Re: TI-H: Expander SF

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Re: TI-H: Expander SF

The cable breaks inside often. I have seen two of them like that. I 
tried fixing one, and had no luck, but the other one worked fine after 
putting a TI-TI cable on it (mine, one end broke off so I cut it in 
half). I don't use the bulky ESF box and cable. I make them into 
cartridges that plug into a tiny port I created for the calcs. I have 
instructions on building the ESF SPinTerface Cart and the SPinTerface 
Port itself.

The port is tiny and the cartridge is only 1.5" x 7/8" x 1/4" in size! 
It is so small that I lay it ontop of my screen and slide the calculator 
cover over it to store it! You simply plug it in or unplug it! It's best 
to do it with the calc off, but it shouldn't matter. basicly, anything 
that you should or shouldn't do with the original, you follow with the 
cart

It isn't that dificult to build yourself if you are good with 
electronics.

If you are afraid to touch inside your calc, email me and I can talk 
about converting it for you. I also do free turbos when I install the 
SPinTerface Port.

>
>Awhile ago I got parts for a ESF (original box and chip from Mel; he
>build it) and haven't gotten it to work yet. I have tried it on several
>TI-85's and none of them seem to be able to connect to it. He told me
>(Mel) that the link port can be bad and that might be the reason it
>doesn't work. Can anyone tell me how it could support linking to a
>computer but not the ESF? As far as I know it's a electrical connection
>that if it works for one thing it SHOULD work for the other; shouldn't
>it?! Anyone with ideas it would be nice. I've looked at the board; it
>all checks out fine. Does anyone have a working one with a logic probe
>that can tell me what I should expect and where?
>
>


Richard Piotter

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