Re: A Personal Anniversary
- From: "Steve \"The Jazz Man\" Bauer" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:47:15 -0500
I received my first Optacon about the third week in September 1977.
It is something that I use daily and could not make it without this
wonderful machine.
Whether it's for personal or prefessional use, it's just invaluable.
that's about how I can sum it up.
Steve Bauer
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Gailselfridge@xxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 15:43
Subject: Re: A Personal Anniversary
I can't say the exact date when I saw my first optacon but it was in
April
of 1972 and I knew I had to have one. I got one in 1975 for my first
computer
programming job and worked for hours daily learning it. So I know what
you
guys are talking about. Now I have two and although I use other
things for
reading long documents, I wouldn't give up the versatility of the
optacon.
Gail
John,
Your experience sounds so familiar. I first used an Optacon about
thirty
years ago and felt much the same. I remember practising until my
index
finger couldn't recognize anything. Then I'd try another finger!
It's
truly an amazing machine, and one whose technology has never been
duplicated, even though it is so-called 1960's technology.
Happy anniversary!!!
Clinton
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Huffman" <_j.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:j.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxx) >
To: <_optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: A Personal Anniversary
> Today is thirty-third anniversary of the day I first saw an Optacon
> and
> demonstrated it for myself. I was a new grad student at the
> University of
> Illinois--Urbana at the time, and the memory is still as fresh as
> yesterday.
> Print letters continued to pass under my left index finger for
> hours
> afterward! I think I made up my mind that day that I would master
> the
> device and someday find a way to own my own.
>
> Regards, all, JH
>
>
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