Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review

2008-01-26 Thread spiro
Blazey products are that way too! A device that holds important data.


On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Dale Leavens wrote:

 Why in the name of all things do they make stuff with non-customer 
 serviceable battery packs. The Victors did this and one or two others, the 
 Optacon was a wonderful example, a device one came to depend on and you have 
 to ship it away for days and risk loss and all that.

 Would people accept having to send their glasses away for a week to have them 
 serviced or their hearing aides?


 Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Skype DaleLeavens
 Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.


  - Original Message -
  From: Tom Fowle
  To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:02 PM
  Subject: Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review


  Lenny,
  Now-a-days the microcontroller would have the eprom built in and they can
  Code protect the internal memory so you can't copy it.

  Yep, whenever I seem no user serviceable parts inside, it makes my fingers
  itch for tools!

  Like the upcomming talking book digital players from NLS are gonna be
  great except they have a non user serviceable battery pack! Humbug!

  Tom





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Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review

2007-09-25 Thread Tom Fowle
Lenny,
Now-a-days the microcontroller would have the eprom built in and they can 
Code protect the internal memory so you can't copy it.

Yep, whenever I seem no user serviceable parts inside, it makes my fingers
itch for tools!

Like the upcomming talking book digital players from NLS are gonna be
great except they have a non user serviceable battery pack! Humbug!

Tom



Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review

2007-09-25 Thread Dale Leavens
Why in the name of all things do they make stuff with non-customer serviceable 
battery packs. The Victors did this and one or two others, the Optacon was a 
wonderful example, a device one came to depend on and you have to ship it away 
for days and risk loss and all that.

Would people accept having to send their glasses away for a week to have them 
serviced or their hearing aides?
 

Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skype DaleLeavens
Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.


  - Original Message - 
  From: Tom Fowle 
  To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:02 PM
  Subject: Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review


  Lenny,
  Now-a-days the microcontroller would have the eprom built in and they can 
  Code protect the internal memory so you can't copy it.

  Yep, whenever I seem no user serviceable parts inside, it makes my fingers
  itch for tools!

  Like the upcomming talking book digital players from NLS are gonna be
  great except they have a non user serviceable battery pack! Humbug!

  Tom



   

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