Re: TI-H: New expander


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Re: TI-H: New expander




You are correct on how to insure the life of the expander. What happened with
the TI calc cable plans when made public? Everyone started making and selling
them dropping price and increasing interest and support. You should do the
same and hope for the same effect!

Grant Stockly wrote:

> >Hey grant,
> >
> >now with this stuff about using dram instead of flash chips, and about
> >interfacing ide drives, instead of just modifying the e2, why not make a
> >completely new expander? This is a small list I compiled of things that I
> >would like to see in the new expander:
> >
> >1) Cheap DRAM chips (1 to 2 megs)
> >2) Plug in an IDE hd
> >3) Lower cost
> >4) I2C interface (for multiuser and stuff)
> >5) BackupMaster -> have the ability to switch between a few banks, so you
> >can have a bank for the 85, a bank for an 83, so on.)
> >6) Maybe an improved expansion port
> >7) Whatever other stuff people have in mind
> >
> >sorry about not having the scancodes up, but i had school stuff to do. my
> >bad. i'm going to do it right now.
>
> I'm going to post ALL of the AVR code so it doesn't end up like Mel and
> "Bryan"'s "E"s.  :)
>
> We could even interface DRAM chips to the link port directly...  (Maybe
> not, but...)


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