Wow! This is bringing back some fun memories! Around 1983 or 84 i started taking some BASIC programming language classes at my local Radio Shack. they had several Model 4's that ran Trsdos and CPM. the instructor had rigged up the systems to speak. it was quite crude and was not a Screen Reader at all. No way to repeat anything. but it was a start, I knew right there and then, I wanted a Computer. I begged, borrowed and stole enough to finally get one of those Model 4 systems. Bought some actual Screen Reader for about $300 and I wa son my way. Loved playing Zork, and many other Infocomm games.
I was in a Relationship that went bad. The woman gave me back my engagement ring, and I traded it to a guy that had several IBM XT machines. And once I had my first MS Dos system, there was no looking back. This may have been around 1986 or 87. I am so glad that woman broke up with me! Because she did, I had a Career in Computers. Too funny. Bought a screen reader out of Ohio, think it was called Enhanced PC. then bought the one done by Arctic. finally came on to Vocal Eyes around 1991 or 92. When Windows 3.1 came along, I did purchase some windows Screen Reader out of Canada. It sucked, but I needed it for work. i bought the Window eyes program when it came along. And it was a bit limited, but it worked well enough for me to keep my job. Been with Window eyes to this day. have yet to buy JAWS, although I've helped others who have it. thanks for the walk down memory lane. edline! Now that makes me laugh.i once had to use that very limited editor to write COBOL and JCL. Was using a PC hooked up to a huge mainframe at Boeing. I kept wanting to use Word Star to write my code, but was told to use Edline or else! Crazy times back then. -- Dave <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
