[Blindtlk] /Monopoly

Tue Sep 18 21:00:50 UTC 2012

Not as off course as you may think, actually.  I seem to have the choice of 
running or saving.  Now when I finally found Winpoly, the file that has 
monopoly in my programs, I had a choice to open, then unzip files, at which 
point I was told computer could not produce an output file.

Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jewel
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:37 AM
To: Debbie Wunder ; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly

I'm just throwing this out there as something you might be doing. When
you go to download a file from Jim Kitchen's site, do you open or save
it? I had trouble with this when I went to download his games the
first time, because I was saving the files and then trying to open
them. When it asks you if you want to open or save the file, you
should choose open. If this is completely off-course, and you are
already doing this, forgive me. I just thought I'd throw it out there
because it's the mistake I made.
~Jewel

On 9/18/12, Debbie Wunder <debbiewunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Mike, don't be to hard on yourself, you are not alone!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>
>
>> Mike, I hate to sound like a complete idiot, but this is part of the
>> problem, my ignorance.  I hate to admit it in this group, but I don't 
>> even
>>
>> no what a URL is, so I can't tell you.  God I hate looking stupid like
>> this, but this is part of the frustration.  Everyone else seems to know
>> this stuff, I feel like I'm from the dark ages.  Is this a 64 bit 
>> machine?
>>
>> I think so.  I know this version of JAWS is 64 bits.  All I know is that
>> with my old clunker of a machine and XP, it was so much easier to do some
>> of this stuff.  I have been struggling ever since I got this thing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Freeman
>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:12 PM
>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>>
>> Mark:
>>
>> I can't help you on the game but if you'll give me a URL, I'll see if I
>> can download it.
>>
>> Don't be so hasty to vilify windows 7. There are a few features that are
>> different and, therefore, take some getting used to by an inveterate XP
>> aficionado. However, there are some features in Windows 7 that are very
>> handy. It may not be Windows 7 at all: is your machine a 64-bit machine?
>> Do you know if the Monopoly game will work on 64-bit systems?
>>
>> Let's put our thinking caps on.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Mark Tardif
>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 6:39 PM
>> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List; Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] /Monopoly
>>
>> Hello, friends,
>>
>> I’m going to “lower the boom”, so to speak.  Any of you familiar with Jim
>> Kitchen and his text to speech games?  Those of you on these lists who
>> have heard me whining about Windows 7 and how limited I think it is and
>> are sick and tired of it, please feel free to tweet me out if there is a
>> tweet filter.  Jim Kitchen has wonderful free games, including my 
>> all-time
>>
>> favorite, monopoly.  Yes, I am probably addicted.  Anyway, I have been
>> trying and trying to download it properly and I have become convinced 
>> that
>>
>> it is not workable with Windows 7.  Of course it is possible that my
>> settings are off, which would be nothing new with this machine, I suppose
>> that’s what you get when you purchase a computer at Wal-Mart.  When I try
>> to unzip files, I get weird messages such as “can’t create an output file
>> and it doesn’t work.  I challenge anyone to tell me that this is 
>> workable.
>>
>> Don’t mind my tone, I’m just frustrated that the idiots at Microsoft
>> inadvertently limited us this way.  So, do you have any ideas, and if 
>> not,
>>
>> does anyone know of a talking speech-friendly monopoly game?  Also, does
>> anyone know how to get autocomplete on Windows live mail.  Thank you,
>> before my JAWS runs out.
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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