Hi! Oh, dear I have had a power Braille and it was a really nice display. I still have a Braillex el 80 but the status cells are missing. But the cells for reading still works and its a nice display. But to big for me. /A
> 23 aug. 2021 kl. 18:28 skrev Keith Wessel <[email protected]>: > > Yes, I had two of these. Still have both of them, but since one belongs to my > employer which is a government agency that doesn't make a habit of getting > rid of stuff, I'm stuck with it. The other one's the one I'm getting rid of. > The employer-owned one was purchased in 1997 and still works like a charm. My > newer Freedom Scientific display has had cells go bad every 9-12 months; I'm > thankful for the extended warranty. The PB display only needed to be cleaned > every 3-5 years. That's good stuff for someone who uses a braille display 8 > hours a day 5 days a week. > > Of course, one can also argue that "they don't make them like the used to" > means they don't make them with serial and parallel ports. 😊 > > Thanks, all, for letting me wander a bit on this list, and I do hope someone > with a Linux system with serial ports can make use of this display. FWIW, it > should also work connected to a USB serial adapter. > > Keith > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BRLTTY <[email protected]> On Behalf Of S. Massy > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 10:44 AM > To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Slightly OT: Power Braille 80 looking for a good home > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:36:35AM -0500, Keith Wessel wrote: >> All, >> >> Please forgive the slightly off topic post. I've got a Power Braille >> 80 display here. It's 20 years old but, because they don't' make them >> like they used to, it's still working great. At least it was the last >> time I had it > That's huge nostalgia right there. I used a PB40 for about 10 years from the > late nineties to the mid-aughts. They indeed don't make them like they used > to. :) S.M. > -- > Sebastien Massy > Montreal, Canada > Website: http://www.wolfdream.ca > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SMassy1 > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/sebastien-massy/47/5a5/81a > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general > information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
