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From: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Al Hoffman)
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Subject: romeo braillers
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Date: 22 Jan 91 21:55:27 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Grant & anybody else interested:
     The Romeo RB-40 is a good, solid machine for personal brailling.  I 
use one at work, and the only problem I have is static electricity 
building up as paper rubs along the paper-path, and it locking up 
occasionally.  This problem is a pain, but when I solve it, the rest of 
the machine is great.  Its the easiest machine of its type to setup and 
operate--in comparison to the TSI braillers the configurations for the 
Romeo are a breeze.  I hate the TSI configuration method, its just 
stupid.
     Has anybody else had the static problem?  I would appreciate any 
suggestions to this, because at times this problem almost outweighs the 
usefullness of the brailler!
     Romeo Braillers are sort of like cars, you can get a lemon, if that 
happens, tell them to exchange the entire machine right away, no fixes, 
because some of the Romeos just won't work well ever, and others will 
work fine for ever.  I have used five or six of these machines and think 
I have a pretty good handle on the reliability of them, and the above 
pretty well sums it up.
     Oh, does anybody have the Tiff file format specifications?  I want 
to finally write a graphics brailling program for the Romeo, and can't 
find the format specs.  It would be a great program for looking at 
scanned images.

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