Print/price question - RE: TI-H: Why expander? Why compress? Use a FDD!
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Print/price question - RE: TI-H: Why expander? Why compress? Use a FDD!
This brings an interesting question. How many would be interested in high
density for $20 (7 - 14 ports) or low density for $10 (4 port). Then how
many people would be interested in a text printer parallel/serial interface
for arround $8?
> Another thought: I know that the CalcNet will never be finished.
>It will be released, but Grant will want to add more features every week,
>and the
Nope. Actually I will only release the bare system. I was lucky to fit
that in flash. The computer/add on things will controll more features.
I'm making the 4 port for $10 and the 16 port for $20. All of the other
things that I could make would plug into port 4 or 16 and communicate
specially.
CalcNet will come with a free dose of built in obsolescence. Add a floppy
drive, and instead of Grant having to send out new chips, he sends out AVR
code (encrypted is necessary), and one AVR reads the data and updates the
code! Kind of like a flash ROM BIOS update on a PC.
Well, it still could be copied very easily, then I would have a hard time
earning money for college.
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Grant Stockly
AppleCyber - http://www.alaska.net/~gussie