Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
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Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
-----Original Message-----
From: KrazyJolt <KrazyJolt@aol.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 4:24 PM
Subject: TI-H: nifty idea...
>
>I read in thursday's NY times in the "circuits" section that guys are doing
>the same thing to palm pilots as we are to calcs... so i'm going to steal
an
>idea and make a proposal: completely remake the shell (plastic part)
>there could be a plug cover to reduce damage to the port
>also a new type of battery case:
> ____
> | |
> | . |
> | | /
> | | /
> | |./
> | ___|
>the thing sticking out snaps back and holds the battery...
>dots are the positive and negative contacts to battery
>
>also
>you can rebuild the case to be clear plastic! some guy did it with a palm
>pilot..
>
>also...
>tell me if you can have contacts to plug in to a 5v thing that plugs into
the
>wall. (from battery chargers, stereos, etc)
>
>also...
>(thought this up myself) you can make a special snap so you don't have to
pry
>the sides and risk breaking the little things that stick out when you want
to
>open the thing. anyway here are some palm pilot hardware sites:
>www.roadcoders.com/pilot/sites.html
>www.tt.rim.or.jp/`tatsuski/pilot2.html
>
>
>let me know if any of these are not possible
>
>
Sounds like a good idea, but it would require that plastic mold injection,
which I beleive is kinda costly. It would be great because you would have
room to add more things to your calc.
Jeff Rapp
jrapp@geocities.com