RE: TI-H:calc 3.5mm plug

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Subject: RE: TI-H:calc 3.5mm plug
From: "Javier" <grijalba@cvtci.com.ar>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 01:13:46 -0300
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org


I tried with a standard 2.5mm plug, but somehow ti ones are different (tip
is a bit longer).
So I just used a 2.5mm stereo plug female,a 25 pin connector and the
original calc to calc cable.Works nice and is cheap :-)
Javier

-----Mensaje original-----
De: John Teffer <jdteffer@c4.net>
Para: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Fecha: Miércoles 20 de Octubre de 1999 22:05 p.m.
Asunto: Re: TI-H:calc 3.5mm plug


>
>Kaus wrote:
>>
>> no offense intended to the people who were writing on this topic,
>
>None taken. :)
>
>> but i have
>> been reading with amusement and am almost embarrassed that you had to
look
>> up the size of the plug.
>
>I should be able to tell by looking?  Or I should memorize the
>size of every plug in my house?
>
>> and no, they are not "surplus ti
>> plugs" at bgmicro.  Forgive me, but that is a pretty dumbass idea if you
ask
>> me.  Many companies sell such parts, and 90degree plugs are an industry
>> standard option.  I dont think it is very odd at all that bgmicro would
sell
>> them.
>
>I was under the impression that bgmicro was a surplus electronics
>catalog.  I had also heard that TI was now using a different type
>of link cables.  Never mind the fact that the picture looks
>identical to the cable from my 83, and the cable length is within
>an inch of being the same.
>
>I'm sorry for not being up on the standards of the 90 degree plug industry.
>
>Hoping my future ideas decrease in dumbassity,
>
>-John
>
>--
>Imagine me in tin foil. Ok stop now. That was fun, wasn't it? -
>Corn Syrup
>--
>
>

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