Oh, wow! Well, I was learning DOS and JAWS in the early 90's, and I got my first PC, a Packard-Bell 386, 22Mhz in early '95. Is didn't have enough RAM to run OpenBook, so I had to wait another year or so before I could get a computer powerful enough to run it in Windows 3.1.
I started college in '94, and before I was able to get my hands on a PC running JAWS, I muddled through my first semester of college using a Commodore Amiga 1000 running the AmigaTalk screen reader and the Eartype word-processor. Anyone on hrer ever used AmigaTalk back then? Email me off-list if you did. Courtney -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 11:26 PM To: JFW List <[email protected]> Subject: [JAWS-Users] first openbook and jaws Not sure how many old-timers there on the list. I was just thinking about my first openbook from Arkenstone. It had a dedicated IBm 286 10 meg computer with a Hp Scanner. For my first jaws for dos it was on a Unisys 386. The openbook system was only $5,000 and the Unisys 386 was only $10,000. This was around 1986. Imagine what computer and software you could purchase today for $15,000. Look how far jaws for windows has come . I have the 47th copy released to the public. --- Please visit my web page It's motivational, inspirational with a touch of humor There is also a very extensive resource list for the blind http://www.LennyMcHugh.com International Brotherhood of Magicians member #43990 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
