Re: TI-H: New cases
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Re: TI-H: New cases
Trust me if you guys work together and come through with this you'll make
some big bucks i know at least 20 people at my school that would buy it !
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> From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
> To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: TI-H: New cases
> Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 10:53 PM
>
>
> If you can wait about two weeks, I can draw up the board for the
> keyboard/EII/IR/parallel/and serial all in one chip! Just give me the
time
> and we can turn this into a very good partnership! Imagine the envy from
> the HPies! We will have a see through case/touch screen/parallel
> printing/serial interface/keyboard/EII/IR all in the same case! I will
> make the boards using surface mount and get a prefab company to build
them.
> They will cost about $20 with all parts, and your case will most likely
> cost $20. How many people would buy this for $60 - 70:
>
> Keyboard (AT)
> EII (512k)
> IR
> Parallel (printing)
> serial (everything)
> touch screen? (maybe?)
> digital clock/calendar/date thingy
>
> I can already imagine the HP people... :) They will have 286 compared
to
> our SuperSGIs... :D (Silicon Graphics makes some of the best computers
in
> the world, for about... $50,000 of course you can get a cray 0/0[bare no
> mem/hd/processors] for $500,000. Thats the air cooled one)
>
> This should be fun!
>
> > OK. I have to get opinions on what features you want on the new
> >cases. Colors: so far my choices (These are th CHEAP ones): black, red,
> >puke green. Puke green can be for the labels maybe? Features:
> >SPinTerface port, 3.5mm link port, direct bus access, panel for custom
> >switches, incl. turbo, keyboard connector, slot for docking station (may
> >be an option in the future), AA battery holder, joystick port (maybe),
> >room for touch screen. All the extra connectors will be punch-out
(unless
> >specified). Any ideas, let me know.
> >
> > -Robert
Brack
> >
reb@netride.com
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> >opinions on what features you want on the new cases. Colors: so
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> >choices (These are th CHEAP ones): black, red, puke green. Puke
> >green can
> >be for the labels maybe? Features: SPinTerface port, 3.5mm link
port,
> >direct bus access, panel for custom switches, incl. turbo, keyboard
connector,
> >slot for docking station (may be an option in the future), AA battery
holder,
> >joystick port (maybe), room for touch screen. All the extra
connectors
> >will be punch-out (unless specified). Any ideas, let me
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