Wow, I haven't thought about the original Magic screen enlargement software package put out by MicroSystems before FS bought it. Before that, I used to run my Apple Iie through my VisualTek/Telesensory CCTV. If only they had portable digital magnifiers back then.
Annette -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Dicey Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, Dear ROSEMARIE , Yes, I remember them, but I only used one at a typing Class for Blind students, when going through the rehabilitation center for people who lost their vision. The first computer I really used for Work or home was the IBM PC. Good old DOS was nice. I used WordStar mostly on it, but WordPerfect also! I used a 19 inch monitor with hardware to magnify the screen, from V-Tek Wow, was all that stuff so primitive compared to today's stuff! LOL! Nice memories though, never, never thought about a "crash", it just never happened! With Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida Alan Dicey, President United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA "Yes, Blind or Visually Impaired People Can, and Do, Play Chess!!!" United States Braille Chess Association Home Page: http://AmericanBlindChess.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > Hi, Alan, > > Do you remember the Apple II E? That was the very first computer I learned > to operate. I remember there were two drives side by side. The first one > was > for your speech program like word rap or word talk which is what I used. > The > second drive was for the floppy disk that you stored information on. If I > remember correctly, control L turned the voice on and off. I almost bought > an Apple II E from someone but I didn't have quite enough money to pay for > it. I sure loved that machine though. It wasn't that hard to learn to > operate either. > > Rosemarie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Dicey > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > > Dear Kim, > Oh yes! > > Vert, it was later called Soft Vert! > Nice simple program! > > But it was just the software to make the hardware work, and one could use > Accent, Echo, Votrax, oh, so many different ones. > I remember you could purchase a Echo sound card from Radio Shack for about > $80 and then you could use a computer without sight! > > Big difference now with JAWS almost a thousand dollars! > > And those 5 and 1/2 inch floppy disks, that held 362 K of data! > LOL! > > I can hardly believe it! > > In 1985, I purchased an external hard drive, to go with my IBM PC. > It was 30 MB! > > It cost $900 > Can you believe that? > > I have single cuts of music that are larger than 30 MB! > and my T-Drives cost about $79 each! > > LOL! > With Best Regards, > Alan > Miami, Florida > Alan Dicey, President > United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA > "Yes, Blind or Visually Impaired People Can, and Do, Play Chess!!!" > United States Braille Chess Association Home Page: > http://AmericanBlindChess.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Kelly" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > > >>I remember taking a computer class in the mid 80s, and we used a huge >>computer and two floppy disks and we used a speech program called "Vert >>Plus". >> Has anyone heard of that speech synthesizer? I thought that class was so >> fascinating. >> >> Learning Doss and all of those commands. >> What memories. >> >> >> >> Kim Kelly >> >> Clarkston Washington >> >> Email and facebook: >> [email protected] >> >> Alternative E-mail: >> >> [email protected] >> >> skype: >> >> kblinky971 >> >> >> Visit my website >> http://www.samobile.net/users/kimk59/ >> >> Keep on smiling and everyone will wonder what you've been up too. >> author unknown >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lenny McHugh" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, >> >> >>> Well, my first PC type computer was Maryland Computer Systems ITS, >>> information through speech. I then upgraded to total talk PC again by >>> Dean Blazie. >>> Then at home Karen won an 8088 Packard Bell xt computer. With that >>> system > >>> I used jaws for dos. I believe that in the mid 1980s is when I purchased >>> jaws for windows 1 for windows 3.0. At that time I hated windows and >>> still am not a fan of PCs. Give me my old big mainframes. B5500, B6700 >>> then into the larger IBM mainframes. The first computer that I worked on >>> was an RCA spectra 70 and the IBM 1401. >>> On these systems I had to write my own read /write macros and multiply >>> and divide routines. That was a lot of fun. >>> For the ITS, it was the world's first talking computer linked to an IBM >>> mainframe. When it was linked a news release was sent out through AP. I >>> started receiving calls from all around the world inquiring about it. >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "heather kd5cbl" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:07 PM >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, >>> >>>> One of my favorite system is weird! It was a 280 or 480 something back >>>> in the 80s. We had to use vex. I remember that we thought it was the >>>> coolest thing. That was when you had two floppy drives and about 2 or >>>> three buttons to turn the computer on. That thing is still probley >>>> working today! I remember we took the computer apart in school to see >>>> how the components worked. Remember that is when it took two folks to >>>> carry it or maybe it is because we were so little. I just remember >>>> playing that typing game where you hit a key before the ghost gets you. >>>> And I remember all the commands just to make the computer function. >>>> You > >>>> had to do it in the exact order or you had to do it all over again. I >>>> remember having to type "win" inter to make the windows come up. I >>>> remember that if you wanted to spell check something, you had to put >>>> another flopp disk in that had the dictionary or part of it to get the >>>> correct word. I liked my old dos based commands. I was real >>>> disappointed when you did not have the direct access to windows root >>>> comands. I mean you can still have access but, dos was just so much >>>> more efficient. 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