Re: TI-H: EII questions
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Re: TI-H: EII questions
Well, the original idea was for it to have a port on it anyway so that you
wouldn't have to ever unplug the Expander. That idea was already
implemented. I just thought that 'IF' it were going to be plugged in all
the time, it would be anoying to have a box on a cable hanging around all
the time. Understand? So I thought it should be flush and nice looking.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat P Jolkovski <patj123@juno.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 1:13 PM
Subject: 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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