Re: TI-H: New cases


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Re: TI-H: New cases




Awesome!  As for the EII, I got a great idea in class today.  Why not make
color-coded boxes, like gameboy cartiges, that plug into the back!!!  We
could find some kind of small connector to do that with.  TI-calcs beat the
(pants?) out of the HPs!


-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: New cases


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>If you can wait about two weeks, I can draw up the board for the
>keyboard/EII/IR/parallel/and serial all in one chip!  Just give me the time
>and we can turn this into a very good partnership!  Imagine the envy from
>the HPies!  We will have a see through case/touch screen/parallel
>printing/serial interface/keyboard/EII/IR all in the same case!  I will
>make the boards using surface mount and get a prefab company to build them.
>They will cost about $20 with all parts, and your case will most likely
>cost $20.  How many people would buy this for $60 - 70:
>
>Keyboard (AT)
>EII (512k)
>IR
>Parallel (printing)
>serial (everything)
>touch screen? (maybe?)
>digital clock/calendar/date thingy
>
>I can already imagine the HP people...  :)  They will have 286 compared to
>our SuperSGIs...  :D  (Silicon Graphics makes some of the best computers in
>the world, for about... $50,000 of course you can get a cray 0/0[bare no
>mem/hd/processors] for $500,000.  Thats the air cooled one)
>
>This should be fun!
>
>>    OK.  I have to get opinions on what features you want on the new
>>cases.  Colors: so far my choices (These are th CHEAP ones): black, red,
>>puke green.  Puke green can be for the labels maybe?  Features:
>>SPinTerface port, 3.5mm link port, direct bus access, panel for custom
>>switches, incl. turbo, keyboard connector, slot for docking station (may
>>be an option in the future), AA battery holder, joystick port (maybe),
>>room for touch screen.  All the extra connectors will be punch-out (unless
>>specified).  Any ideas, let me know.
>>
>>                                                            -Robert Brack
>>
reb@netride.com
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