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From: Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman)
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Subject: BNS
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Date: 6 May 91 16:28:13 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 NF> OK, it seems to me that when the NS firstt came out the purchaser
 NF> simply bought a set of instructions, purchased the required parts,
 NF> and assembled it himself/herself.  Is this still true or does
 NF> Blazie construct them for you now?  Am I thinking of a different

That was the Pocket Braille, which was a public domain design for a Braille
keyboard/speech output device.  There was also the PortaBraille, which had a
single-line refreshable display.  If I remember right, APH published the
designs.  The terms of the publication allowed others to make proprietary
products based on improvements to the published designs, and that's where the
BNS came in.  Blazie sells assembled units.

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