Re: $5 link
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wnc <wnc@wco.com> writes:
>I'm seriously considering making the $5 parallel link but i have a few
>questions.
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>I've seen some contradictory info about using a 2.5mm jack. On Nick's
>TI calc site (http://www.salokin.demon.co.uk/ti85.htm) he says to make it
>with a 2.5mm stereo jack. But on Andreas Westfeld's page
>(http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~aw4/ti85) it says "the TI plug is different
>from a 2.5 mm stereo plug". I don't want to cut up my calc2calc link, and
>i'd prefer not to use a 1/8 jack + 1/8 to 2.5 converter, and i'd really
>like to stay away from aligator clips. I went to radio shack and they had
>2.5mm jacks , but they were mono, so that doesn't help. Does anyone know
>where i can get a 2.5 mm jack, and if i do manage to get one, will it
>work?
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I've Never made one of those $5 links, But isn't it possible to buy a stereo
socket that will fit the calc to calc plug? If it is you could just wire
the socket into the parallel jack, plug the calc2calc cable into the parallel
jack, then the calculator, and it should work. Right? Mabye someone did this
before and could tell you if it works.
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