Oh, trust me, I agree with you. I build my own now for that same reason.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: from Jennifer I have a question about getting a cable for the
TS2000
> Ah yes, I've hit that one too, and on some Dells, even when you turn the
> ports back on, they don't always work reliably. We had one worker in our
> call center that had an old Power Braille 40, and every once in a while
> for
> no explicable reason on the Dell computers it would just experience a
> momentary break in connectivity. We finally got her a Focus 40 and she
> has
> been happy ever since.
>
> I've had a few issues with getting DEC Express to work on some of those
> machines--if you screw around with it long enough, it happens, but what a
> pain in the chair cushion!
>
> But I've also had it with all of the crap that Dell pollutes the operating
> system with that you have to spend a half a day removing from the system
> before you get started. I've gone to buying locally built machines
> because
> I can get exactly what I want on the machine, I get all of the drivers
> instead of someone's cheesy restore disk, and I get a full copy of Windows
> rather than someone's factory load. Can you tell yet that I don't have
> any
> use for Dell?
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 11:14 AM 12/30/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>>A better question is, do the ports work? Some manufacturers, especially
>>the
>>idiots that make junk at dell ship computers with disabled serial ports.
>>I've run in to that one a lot of times for people, I won't touch dells but
>>have helped a lot of people with that problem.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jennifer" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:57 AM
>>Subject: Re: from Jennifer I have a question about getting a cable for the
>>TS2000
>>
>>
>> > Yes a friend of mine helped me down load it. He is also blind and he
>> > told
>> > nme I had the wrong cable because no matter what port he had me put it
>> > in
>> > it
>> > would not work.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:50 AM
>> > Subject: Re: from Jennifer I have a question about getting a cable for
>> > the
>> > TS2000
>> >
>> >
>> >> Do you have the software necessary to program the radio as well?
>> >>
>> >> Fred
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Jennifer" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:44 AM
>> >> Subject: from Jennifer I have a question about getting a cable for the
>> >> TS2000
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Okay I want to get a cable for the computer so I can program the
>> >>> TS2000.
>> >>> =
>> >>> Someone gave me a cable but I have the wrong one because no matter
>> >>> what
>> >>> =
>> >>> port I have it in it does not work.
>> >>>
>>
>>
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>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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