. Finally, through the list here, I learned about Richard Oehm. 
> There
> was the real answer, because he can replace the batteries, as well as do
> anything that an Optacon needs to make it go, as long as he can get
> materials. He's reasonable too. Since there are so few resources, he is to
> be commended that he does not goudge us. Naturally the work is expensive,
> but still reasonable enough for what it is and does.
>
> In God We Trust,
>
> Carolyn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:26 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
>
>
> To add to the wish list, does anyone know where the information about a
> battery is located on the battery? In other words, is a battery a regular
> Duracell, or nickel metal hydride?
>
> Mary
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