Re: TI-H: Comments on List, and other things...(Please read.)

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Subject: Re: TI-H: Comments on List, and other things...(Please read.)
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 10:08:25 -0800 (AKDT)
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****>Projects need be neither practical nor necessary to be valuable.****

READ Mel  :)


>- A true RS232 interface for the TI92. This opens up all kinds of
>possibilities for connecting my 92 to other devices.

I posted source code for one of these.

>- An IRDA interface. This is a standard infrared interface that is
>increasingly used by PCs and palmtops. It would be nice to be able to
>connect my 92 to my PC without messing with the wire.

This is the only hard one.  I might not want to post source to this because
it took me weeks to even get it to respond.  Right now I havn't even got
the entire stack programmed.  :\

>- A parallel printer interface. Unlike the HP calculators, the TI has no
>standard printer. A parallel printer interface allows me to use a cheap PC
>printer for hardcopy output.

I posted source code for one of these.

>- An RF interface. RF transciever modules are dropping like crazy in price,
>for example, see the Parallax site.

Parallax's RF module is just as good as a tin can string telephone.  There
are some others for about $50 that are well worht it.  Combine them with
the serial interface and you've got an RF interface.

>- An I/O box for the 92. This connects to the link port and provides digital
>I/O, analog inputs & outputs, and period and frequency measurement. This
>will be similar to TI's CBL, but provide many more features. I'm most likely
>going to use a Basic STAMP.