- Accession Number:
- 2016.14.2
- Description:
- Putty and black plastic case with a hinged lid on the top front that raises to reveal the keyboard and 20-cell refreshable braille display; clear molded plexiglass shield frames the braille display and keyboard and reveals the underlying green circuit boards and transistors; stamped on top circuit board, "KY DEPT F/T BLIND PORTABRAILLE MICROPROCESSOR BOARD"; paper label taped inside lid, "SOUTHLAND MANUFACTURING CO./LEXINGTON, KY. 40510/KY. DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND/PORTABRAILLE #PBS-224"; braille display is cream plastic with rectangular bright aluminum trim; blue plastic seven-ky keyboard behind braille display with a on/off slider switch to right; on the back are jacks for headphones, power supply, 25-pin parallel port, CEN36 female port; blacked out completely with marker on bottom, "JEFF CO SCHOOLS/SPECIAL EDUCATION".
- Date Made:
- ca. 1985
- Place of Origin:
- Lexington, KY
- Subjects:
- Assistive technology Braille Computers Electronic aids Speech
- Made:
- Southland Manufacturing Co., Kentucky Department for the Blind, Tiflotel
- Material:
- Plastic, aluminum, circuitry
- Updated:
- 02/15/2021
