[optacon-l] Re: TSI and the Good Old days!
- From: JBliss Judy <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:55:02 -0800
Dear Dave,
Great to hear from you, and I agree about Mario, whose job was "folded" into my
tech support dept. management job after he left TSI. The service guys really
"stepped up" and led seminars, especially Janio Calderon (who stayed on with
the new Telesensory). I was in the process of starting a project to digitize
all the service drawings, with Engineering's help, when the next to last round
of layoffs a few years before the bankruptcy began, and Technical Services (my
department's name), was laid off. Of course this was years after the blindness
products, including the optacon, were sold to Blazie.
Take care,
Judy
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Subject: [optacon-l] Re: TSI and the Good Old days!
From: "Dave Godfrey" <Dave.Godfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:57:36 -0000
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Hi Judy,
>
>I'm just fine, thanks.
>
>My history with the Optacon goes back to 1986 when I joined Sensory
>Systems as the service engineer. At that time, there were 4 of us in the
>company, led by John Tillisch, whom no doubt you will remember well. My
>main contact at TSI would have been Mario A.Flemate, probably one of the
>best service managers I've met. Mario organised several service
>seminars, both at TSI and here in cities around Europe. They were
>definitely very enjoyable and the whole of TSI was such a vibrant place
>to be.
>
>I still service a fair few Optacon's from both the UK and Europe and
>some further field in Saudi, but the bulk of my work lies with braille
>displays from the Powerbrailles, Alva's and Focus displays, along with
>notetakers from the early Blazie classics through to the Pacmates.
>However, I still maintain that the Optacon is the most innovative and
>versatile product ever produced for the blind and it is a testament to
>its designers that it is still in use today as nothing can really touch
>it!
>
>Well, I best get on, all this reminiscing makes you realise how fast
>time goes by!
>
>Best regards
>
>Dave Godfrey
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JBliss Judy
>Sent: 09 January 2009 17:43
>To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: [optacon-II] Battery Reminder Update
>
>Thanks Dave - I thought that was the case, but time goes by and I wasn't
>sure after someone mentioned the PB.
>
>How are you doing these days?
>
>Judy Adams
>
>----- Original Message ---------------
>
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: [optacon-II] Battery Reminder Update
> From: "Dave Godfrey" <Dave.Godfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:49:25 -0000
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>I'd like to thank anyone in advance if they intend to send in old
>>battery packs for reuse by the technicians/engineers; but just a small
>>correction to point out... it was only the Navigator range of
>>Telesensory braille displays that used the same battery module as the
>>Optacon II. The Powerbraille range had standard C-size batteries
>>installed.
>>
>>Best regards and all the best for 2009
>>
>>Dave Godfrey
>>
>>
>>Market House Business Centre
>>Suite F, 2 Marlborough Rd
>>Swindon
>>SN3 1QY
>>Tel: +44 [0] 1793 435225
>>Fax: +44 [0] 1793 490525
>>www.blazie.co.uk
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
>>Sent: 08 January 2009 17:22
>>To: Optacon
>>Subject: [optacon-l] Battery Reminder Update
>>
>>One of our list members suggests that I remind everyone that the
>>batteries
>>from old Braille Navigators and also PowerBrailles are the same as
>those
>>
>>used in the Optacon II. If anyone has any of these batteries, working
>or
>>
>>not, our repairers would love to have them. As I said earlier, they can
>
>>replace the internal cells but they need the original housing.
>>Thanks again.
>>Catherine
>>
>>
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>>braille@xxxxxxxxx /
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