according to what was said by freedom at the conventions, people obtaining new jaws or an sma upgrade will see it in the release of v5.1. the rest will see it in 6.0. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Scalzi" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: Re: jaws on new laptops Anyone know what came of Freedom Scientific's plan for online registration and authorization? -----Original Message----- From: VICUG-L: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of david poehlman Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 4:31 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: jaws on new laptops Shockingly, the external floppy doesn't always work either. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Courcelles" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: Re: jaws on new laptops I agree: The dongle is known not to work on all systems. The external floppy would be your best option. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Zelvin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 4:18 PM Subject: jaws on new laptops > Just a side note, I see that Freedom Scientific is dealing with the issue > of the lack of 3.5 floppy drives by selling a dongle which you need to use > to get jaws out of demo mode. I would suggest that instead of spending the > money on the dongle one buy an external 3.5 inch drive for just a little > more money and with more possible uses. > > Lynn > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > To join or leave the list, send a message to > [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type > "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. > VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html