[optacon-l] Re: hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
- From: "don bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:11:51 -0800
Steve,
I had a similar experience with my optacon ii, but it turned out to be
some sort of adjustment problem which tsi fixed at the factory.
For the first few years I had it, this mushiness and sluggishness seemed
to happen occasionally, but after a few years of having it readjusted or
maybe replacing a part, it seems to have worked fine ever since.
I do agree though that the responsiveness is slightly different from the
r1-d.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:50 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
>I tried an Optacon II for awhile. To me, the display was mushy and
>because of
> whatever digital circuitry was in there, there was a slight delay
> before you
> saw what you were scanning.
>
> Unfortunately, the battery though user replaceable, was a proprietary
> design
> which died with TSI. I did manage to replace the cells in one and
> gluing the
> case back together with hot-glue.
>
> Steve
> Lansing, MI
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JBliss Judy" <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:21 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
>
>
> Dear Don,
>
> You're right about the removeable battery on the Optacon II. I wonder
> if
> people are getting those "re-juiced" somehow after many charges? The
> biggest
> problem with the small array that students reported to me was with
> letters
> with descenders, and some problems getting used to centering with the
> smaller
> image.
>
> Judy A
>
>
> ----- Original Message ---------------
>
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
> From: "don bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:11:17 -0800
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>Judy,
>>
>>You're responses are just fine. It is a help to a lot of people to
>>delete the quoted material, but many people forget including myself.
>><smile>
>>
>>I do remember Pete DeVasto although I didn't know him welll.
>>
>>I know many have a problem with the smaller array on the Optacon, but
>>it
>>never really bothered me all that much for some reason. I really do
>>like the physical design of the ii as well as it's smaller size. I
>>also
>>like the fact that you can change the battery if needed.
>>
>>Both the r1-d and Optacon II get plenty of use around here.
>>
>>I did use the pc vert synthesizer for a good many years until it died
>>in
>>the mid 1990s.
>>
>>Don
>>
>>
>>
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