[vip_students] Re: older version of Duxbury?

  • From: Christina McCarthy <mccarc15@xxxxxx>
  • To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:30:15 +0100

You're a star, thank you so much! Yes, it's a fantastic little
work-horse if I could get it going again... am definitely going to get
that sorted after exams, thanks again!

On 22/04/2013, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK Christina, I have a Braille Blazer myself and love it.  Are you using it
>
> with the seriel port?  There is a list of embossers and that one is listed
> so it can be set.  However, if DBT is not installed, it will require the
> seriel number to install.  Provided you can give George all the details he
> will probably be able to check back on the records for you.  George can be
> contacted at george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christina McCarthy" <mccarc15@xxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:39 PM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: older version of Duxbury?
>
>
>> Thanks a million Eleanor.
>>
>>
>> I don't have the licence number, as it was an licence which was
>> purchased for me through the dept. of education, and I never installed
>> it myself.
>>
>> I'll have a look at the embosser and figure out what the number of that
>> is.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for that contact in the UK, I'll give him a shout and
>> see.  I know the embosser is called a 'Braille Blazer', and that I got
>> it in 2001, but apart from that I have no idea off the top of my head.
>> I'm using Windows XP.
>> Best,
>>
>> Christina
>>
>> On 22/04/2013, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> If you know the name of your embossor that would help.  If you have had
>>> a
>>> licenced version of Duxbury in the past and it is a case of having
>>> forgotten
>>>
>>> your code, I would recommend you to get in touch with George Bell who is
>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>> Duxbury Rep in the UK.  I am sure he will be able to assist.  I would
>>> also
>>> need to know what version of Windows you are running.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Christina McCarthy" <mccarc15@xxxxxx>
>>> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 11:44 AM
>>> Subject: [vip_students] older version of Duxbury?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi all, hope you're having a good Monday!
>>>>
>>>> Mike's question this morning about Duxbury has reminded me of
>>>> something I've been meaning to askf or a while but totally forgot
>>>> about.
>>>>
>>>> I have a very old Braille embosser (around ten year old), which uses
>>>> Duxbury 4.0.  The embosser was givent o me at school, but we swapped
>>>> it for one we had at home, because the 'school' one was smaller and
>>>> lighter, whereas the one we had originallya t home was made for more
>>>> heavy-duty work.
>>>>
>>>> The embosser used to work fine, but it doesn't work at all anymore...
>>>> I thin I simply need to reinstall the software - but I don't have a
>>>> copy of it anymore.  Is there a way to get older versions of software
>>>> like Duxbury? Can you still purchase the very old ersions of software
>>>> like that?
>>>> Any help appreciated! It seems so stupid that it should just be left
>>>> to sit there, entirely my own fault!
>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>> Christina
>>>>
>>>
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