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Re: TI-H: New Cases




You mean the one grant is working on!  When Eudora isn't beeping the
arrival of mail from TIH I'm working on it!

>The new expander that everyone is working on.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: William Scherber <scherberwill@hotmail.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 5:33 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: New Cases
>
>
>>
>>
>>Not to sound suptid but,
>>What is an EII?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I just subscribed (again, for the second time :-) and I've been
>>following
>>>>the posts about the new case idea on ticalc.org.  I'm confused.
>>>
>>>:)
>>>
>>>Grant, were
>>>>you going to build something (I thought maybe a chip or something)
>>into the
>>>>case, or would that be done separetly, by us?  And what will the
>>dimensions
>>>>be?  Not too big, obviously.
>>>
>>>If robert wants, I can get a fab company to build a 512k EII, IR link,
>>>keyboard, and all of the stuff I said before.  The cost os $20 for 100.
>>>The only catch is taht you have to buy at least 100 at a time so there
>>has
>>>to be 100 people willing to buy it...
>>>
>>>
>>>>    I like this idea of the "piggy back" design, where you use the
>>front
>>>>cover from the old calc.  Are the 83 and 86 the same size, and the 82
>>and 85
>>>>the same size?  I would think it would be the other way around.
>>>
>>>The 83/86 and 82/85 are the same.  You're right...
>>>
>>>>    What are the features?  So far, I've gathered that they are:
>>>>Stereo speakers (w/ volume)
>>>>IR Link
>>>>parallel port
>>>>serial port
>>>>EII
>>>You forgot:
>>>
>>>Mini keyboard
>>>mouse...
>>>
>>>I have a working (kinda) prototype of this.  Infaread is cool...  It
>>will
>>>plug into modified keyboards...  When using parallel/serial devices you
>>>plug in a high density plug.  Its a special plug since having 2 25pin
>>plugs
>>>would have no purpose...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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