From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain(c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com[24.7.105.70]) (1683 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:53:43 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from localhost (cpt.kirk@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA04011 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:55:34 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: cpt.kirk owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:55:34 -0500 (CDT) From: X-Sender: cpt.kirk@localhost.localdomain To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: RE: BrailleNote In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: > considered the cost, but I'm sure it's in the $5k + range. So, why would > someone pay that kind of money for half a computer. I think the reason people are willing to pay this cost is that there isn't much choice for the functionality. This is the best priced hardware of its type that I have seen. It should be much more functional then anything Blazie has come out with. And it is in the $3k to $5k range depending on how many Braille cells are in the unit. The cost of the computer itself is negligible when compared to the cost of the refreshable disply cells. The real mystery is why people still have to purchase the BNS for its cost. I can't imagine how a 20 year old peice of hardware can be so expensive. Even knowing they have updated it, they charge new product prices. -- Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net ------------------ Why can't you be a non-conformist, like everybody else?