Re: TI-H: New Cases

To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: Re: TI-H: New Cases
From: "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:54:01 -0500
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

The new expander that everyone is working on.

-----Original Message-----
From: William Scherber <scherberwill@hotmail.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: New Cases


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>Not to sound suptid but,
>What is an EII?
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>>>I just subscribed (again, for the second time :-) and I've been 
>following
>>>the posts about the new case idea on ticalc.org.  I'm confused.
>>
>>:)
>>
>>Grant, were
>>>you going to build something (I thought maybe a chip or something) 
>into the
>>>case, or would that be done separetly, by us?  And what will the 
>dimensions
>>>be?  Not too big, obviously.
>>
>>If robert wants, I can get a fab company to build a 512k EII, IR link,
>>keyboard, and all of the stuff I said before.  The cost os $20 for 100.
>>The only catch is taht you have to buy at least 100 at a time so there 
>has
>>to be 100 people willing to buy it...
>>
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>>>    I like this idea of the "piggy back" design, where you use the 
>front
>>>cover from the old calc.  Are the 83 and 86 the same size, and the 82 
>and 85
>>>the same size?  I would think it would be the other way around.
>>
>>The 83/86 and 82/85 are the same.  You're right...
>>
>>>    What are the features?  So far, I've gathered that they are:
>>>Stereo speakers (w/ volume)
>>>IR Link
>>>parallel port
>>>serial port
>>>EII
>>You forgot:
>>
>>Mini keyboard
>>mouse...
>>
>>I have a working (kinda) prototype of this.  Infaread is cool...  It 
>will
>>plug into modified keyboards...  When using parallel/serial devices you
>>plug in a high density plug.  Its a special plug since having 2 25pin 
>plugs
>>would have no purpose...
>>
>>
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