[nfbcs] NFBTRANS

[Jude DaShiell]

If I have this right, the last version of turbobraille I found was 
tbrl504.zip and that was on Chuck Hallenbech's website.  That was a 
while ago though.  So long as turbobraille failed to store any of its 
data in executeable code itself and got everything from data files it 
used U.E.B. may be more easily possible with turbobraille than nfbtrans.
  We were told about not intermingling data and code at Arkansas 
Enterprises For The Blind during computer programmer training too and 
that was back in 1982-1983 for me.

On Fri, 13 May 2016, Greg Kearney via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:27
> From: Greg Kearney via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Greg Kearney <gkearney at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] NFBTRANS
> 
> Turbo Braille, at one time I made a MacOS X version of that command line program. No UEB implementation was ever done so like NFB Trans it may be of limited use. You can get a version it here:
>
> http://www.nfbnet.org/files/blind/TBRL35.ZIP
>
> Runs in DOS or win DOS emulators.
>
> Greg
>
>
>> On May 13, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Jude DaShiell via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Chuck Hallenbech wrote tbrl which is supposed to also be a braille translator.  I don't know what operating systems will run it though.
>>
>> On Fri, 13 May 2016, David Andrews via nfbcs wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 13:04:39
>>> From: David Andrews via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] NFBTRANS
>>> To the best of my knowledge, it is not on NFBNET.  We haven't done a very good job of keeping files up to date, to be honest.
>>>
>>> With so much on t5he internet, it didn't seem worth the effort.  However, I have considered having a NFBTrans area, just never did it.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> At 09:44 AM 5/11/2016, you wrote:
>>>> Kathy,
>>>> I did manage to get NFBTRANS recompiled so that it will work on a 64-bit
>>>> system.  We also were able to get the WINTRANS part updated as well to run
>>>> it from inside Windows without agoing to the command prompt.  However, there
>>>> are no plans to get NFBTRANS to fully support UEB.  Some changes to tables
>>>> would get us part way there, but there are passage indicators that cannot
>>>> work right without program changes.
>>>> I don't know if the newest version is on NFBNET or not, but I could send it
>>>> to you if you want.  If it would be helpful, I can just send you the
>>>> executable that has been recompiled or the whole thing.  Let me know.
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Stev Jacobsone
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cathy Schroeder
>>>> via nfbcs
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:02 AM
>>>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>>>> Cc: Cathy Schroeder <cathy at sks.com>
>>>> Subject: [nfbcs] NFBTRANS
>>>> I know I am dating myself but here goes.
>>>> Many of you will remember back to the production of NFBTRANS, a free Braille
>>>> Translator that the NFB produced. I am trying to use it and am finding that
>>>> I cannot run it on Windows 764. Does anyone know of an easy solution to
>>>> this? Do we have a version that will run on this platform?
>>>> For as little Braille printing as I do, I can't see paying for Duxbury.
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