Re: TI-H: TI-KEYBOARD AND A FEW OTHER IDEAS
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Re: TI-H: TI-KEYBOARD AND A FEW OTHER IDEAS
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> From: Osma Suominen <ozone@clinet.fi>
> To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: TI-H: TI-KEYBOARD AND A FEW OTHER IDEAS
> Date: Monday, June 02, 1997 07:51
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> WindowsWiz@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Instead of using a mouse, why not make a QWERTY keyboard and a ZShell Program
> > editor? It would work similarly to the TI program editor, except that
> > instead of typing with the strange ABC keypad on the 85, you could type a lot
> > faster on the keyboard. Once the program is completed, just store it into
> > the DELc buffer, go into the editor, and UNDELc.
>
> It should be possible to do. Maybe some day...
>
> > What about a link to a Windows CE computer? Write the program on the
> > computer, transfer it over, and since many of them have modem capabilities,
> > download ZShell games onto it. If you had a wireless modem, you could do it
> > during school, and no one would notice...
>
> What is the benefit of this? It might be done if there's interest...
>
> > ...And I know that Mel Tsai is working on an Expander that uses a memory
> > chip, but why not build one that uses standard PCMCIA Flash Memory cards?
> > It's worth a shot...
>
> I think a PCMCIA slot is all too complicated to be fitted on a TI.
I also agree the idea of PCMCIA is COOL but pcmcia cards are not cheep and to interface to them would be a bitch (excuse my
language)
>
> -Ozone
>
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