Help Needed:
My Open Book software developed a problem after a computer upgrade. I am a DOS dummy and my HP scanner stopped talking to me. My backup diskette says “reading error, abort, retry, fail?” I will pay a consulting fee to anyone who can solve this problem. Call Rod Lawson at (713) 665-1116, or e-mail Plawson@brokersys.com.
For Sale:
Pentium 233 PC completely loaded for blind user with Doubletalk and CD recorder plus 8 gigabyte drive, awe64 sound card, 56K modem and network card. Asking $2,000 or best offer. Yamaha four-track minidisk mixer newly cleaned and realigned with extra data disks. Asking $500. Roland DR660 drum machine, $200. Roland DR770, newest drum machine, in excellent condition. Brand-new. Asking $250. Call Dan Kysor at (916) 648-2147 or e-mail him at dankysor@jps.net.
For Sale:
Type ‘n Speak with flash ROM, under service contract until September 2001. Asking $750. If interested, call Rodney at (703) 533-7650 or via e-mail, blindguy@erols.com.
For Sale:
King James Bible in braille, $100 or best offer. King James Bible on tape, $100 or best offer. Perkins brailler, excellent condition, $250 or best offer. Call Joe Turri on his voice pager, (810) 403-2402.
For Sale:
One Reading Edge machine in excellent condition. $1,800 or best offer. Magnicam CCTV (black-and-white), perfect condition. $495 or best offer. Contact William Hobson via e- mail, William.Hobson@att.net.
For Sale:
Keynote Gold Multimedia Speech version 1.11, $50. JAWS for Windows version 3.3, $200; comes with tutorials. Open Book version 3.0, $250. All three may be purchased for $500. If interested, send e-mail to tammylynn@planetarymotion.net.
For Sale:
Kenwood TS450S ham transceiver with built-in antenna tuner and voice synthesizer. Hardly used. Comes with print and taped manuals, Kenwood power supply. Asking $800 (includes shipping and insurance). Digitech VHM5 (The Vocalist) Vocal Harmony Processor. When programmed, will change a single voice into two or more harmonized voices. Like new. Print and taped manuals. Asking $600 including shipping and insurance. Call Ray Howard at (740) 432-2287 or write to him at 61951 High Hill Rd., Cambridge, OH 43725.
For Sale:
Two blood glucose monitors. OneTouch Profile with mini voice system, and a OneTouch II with a Voice Touch and an audio user’s guide. Each one comes with a carrying case, two boxes of B-D lancets and test strips. Asking $75 for each. Call Julia at (760) 741-6503.
For Sale:
386 computer, IBM-compatible, complete with Artic speech synthesizer, modem and monitor. Asking $125. Perkins braille writer, completely rebuilt. Asking $325. Braille Lite 2000, freshly serviced by Blazie with new battery pack. Not under service contract, but eligible for one since it was just inspected. Comes complete with power adaptor, carrying case and cables. Asking $1,750. Contact Nino Pacini at (313) 885-7330, or via e-mail at pacinin@itsd.ci.detroit.mi.us.
For Sale:
Braille ‘n Speak 640 with cables, braille manual, and carrying case. $500 or best offer. Contact David Redman at (626) 339-0805.
For Sale:
Curtis A/B switch box for printers. Cable included. $20. Uniden Beartracker BCT-7, everything included; preprogrammed for your state, city or town. Can be used in car or home. $60. All prices include shipping. Contact Dan at (520) 284-3775 or via e-mail, stabe@sedona.net.
For Sale:
Eschenbach electronic magnifier (CCTV). Portable; has hand-held camera unit that can be mounted on a writing stand. Originally cost $3,700; best offer accepted. Call Allen Stutts at (919) 967-1874, or e-mail him at astutts@mindspring.com.
For Sale:
PC 486 dx4 100 with 32 megabytes of memory, 540 meg hard drive, Soundblaster 16 audio card, CD-ROM, 250-meg RIC-80 tape drive, Epson Stylus 500 color printer, 56k modem, Windows 95 and MS Office 97. $400 or best offer. AMD K 6-2 333 meg CPU, 64 meg memory, 8-gig hard drive, Soundblaster 16 audio card, runs Windows 95 and MS Office 97. Arctic card, US Robotics Sportster 56K external modem, 8x CD-ROM, 800-meg Travan tape drive. No keyboard. Asking $450 or best offer. For either system, call Margie Donovan at (415) 750-6604.
Wanted:
486 computer in good working order for use with my DP11+ and monochrome monitor. The computer needs to have MS-DOS 6.2 (diskless). I would prefer one that has two floppy drives: one for 5 1/4" disks and the other for 3 1/2" disks. Reasonable prices accepted; will pay for packaging and shipping. Call Douglas Price at (301) 365-1585.
Wanted:
Braille Lite in good condition, reasonably priced. Reading machine in good condition, reasonably priced. Call Kimberly Morrow at (816) 561-4466 extension 116 or e-mail kmorrow@microlink.net.
Wanted:
Screen reader that will perform with 486 computer that has 16 megabytes RAM and DOS 6.1. Please call Obie Binnicker at (903) 831-5327.
(When you’re breakin’ out in rashes, ‘Cuz your computer only crashes, take a little break to read this very scientific explanation of computer crashing by that renowned expert, Dr. Seuss [or one of his descendants!]. The editor wishes to thank Mark Ashby, Potomac Talking Book’s Reader Extraordinaire, for putting up with our inclusion of this tongue-twisting literary masterpiece in the December Braille Forum. Thanks, Mark. Happy holidays to you, and to all our readers.)
The Braille Forum Editorial Staff