Wilna, Rather than getting a replacement machine, you could get your machine repaired. Depending on your location, there are optacon technicians in some parts of the world who do excellent work and repair machines. Richard Oehm has helped many of us, and his prices are reasonable, and I've gotten my machines returned to me within a couple of weeks. If you can let the list know your location (USA, Canada, Europe, etc.), somebody can give you contact information. The problem with this is that you won't have your machine for a couple of weeks, but you will have a working optacon after it is fixed. Mary to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.