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From: Mario.Barbuto@f210.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Mario Barbuto)
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Subject: Re: Notex
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Date: 26 Mar 91 04:02:39 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

   Hi Tommy,
I had a Notex 24 for about two years and two months ago, I changed it with a
new Notex 40.
   I wrote a small program called "PC-TERM" to speed up Notex performance when
used as a "braille screen" of the PC.
   Unfortunately the Notex base-software has a strange way to operate when
connected in "display" mode, so that I can't get the maximum from the device.
   I sent in Germany a list of base-software changements in order to write a
very powerful new program for Notex, I plan to write and they promise to do
them in the future "ROM" versions.
   For example, I plan to use a braille keyboard as an alternative input device
for the PC, to "user-define" screen windows, markers, and so on.
   In my opinion, Notex is a very good device for the blind because you can
operate it stand-alone and in connection with computers, printers, modems, and
so on; but its features could be increased if the base-software of the machine
would be extended and improved properly.
   Let me know something more, about your activity and the product you sell, of
course, if not illegal in this echo.
   I'm working with my friends, to make a nice braille device for PC, "MB208",
22 piezo braille cells, 16 operation keys, a LCD for sighted and a pretty good
software that would help blind to operate friendly with computers...
   We have now 10 betatest machines and our institute, will produce the first
50 devices at the end of next month.
          Sincerely,
                              Mario Barbuto

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