Re: TI-H: New Cases

To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: Re: TI-H: New Cases
From: "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:23:08 -0500
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org


>You mean the one grant is working on!  When Eudora isn't beeping the
>arrival of mail from TIH I'm working on it!

Great!

>>The new expander that everyone is working on.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: William Scherber <scherberwill@hotmail.com>
>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 5:33 PM
>>Subject: Re: TI-H: New Cases
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Not to sound suptid but,
>>>What is an EII?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I just subscribed (again, for the second time :-) and I've been
>>>following
>>>>>the posts about the new case idea on ticalc.org.  I'm confused.
>>>>
>>>>:)
>>>>
>>>>Grant, were
>>>>>you going to build something (I thought maybe a chip or something)
>>>into the
>>>>>case, or would that be done separetly, by us?  And what will the
>>>dimensions
>>>>>be?  Not too big, obviously.
>>>>
>>>>If robert wants, I can get a fab company to build a 512k EII, IR link,
>>>>keyboard, and all of the stuff I said before.  The cost os $20 for 100.
>>>>The only catch is taht you have to buy at least 100 at a time so there
>>>has
>>>>to be 100 people willing to buy it...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>    I like this idea of the "piggy back" design, where you use the
>>>front
>>>>>cover from the old calc.  Are the 83 and 86 the same size, and the 82
>>>and 85
>>>>>the same size?  I would think it would be the other way around.
>>>>
>>>>The 83/86 and 82/85 are the same.  You're right...
>>>>
>>>>>    What are the features?  So far, I've gathered that they are:
>>>>>Stereo speakers (w/ volume)
>>>>>IR Link
>>>>>parallel port
>>>>>serial port
>>>>>EII
>>>>You forgot:
>>>>
>>>>Mini keyboard
>>>>mouse...
>>>>
>>>>I have a working (kinda) prototype of this.  Infaread is cool...  It
>>>will
>>>>plug into modified keyboards...  When using parallel/serial devices you
>>>>plug in a high density plug.  Its a special plug since having 2 25pin
>>>plugs
>>>>would have no purpose...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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