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TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Posted by Eric on 11 May 2002, 22:25 GMT

Several people have alerted me to an interesting new piece of hardware mentioned on Page 8 of the recent TI-Cares publication- a full-sized QWERTY keyboard that hooks up into your calculator's link port. A couple keyboard projects have been in the works lately by independent developers, but apparently TI has decided to make their own official version. More news to come? Hopefully...

 


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Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Michael Vincent  Account Info
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I have a much better picture; click the URL link for this post. I scanned that off the back of the CD case for the TI CD that came with a USB graphlink. Apparently it's not released yet, but the ad indicates it's available.

     12 May 2002, 03:39 GMT

Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
esweecoo  Account Info
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cool!! i would get it just for the stand!!!

     12 May 2002, 03:54 GMT

Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
MathJMendl  Account Info
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Cool keyboard, but I think TI needs to hire new graphic designers. Eww.

     12 May 2002, 20:47 GMT


Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Transfer documents between your computer AND AND TI technology using the free Notefolio computer software...

nice grammar check, guys...

     17 May 2002, 07:02 GMT

Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
ravage485  Account Info
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Ok i was shopping around to see if anyone had a beta keyboard and i found myself laughing my arse off after reading this page.

http:// www.amazon. com/exec/ obidos /search -handle- url/ index =electronics &field-keywords =Ti&bq =1/102-2617666 -1896921

No spaces. Everyone MUST read the prices on the 83 and 83+silver LOL

     12 May 2002, 05:26 GMT


Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
343GuiltySpark  Account Info
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$169 for an SE and $120 for an 83+ ... why so much? At those prices, you're better off getting an 86, or if you're a little richer, an 89 ...
Of course, those are the list prices ... but you're still better off getting the calculators I previously mentioned ...

     12 May 2002, 06:03 GMT

Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Boggy_B
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its 139 for an SE...and 69 for an 83+

     12 May 2002, 14:48 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
MathJMendl  Account Info
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The $69 for the TI-83+ is for used ones. They are at $99 new, but out of stock, so I guess TI isn't making new ones. They probably want to eke out more money from the crowd whose schools tell them to get TI-83+'s.

     12 May 2002, 20:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
RCTParRoThEaD  Account Info
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$99 for an 83 & $67 for an 83+? <sob>I LOVE MY 83+!</sob>

     17 May 2002, 02:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
MathJMendl  Account Info
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You're looking at retail prices. They show those to try to show how they have good prices. dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Calculators/ TI_Graphing_Calculators/Vendors (without the space) shows more places to buy TI calcs.

     12 May 2002, 20:50 GMT

Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
joelt  Account Info
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This will probably turn into something like with the connector cables. There is already a working program for it (check URL: It includes, I believe source for both a mouse and a kbd). TI will probably make an inferior product that costs too much.

     12 May 2002, 06:12 GMT

Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Barrett Anderson  Account Info
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hold your calc up to your keyboard and look at that one pic that that one guy scanned (few posts above).... THAT KEYBOARD IS FREEKING TINY... your fingers will probably only be able to press 8 buttons at a time.... geez... the palm collapseable keyboard is what they should be aiming for... i actually used it once...

     12 May 2002, 07:11 GMT

Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Michael Vincent  Account Info
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It looks close to a subnotebook's keyboard size to me. You'll be able to type fine.

     12 May 2002, 08:26 GMT

TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
benryves Account Info
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I think that TI are wasting their time:
I use the QWERTY Ion program on my calc that allows you to turn the calc on its side and type in that way. I have only been using it about two days and I can type pretty fast (though it is still a lot faster to just stick on the ALock and type using those keys).
TI should make some funkier hardware addons, like external memory modules for my 83+ (For apps, they're too big!)
Even cooler would be an on-calc assembler (like TASM).
You can already write asm in HEX on the thing, so why not create an app or similar that compiles 'English' style assembler (you know, stuff like 'ld a,4' or 'out (bport),a'. It is too slow to keep on having to recompile and send the file accross.
BTW, is it true that VTI only supports TI83Plus ROMs up to version 1.10? My calc came with 1.13, and now runs 1.14. The ROM-dump just gets up to 512K then knackers the calc!
Oh, and I just released my first ASM program- a system info program. click the 'Web Page' link to check it out.

     12 May 2002, 11:16 GMT

Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Michael Vincent  Account Info
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No, it supports up to 1.12. 1.13 and 1.14 won't work.

     12 May 2002, 15:54 GMT


Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Paul Joyner  Account Info
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That's wierd. I got a ROM image off of my 1.14 once. It didn't work with vTI, but it didn't screw up my calc.

     12 May 2002, 16:50 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
esweecoo  Account Info
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whats a subnotebook?

     12 May 2002, 21:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Michael Vincent  Account Info
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A size of laptop...From larger to smallest you have, laptop, notebook, and subnotebook.

     12 May 2002, 23:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Okay, so what is an iBook?

iThink
iWill
bSick

     14 May 2002, 21:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Chivo  Account Info

iBook is a notebook version of iMac. (iMac is technically just a laptop in a bubble anyway)

     15 May 2002, 21:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
lord_nightrose Account Info
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lol

     17 May 2002, 07:06 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
ac

God is on the forum!
All bow to the best programer since Nagel!
w00T!

     17 May 2002, 22:34 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Chickendude  Account Info
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Thanks, I'm really flattered... What? You weren't talking about me? Oh well.
w00t!

     18 May 2002, 23:16 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
RCTParRoThEaD  Account Info
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WE ARE NOT WORTHY TO HIM!!! WE ARE SCUMB! WE SUCK!

     20 May 2002, 22:33 GMT


Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
MathJMendl  Account Info
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I wonder if they could get the same people behind the Stoaway keyboard to produce one that's TI compatible.

     12 May 2002, 20:52 GMT


Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
MathJMendl  Account Info
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Your url didn't work, ticalc probably cut off the end of it. I don't see why they have such a low character limit for urls.

     12 May 2002, 20:51 GMT

Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
joelt  Account Info
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Go to the above link, click suggestions, then find the ti-mouse one. It has some stuff about a keyboard, including a driver by DarkAngel of Total Destruction fame.

     12 May 2002, 21:58 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
joelt  Account Info
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Ok, click the above link, then add
71.topic
to it. It should work. There is apparently a working driver at http:// thezfiles.ifrance.com/thezfiles/ kbdtsr.zip

     15 May 2002, 05:30 GMT


Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
rmohr02 Account Info
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I don't see why they don't allow tags like <I> <EM> <B> <STRONG> <OL> <UL> <LI> <BLOCKQUOTE> <A> and <SPAN>.

     12 May 2002, 23:07 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
MathJMendl  Account Info
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Because the ticalc.org coders are lazy.

     13 May 2002, 21:15 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
rmohr02 Account Info
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But /code supports those tags....

     13 May 2002, 22:48 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I think they should allow <SCRIPT> (Muahahaha! I like to make evil javascript effects!)

     14 May 2002, 02:20 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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<SCRIPT><!--
for (a=100;a>=0;a--){
alert("You will receive this message "+a+" more times!);
}
//--></SCRIPT>

     14 May 2002, 21:39 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Chivo  Account Info

need closing quote " in there.

     14 May 2002, 22:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Oh, geez, you're right! *slaps head*

     15 May 2002, 02:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
RCTParRoThEaD  Account Info
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I accidentally messed up the michaelv.org forum (I AM SOOOOO SORRY!) by using layers. Well, i learned that layers are relative to a site and not to a post.



To Michael Vincent: I AM SOOO SORRY ABOUT THAT!

     15 May 2002, 04:51 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
Michael Vincent  Account Info
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It's people like you that caused me to block HTML on the Radical Software forum...Hopefully I can leave it on michaelv.org though...

     15 May 2002, 07:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
rmohr02 Account Info
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Why not this:

<SCRIPT>
<!--
function screwUser() {
alert("You're screwed");
screwUser();
}

screwUser();
-->
</SCRIPT>

     17 May 2002, 00:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Yeah, sure... then people would be loading compiled JSCript viruses on here JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN, not to mention every other exploit POSSIBLE.

     16 May 2002, 18:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
MathJMendl  Account Info
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Once you have a popular site up and going well, the lazy thing to do is just to leave it. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." That said, I think ticalc should use SlashCode.

     14 May 2002, 02:43 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
343GuiltySpark  Account Info
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But converting everything to Slashcode would be a little time-consuming, wouldn't it? And didn't I hear something about the ticalc staff being lazy?
Besides, the staff is already overworked and can boast that all of their scripts are self-made (in other words, no copy-pasting).

     14 May 2002, 04:04 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TI-Keyboard: Coming Soon?
lord_nightrose Account Info
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JUST LIKE MINE! WHEeeeeeeeeeeEEeeEeeeEEEEee! (since I got home from school my mind stayed behind...)

     16 May 2002, 18:18 GMT

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