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Re: TI-H: Hello




Part 161-2502  Cost 1.27

Fits the PCB too...

>To fix it, order another jack from www.mouser.com or www.digikey.com  Make
>sure it is 2.5mm or 3/32 (i think).  Also, make sure it is stereo.  Replace
>it.
>
>
>-Robert Brack
>
>reb@netride.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: C T X1WV1 <CTX1WV1@aol.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 11:21 AM
>Subject: TI-H: Hello
>
>
>>
>>Hi.
>>I just wanted to let everyone know I have joined, and to ask a few
>questions.
>>I recently found that the brittle plastic in the linkport on my TI-92
>snapped,
>>causing the contact for the first ring to be exposed, and to break off
>where
>>it was soldered to the board.  I am currently using a setup with a wire
>>wrapped around the 2nd ring of my GraphLink cable and layed into the calc
>to
>>touch the old solder where the contact used to be.  I would appreciate any
>>ideas on how to fix this.  (I don't want to have to send it back to TI, and
>I
>>don't even know if the warantee will cover it...it probably won't.)
>>I have been reading the archive of this list, and have noticed a few
>projects
>>that I find interesting. One would be the network hub that...if memory
>>serves...supports up to 128 connections, and can connect everything from Ti
>>calcs to PCs, and anything in-between.  Another thing I would like to see
>>finished soon would be the EII.  The other projects that seem interesting
>are
>>the IR link, and (if anyone decides to build it) the RF link.
>>I am new to the world of TI Calcs and the world of hardware, but find both
>>interesting, and have decided to pick up electronics as a hobby, if for
>>nothing else, to build interesting attatchments for my 92.
>>
>>                                                      -Tom (C-T-X1WV1)
>>