Post by: KermMartian on January 07, 2007, 10:29:00 am
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| As far as what I'm making, I'm trying to cook up the most advanced and attractive and far-out calculator possible. Current plans: Post by: graywolf on January 07, 2007, 11:25:00 am 
Post by: KermMartian on January 07, 2007, 11:30:00 am
Thanks, I do what I can. I also hope to get some pix of the backlit screen in action tonight. Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 07, 2007, 11:36:00 am
Post by: graywolf on January 07, 2007, 11:42:00 am Post by: kirbykook on January 07, 2007, 11:51:00 am Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 07, 2007, 11:53:00 am Post by: KermMartian on January 07, 2007, 12:34:00 pm Post by: bfr on January 07, 2007, 01:08:00 pm  I'd be interested in doing something like that; maybe you should write a tutorial. ;) 
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 07, 2007, 01:58:00 pm
Post by: KermMartian on January 07, 2007, 03:14:00 pm
The camera I'm using is a horrid webcam. :/  Anyway, pix in an hour or two! I got it all reassembled. Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 07, 2007, 03:25:00 pm Post by: KermMartian on January 08, 2007, 05:27:00 am  Among other things though, I'm modding up a mini PS/2 mouse to match the calculator, and I decided to redo the CSA slightly to make it brighter.Edit: Sunday, January 7, 2007 I finished up some various things this evening, rewired a new switch for the CSA mod into the battery compartment, then completed the tedious process of reassembling the calculator. I managed to get keys from a spare calculator that were actually smaller than the keys from the one I was using, those they do stick or jam on the now slightly-narrowed key aperture walls. Pix below. Monday, January 8, 2007 This morning I tested the PS/2 port to ensure it was still functioning properly; both keyboards and mice seemed to work fine. I found an old IBM mini PS/2 mouse lying around, sanded it down, and gave it two coats of my dark red glossy paint. Next, I masked off the first of the two silver stripes and painted it. The second stripe shall be added tomorrow. Pix: The second silver stripe on the slide case:  The masked-off minimouse:  Three views of the completed front, although key labels are still absent:    For the key lables, I'm considering getting a red and a silver pen and writing in silver on red areas and red on silver areas. I'm also strongly considering varnishing the whole shebang - any suggestions on varnish? Post by: Jon on January 17, 2007, 07:44:00 pm Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 18, 2007, 02:07:00 am  . this processor is from the late 1970's
Post by: elfprince13 on January 18, 2007, 10:41:00 am Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 18, 2007, 01:06:00 pm
Post by: Halifax on January 18, 2007, 03:05:00 pm EDIT: Actually why don't we scratch the idea of putting a z800 in it and go straight to the CELL processor for some sick TI-83+ games!!!! :P 
Post by: Jon on January 18, 2007, 03:25:00 pm
Excellent idea, Halifax! A CELL Processor would be even better. The only problem (unless you have a couple uninterrupted weeks to work :) ) is that it would take *alot* of reverse engineering with the calculator's hardware to get it to accept a non-z80 proc. Great idea nontheless! XD Post by: trevmeister66 on January 18, 2007, 03:47:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 18, 2007, 04:20:00 pm Post by: trevmeister66 on January 18, 2007, 04:28:00 pm
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Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 19, 2007, 02:05:00 am Post by: graywolf on January 19, 2007, 12:42:00 pm Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 19, 2007, 02:37:00 pm only downsides about emu is that it run very slow since its a slow processor Post by: KermMartian on February 11, 2007, 06:05:00 pm http://www.cemetech.net/news.php?290 It got frontpaged on Digg and Hackaday, and reached #1 and #2 on the top videos list on Youtube. Post by: graywolf on February 12, 2007, 07:24:00 am
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