Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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
Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review
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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]