New Member Welcome
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Steve Jobs RIP
I never met him, but he indirectly is the reason why I do what I do today. I was still looking for a teaching job in 1979 and the economy was not doing well so nobody was hiring. Not as bad as now, but not good, either. I knew what computers did but not how they did it and the only connection I had was I liked to build circuits with digital logic gates and counters. I had built an alarm clock to use while in school which was like none other before or since, but it got the job done. Hint. It used a single 1024-bit by one memory chip and a bunch of 7493's with a NE555 timer chip as the alarm oscillator 'cause they'll drive a speaker directly. You don't want to know the rest. My graduate advisor suggested I talk to some people in Oklahoma City who ran a small computer store. I did and it turned out that because I was an amateur radio operator, they would teach me about the Apple II and I could then sell them to customers who were in to amateur radio because they were always pestering them with questions they couldn't answer. I was there 6 months plus a little part-time work for them later, but that's how I got in to computers and also learned assembly language for the 6502. That doesn't do much for a person these days, but it warps your mind just the right way to program other systems and appreciate Monty Python and Cheech and Chong. Martin === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml ---
Phone Carrier Gives Away Accessibility Apps With Mobile
Okay, for all those brain washed Apple wurshipers out there who think there's nothing for blind people to use apart from Iphone then take a read of this. http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/general/phone-carrier-gives-away-accessibility-apps-to-blind-and-vision-impaired-users Only other comment I can add is that this is a great step forward for blind and visually impaired people and I can only hope that other providers consider this gesture or at least consider a discount towards the purchase of the software. === The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net/maillist.xml ---
