From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AICG-000129-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 18:33:36 -0400 Received: (qmail 9318 invoked by uid 0); 21 May 2002 22:33:28 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp015-rz3) with SMTP; 21 May 2002 22:33:28 -0000 Message-ID: <000e01c20117$7272d8c0$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: OLD DAYS Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 18:32:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I used bex with a versipoint that sounded like a machine gun and barely crancked out 30 chars per sec. I really didn't use it very much, it was mostely my braillest. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: Re: OLD DAYS > If you can understand the Braille 'N Speak, you can understand the Echo. > At least to me, they sound very similar. > > Yes, I remember BEX. It had those cryptic commands like " $$c " to center > text. You absolutely had to put the spaces around them or they wouldn't > work. I used it with an embosser called an Ohtsuki. Obviously made in > Japan. It was a really slow embosser that could produce both Braille and > print, but neither was very sharp. The Braille felt like the paper had > been stepped on, and everybody said that the print was very faint like it > needed a new ribbon even when it had a brand new one. It wasn't a ribbon, > but a little rubber wheel and it had holes at the end of each page to > detect the end of the page. Weird! > > I even used a shell account from an Apple IIGS and that was my first > experience with Pine. That's why I still use Pine even though some say > Mutt is better. It's hard to change when you've been using Pine that > long. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >