Registered: May 2001
Location:
Posts: 16

I would like to see a "dictaphone" module that will automatically transcibe my dictation to a doc file or word file, and compatible with printboy or tealprint etc.. for printing.

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Keizer OR
Posts: 1

My choice?

I've posted this one before. What I would really like is an inexpensive, basic RS232 module, just a connection with a DB9 or RJ45 connector. I don't know, but it might be nothing more than wires connecting the proper pins. It would have to be capable of being recognized by software (a terminal emulator) as a COM port.

I'm aware of the module from eFig, but it's way too expensive, and I don't need the trouble-shooting capabilities.

My need is specialized, and I can't use the USB connector (I'm using it for the keyboard, and no, I don't want to hack the keyboard).

This is not a module that would be likely to make money for anyone, but it's one I'd sure like to have.

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Chuck

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Plant City, FL
Posts: 385

Re: Huh?

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Originally posted by yardie
I thought that the cureccnt Springboard architecture is ainadequate for the use of CF/Type Ii devices? If it is not, how comes the devices now available will not work with the InnoPocket/Matchbook Drive adapter solutions?

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Nope, it's the current adapter designs that are incompatible with CF+ cards. Granted, the Springboard slot is missing some key interface signals, but they can be synthesized from the existing signals using logic onboard the module (the same is not true for interfacing to PCMCIA cards which people are always asking us about). The downside is that the module is bigger, more power hungry, and significantly more expensive than the current crop of CF memory card adapters.

It's not certain that a CF+ adapter would be a viable product in the US because by the time you combine the cost of the module with the cost of the "interesting" CF+ cards, you could get a native Springboard module that does the same thing cheaper. However, in Japan where inexpensive NTT DoCoMo wireless CF+ cards are readily available, it's a different story

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<ul><li>Dave Kessler<br>President - Kopsis, Inc.</li></ul>

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Silicon Valley
Posts: 66

dkessler

Why Springboard II? The Springboard slot we have can do this right now! I have adapters for CF, MemoryStick, and SD/MMC in my hand right now (it's making typing difficult ). I even have an adapter that works with CF+ modems


Are the memorystick and cf+ springboards released yet? Is cf+ the same as CF type II that takes the ibm 1 gig microdrive?