Re: TI-H: Parallel Memory expansion


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Re: TI-H: Parallel Memory expansion



When will the two new Expanders be coming out?  I remember the original
one took about three months, but you still have not updated your expander
web page....

-Robert Baumann
 On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Mel Tsai wrote:

> >What's up w/ the Expander III?  You don't have anything on your page
> >about it...  Is it just what you are already planning on calling the
> >next design, when these other chips run out, etc.?
> 
> 
> Well, I wanted the Expander II to be simple but at the same time
> cheap.  However, with the power that a microcontroller brings us, it
> would seem a shame to build an expander without some cool new
> "features."  So basically the Expander II will fill just the "more
> memory" niche and the Expander III will be more for the "power user."
> As of now there are 5 new features planned for the Expander III,
> including a true RS232 modem interface, an IR link, and 8 bit sound.
> Maybe more, maybe less.
> 
> -Mel
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> -The TI-Memory Expansion Homepage
> -http://www.egr.msu.edu/~tsaimelv/expander.htm
> 

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove
all doubt."
 -Abraham Lincoln 


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