Re: TI-H: nifty idea...

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Subject: Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
From: "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:07:20 -0500
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

Hey, find out how much one costs and where to get it.  I've been looking for
one (plastic mold injection).  If I can get one, I can make my own key w/EL
lights, enough room for everything inside the calc, and a AA battery holder
w/out an external box!  I could then sell these cases for a reasonable
price!  If anyone knows where I can get one, let me know!

                                                                            
    -Robert Brack

reb@netride.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Rapp <jrapp@geocities.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: nifty idea...


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>-----Original Message-----
>From: KrazyJolt <KrazyJolt@aol.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 4:24 PM
>Subject: TI-H: nifty idea...
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>>
>>I read in thursday's NY times in the "circuits" section that guys are
doing
>>the same thing to palm pilots as we are to calcs...   so i'm going to
steal
>an
>>idea and make a proposal:   completely remake the shell (plastic part)
>>there could be a plug cover to reduce damage to the port
>>also a new type of battery case:
>>  ____
>>  |      |
>>  |  .   |
>>  |      |   /
>>  |      |  /
>>  |      |./
>>  | ___|
>>the thing sticking out snaps back and holds the battery...
>>dots are the positive and negative contacts to battery
>>
>>also
>>you can rebuild the case to be clear plastic!  some guy did it with a palm
>>pilot..
>>
>>also...
>>tell me if you can have contacts to plug in to a 5v thing that plugs into
>the
>>wall.  (from battery chargers, stereos, etc)
>>
>>also...
>>(thought this up myself)  you can make a special snap so you don't have to
>pry
>>the sides and risk breaking the little things that stick out when you want
>to
>>open the thing.   anyway here are some palm pilot hardware sites:
>>www.roadcoders.com/pilot/sites.html
>>www.tt.rim.or.jp/`tatsuski/pilot2.html
>>
>>
>>let me know if any of these are not possible
>>
>>
>Sounds like a good idea, but it would require that plastic mold injection,
>which I beleive is kinda costly.  It would be great because you would have
>room to add more things to your calc.
>
>Jeff Rapp
>jrapp@geocities.com
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