Hi Brian.
My BrailleNote has the Braille writer style keyboard on it, and I think
those are called BrailleNote BT. According to the information I get when I
press an I chord from the main menu, the versions of software I have are
KeySoft CE Version 4.01, build 1988, hardware revision e, at least I think
it's an e. There's no number sign so I assume it's a letter. kernel
version 3, dated November 18, 2002. The operating system is Windows CE
version 2.12. Hope this helps.
MissWings
P.S. It doesn't have a card slot on the back, but the Pcmcia card slot on
the side, as well as a nine pin serial port on the back and a parallel
port, along with a modem jack.
MissWings
At 12:45 AM 9/1/2007, Brian Lingard wrote:
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
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