Re: TI-H: EII questions


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Re: TI-H: EII questions




That's a good Idea, but if you do that, you would eather have to give up
you link port for good, or make a place where you can plug it into the
expander and the calc will still notice that it is there.  Other than
that, It's a good idea.
	Pat
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On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:46:02 -0400 "Kevin Buck" <mckbuck@coastalnet.com>
writes:
>
>One important question...
>
>Ok, if people are talking about leaving the EII plugged in to the link 
>port
>all the time, won't it not only cause a problem w/ the processor 
>slowing to
>a crawl, or temporarialy freezing (until it is removed, as has been
>demostrated on several occasions w/ link port hardware items other 
>than from
>TI)?  But also is it going to be like the original ESF in which, it is 
>a box
>and a cable w/ a plug?  If so, won't this be irritating to leaved 
>plugged in
>24/7?  Someone ought to design it be flush w/ the entire bottom of the 
>calc,
>so it would be just as thick, or thinner than the calc itself,  I did 
>a
>little ASCII artwork to help picture my idea:
>
> ______________
>|2+2           |
>|             4|
>|          Done|
>|              |
>|______________|
>|F1 F2 F3 F4 F5|
>|2ND       UP  |
>|ALP     <-  ->|
>|         DOWN |
>|              |
>|   7 8 9      |
>|   4 5 6      |
>|   1 2 3      |
>|ON 0 . _ ENTER|
>|______________|
>
>Ok, there's an existing calculator, let's say the EII should look like 
>this
>on the bottom:
>
>|~~~4 5 6~~~~~~|
>|   1 2 3      |
>|ON 0 . _ ENTER|
>|______________|
>|Here's the EII|
>|______________|
>
>See how the EII is flush w/ the bottom of the calc, and isn't in the 
>way of
>work?  And there's no box on a chord hanging down.  This way, it could 
>be
>left on, and if it looks good enough, glued on I suppose.  And, it 
>isn't in
>the way of the cover.  It will probably just add about an inch or so 
>to the
>overall length.  Of course, it will either be plugged into the link 
>port
>anyway, but a firmly mounted plug so it won't fall back and forth, not 
>one
>that moves, or wired directly through the bottom, even allowing once 
>again
>for it to be powered by the calculators batteries.And if you can't 
>read my
>ASCII drawing, try copying and pasting it into Notepad in Windows.  I 
>think
>I did a right nice job myself.
>
>

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