[optacon-l] Re: Preventive: Trying to Find Repairman
- From: "John Huffman" <j.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:42:12 -0400
I have had good results with Mr. Drell, and he does speak English with an
accent I would guess as coming from in or near the former Soviet Union. The
unit number in his address was 11. JH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <k9jau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:26 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Preventive: Trying to Find Repairman
> Kane,
> At risk of being repetitive may I mention Leo Drehl; Visual Aids
> Electronics
> 7625 Hayvenhurst AV
> Van Nuys, CA 91406
> There is a unit nunmber, possibly 11, but the Braille is quite old
> and indistinct.
> I have spoken with Mr. Drehl in the past but wound up sending my
> Optacon(s) to Richard Oehm. Oehm is great and I have absolutely no
> reason to doubt that Mr. Drehl is also competent.
> These are the only Optacon repair people in the U S to my knowledge.
> Now I'll look at the rest of todays email and see how many times you
> have received this information.
> Good luck.
> Pat ByrneAt 08:26 AM 3/31/2008, you wrote:
>>Hi, folks.
>>
>>I've just recently discovered this list, to my joy! I'm ever so glad
>>to find there is still enough demand for the Optacon to justify an
>>active mailing list.
>>
>>Through a query to the JFW Mailing List some years ago, I found a
>>gentleman in southern California who repairs the Optacon, and I sent
>>my classic unit to him a couple of years ago for repair.
>>He did a tremendous job--but since then, I've lost the gentleman's
>>name and contact info due to a computer malfunction. (I think he is
>>an =E9migr=E9 from russia or one of the other Eastern European nations.)
>>
>>Nothing wrong at the moment; but I know that an Optacon can encounter
>>problems with no warning, since I've used one for 30 years. Any idea
>>whom I was dealing with and where to contact him? I've run across the
>>name Richard Oehm, but I'm not at all sure this is the guy.
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>
>>Kane Brolin
>>
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