[optacon-l] Re: TSI and the Good Old days!
- From: JBliss Judy <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:55:27 -0800
Dear Lori,
Sorry, I should have credited you with the good suggestion to keep a subject
line for reminiscences so folks don't have to read everything...I dunno if "TSI
and the Good old days" is appropriate, but that's what I'll use for now.
Thanks!
Judy Adams
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: TSI and the Good Old days!
From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:47:12 -0800
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Well, I hope the moderator will weigh in here with his thoughts, but maybe
>those on this list who care to share memories of optacon training can begin
>the subject line with memories or some such word so those who are not
>interested can easily delete those messages.
>
>Sharing those memories may be important to some here.
>
>Lori
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Blier" <mblier@xxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 4:33 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: TSI and the Good Old days!
>
>
>> Hi, All,
>> Here is my take on this TSI stuff.
>>
>> It's nice that you get together and share thirty-year-old reminiscences
>> and all that, but I think we have to move on. Eventually, TSI basically
>> abandoned us because sales of the Optacon I, an inferior product, were not
>> what they expected, so they saw themselves justified in dropping the
>> entire thing.
>>
>> With regard to the wish for the development of a new Optacon, I would like
>> to see a scaled-down version of Germany's Video-Tim to replace and surpass
>> the Optacon.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Mark Blier
>>
>> ----------
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Pentronics
>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 5:10 PM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: TSI and the Good Old days!
>>
>>
>> Hi Keith,
>>
>> If I remember correctly the cells from that calculator used a cam
>> arrangement driven by a miniature servo motor. Clever idea but I think
>> the
>> resultant cell size was a little larger than standard. Unfortunately I
>> have
>> not seen one in a long time. I'll if I can find an old contact at
>> Robotron.
>> (I've known Tim a very long time - best not to count the years.)
>>
>> (Sorry list - I realise this is a bit off topic.)
>>
>> All the best,
>> Nigel
>>
>> Pentronics
>> 33B Sheppard Road
>> EMU PLAINS NSW 2750
>> AUSTRALIA
>> PO Box 965
>> PENRITH NSW 2751
>> Tel. +612 4735 7355
>> e-mail service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> web. www.pentronics.com.au
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Keith Shaw
>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 10:33 AM
>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: TSI and the Good Old days!
>>
>> Nigel,
>>
>> I'm out in Massachussetts, USA, and have been looking for a Leo
>> Calculator.
>> Why? Well, I have assembled a pretty interesting museum of braille cells
>> over the past 10 years and the unit manufactured in Australia by Robotron
>> is
>> still missing.
>> Are there still some Leo units floating around in Australia, in whatever
>> condition, someplace?
>>
>> By way of introduction: Tim McConnell (Quantum Technology) and Judy Adams
>> (ex TSI) who was a super person to interact with when I was in Sunnyvale
>> organizing the transition to Blazie Engineering of the TSI Blindness
>> Division.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Keith Shaw
>>
>>
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