Re: TI-H: New cases
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Re: TI-H: New cases
both of those have been done/thought off
spinterface has been made for months ...thats the conector.
and i said make color coded injection molded spinterface cartriges a
wile back.
:)
sorry to burst ya bubble
:)
>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
>
>
>>
>>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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>>>opinions on what features you want on the new cases. Colors: so
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>>>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
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