Ron:

Were do you get your isopropyl alcohol?

so far, two drug stores, and a hardware store have given me the "duh what" look when I ask for this.

I have denatured alcohol for cleaning tape recorder heads.  will that work?

Gary Lee
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On Sep 15, 2013, at 11:52 PM, Ron Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Gary,
> Press and I with the Space bar and turn the power on. When the unit comes
> up, answer "y" yes to all of the questions. This will delete all files from
> the unit, delete all but the Ram and Flash folders from the folder system
> and clear the ram memory (deleted files normally reside in ram storage until
> the memory locations are overwritten). Once you've reset the Millennium,
> press dots 34 chord (dots 34 with Space) to enter the Status menu. Press dot
> 4 chord until you hear something like "Serial port on." Press the space bar
> and you should hear the serial port status change to off. Press z-chord to
> leave the Status menu.
> 
> If you wish to trust my memory, I believe the hot key to jump directly to
> the serial port status item is either f or f-chord (I just don't remember,
> it's been a number of years since I worked with the Millennium units on a
> daily basis). If f or f-chord doesn't work, just press dot 4 chord or dot 1
> chord repeatedly until you reach the serial port item.
> 
> 
> You can find the owner's manual for the Braille Lite Millennium at:
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ron Miller
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Gary Lee
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 7:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: braille lite millenium question
> 
> well, got the reset, i-chord did it.  Now the device continuously says
> "waiting on serial device".
> 
> Any idea what next, or did I get screwed?
> 
> Gary Lee
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> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 15, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Gary,
>> 
>> I'm only gonna make a slightly educated guess here, but what the Hell!  
>> It might work.
>> 
>> I have a BrailleLite, hopefully the Millenium emulates these commands.
>> 
>> First, try holding down all 7 keys at power-on; this is a warm reset.
>> If that doesn't work, a cold reset might erase the password along with 
>> any data they have -- hold down I Chord at startup.
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gary Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 3:06 PM
>> Subject: braille lite millenium question
>> 
>> 
>>> Just bought a braille lite millennium 20. however, when it arrived, 
>>> upon = turning it on, I get a prompt to enter password.
>>> 
>>> many emails to the seller have gone unanswered.  Does anyone know a = 
>>> procedure to reset back to default settings?
>>> DOn't care about anything, as I have no data on it.
>>> 
>>> help.
>>> Thanks for any=20
>>> Gary Lee
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