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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > >