Ottawa Canada Dear Miss Wings and list:
Welcome to the list. Try reading the information as to your unit's version of KeySoft and Windows CE. Could be you are running Windows CE 2.2 and an aged version of KeySoft. Well if you have a Braille keyboard, you have a BT model and if it has a typewriter-style keyboard, it is a QT model. Hope it meets your needs for reading your notes and such. Yes, there are still pc/mcia adapter shells available to put a CF card into the pc/mcia card slot on the side of your unit. Radio Shack and Circuit City sell them for often around $10 each. Your unit won't be able to use a wireless Internet card as your version of KeySoft doesn't offer this feature. Not sure when your Braille display was last cleaned and inspected, but if it has had a lot of use in its life, it is holding up amazingly well for a machine that old. You probably have a CF card slot on the back of the unit, together with both a serial and parallel port. You can get a price on what it would cost to upgrade your unit's software, and also to transplant your display into an Mpower model from Humanware customer service at: 800 722-3393 in the USA and press 3 for customer service, I think 5 is for tech support then 1 for blindness products. As long as your unit works and meets your needs, that is the important thing. I personally have a BrailleNote Mpower QT 32 with a 32-cell Braille display, two USB host ports, one USB client port, one serial 9-pin port, no parallel port, and a SD, CF and PC/Mcia card slot (one of each) and I think 128 MB flash memory on board. The Mpower can use either a wireless Internet CF card or an Ethernet CF card for Internet connectivity and of course has a built-in telephone modem. You've got a good start in your BrailleNote Classic 18 and hopefully if you save up, in time, you can upgrade it to a newer unit or at least newer software. Take care. Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/981 - Release Date: 31/08/2007 6:13 AM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
