Re: TI-H: New cases
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Re: TI-H: New cases
The cart would be a good idea, but it would make the price go up by about
4$ per board! Companies when they fab stuff want to put stuff where they
want so telling them what to do costs money. Plus with an IR link you can
transfer files faster. Also, I might make a SRAM with removable carts.
That would work better...
>-----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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