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Wow, those are pretty high-res pictures he has... how did he take those?
Is the VS port attached with ribbon cables? Does it take a lot of the extra
space inside the back of the TI-89?
-Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: Off Topic | Was:(Re: A89: Libs)
>and if you want to know a bit more about the inner workings of the ti89
>look at http://d188.ryd.student.liu.se/ti89/
>It has some text written by a friend of mine.. he fiddles quite a lot with
the
>hardware of his 89. (I don't think I have seen his 89 screwed together even
>once.. :)
>It is his calc on the pictures.. I think it's time soon for some more scans
>where you can see the modifications he have done..
>among other things he is putting in an internal speaker.. (nothing about
that on
>the homepage though..)
>
>//Olle
>
>Miles Raymond wrote:
>
>> Actually, I was being serious... I thought that because the TI-89 is
more
>> complex and has a greater mass (weigh it if you don't believe me) than
the
>> TI-86, that there would be less space inside, but that is not the case...
>> We (David Philips (TI-86) and I (TI-89)) took apart our calculators in
>> Physics class and found out. The TI-86 has two boards, one for the
>> keyboard/mainboard, and the other for the angled LCD. The bad thing
about
>> that is the mass of ribbon wires that connect the two together. The
TI-89
>> has only one board, and that is why the display is parallel to the
>> faceplate, not because of the problem of space restrictions on the
inside.
>> The TI-89 board was also a lot less complex-looking than the TI-86
boards.
>> The TI-89 only had 3 microchips on the board in plain sight, whereas the
>> TI-86 had more than 5. If there were no case or power involved, one woul
d
>> assume that the TI-86 were better because of the number of components it
>> has.
>>
>> If I had the money, I would purchase a VS TI-89 and see how the VS
connecter
>> is attached to the board.
>>
>> There is enough room to add a PCcard or maybe two CF slots inside the
back
>> of the TI-89. If I knew how to write drivers for either of those, I just
>> might work on it...
>>
>> -Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
>> ICQ: 13217756 IRC: Killer2 AIM: MRayMan
>> http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_rayman/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Risher <billr1@midsouth.net>
>> To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 5:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: No Topic | Was:(Re: A89: Libs)
>>
>> >>OT: Has anyone else taken their TI-89 apart? I had to take it apart to
>> >>clean the keys (because someone spilled Fruitopia on it... grr...) and
I
>> >>noticed that the majority of the space inside the case is wasted...
>> >
>> >I have taken mine apart numerous times to fix various problems with the
>> >link port and keys. I will be doing it again soon to solder in a new
link
>> >port. The slim interior design leaves a LOT of empty space. I use it
to
>> >hold a little baggie with the screws in (i dont think ill ever put em
back
>> >in the calc unless i need to) and to smuggle stuff.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Bill Risher Sparr UIN:1952775 ._, . . .
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