Re: A Personal Anniversary
- From: "John Huffman" <j.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:46:02 -0400
Thanks, Clinton. The "high" I got from that first Optacon exposure was only
a little below the mountaintops of marriage and the birth of my son.
Regards, JH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clinton Miller" <clinton.miller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: A Personal Anniversary
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <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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