Re: TI-H: Advanced Link port


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Re: TI-H: Advanced Link port




MPJA.  640X480, oh, it's B&W.

Oops!


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Hill <gregh@xmission.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: Advanced Link port


>
>On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Robert Brack wrote:
>
>> thing to be done is to enlarge the LCD and teach the calculator how to
>> use it.  This I/O adapter might work.  Hey, you could get a color LCD,
>> like in a laptop, for about $50.  Then use it for school presentations! 
>
>Umm, no. I work at a closeout place where everything comes in EXTREMELY
>cheap. Like Visual Studio 97 in the box for $100. MS Natural keyboards for
>about $20. We had 8MB DIMMs being SOLD for $10. But large color LCD panels
>just can't be had for a small price.  We had 30 Sharp LQ10D421 panels come
>in and I went looking for info on them the minute I realized they were
>there. Turns out it is a 640x480 color screen with CCFT backlight..
>overall, a very nice screen. The whole lot of them (30, remember) sold for
>$12,000. That's $600 each. There is NO way anybody will sell you a laptop
>LCD panel in working order for anywhere near $50. 
>
>-- 
>Greg Hill
>greg-hill@bigfoot.com
>www.comports.com/link
>
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