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[genesis]

My official calculator cable has broken and I don't know what the problem is. Neither computer or calculator can read each other. EVERYTHING on the cable is intact, I can open the head and view what's inside. I'll describe it: The top is very flexible too much, is yours? Just before it goes into the head which is covered by the black case, it has an exterior cut. Just inside the clear plastic cover over the wires is sort of severed. THe wires go into the transitor and out and there is not a single broken wire in the cable. As it goes into the other side, there is a broken white string coming out of the same place as the wires. I have heard about all of you being able to cheaply build a cable. What can I do if I have ALL the parts of the official Casio cable? I'm begging you to help me, this has made me very upset.

I know this is too much to ask, but my finished game is on the calc and I would be so grateful if I could have a late entry into the competition. I AM NOT LYING, this has severly damaged my work and I can't do anything right now. If you want, I can type up the code, looking at the calc but it will take till the 3rd November. I can upload it at school and use their cable.

[Andy.Davies]

if you have all the parts for the cable, then you could build an official cable, i have the circuit diagra, on My Site click on link cables, then on Official. if it dosnt work, then try building the unofficail cable, if you bought the officail cable, is it still in warranty?

[genesis]

Thanks, your site shows you how to put it together but mine is already together, I need to find the fault and replace it as replacing the whole thing is too expensive (may as well get a new calc, but then I still need the cable, hey the cable works for AFX, that came out in 1998???). Where do you think it is malfunctioning?

About hosting, I've tested Crimson's domain and it is perfect in every aspect, why can't I login, maybe it's because I'm using my laptop... andy, nothing is wrong in the middle, I think it's most likely part 1, if not part 10, I'm afraid if I do it and it doesn't work...

[betoe]

@Genesis: the Andy's unnoficial cable its so good, but also you can use the MAX233 IC (courtesy of maitre kiwi )and you would not need 4 of the capacitors (more easy to make and test). The other capacitor, from pin 3 (V output) could be useless, its for eliminate noise i think but preferably use it.

It would be good that you watch the kiwi design for the max233.

[casiokingdom]

Well, if you want to buy a new one, i know a place in Perth who sells a comp cable for A$47. i'm using this cable. it's not official but it's half the price. Take a look. it's a place in Perth and will take only a few days for you to receive it.

Charlie Watson

go to this url.

[genesis]

Don't rebutt but I'm not one for mail orders and internet shopping. Is there an actual shop?

[casiokingdom]

Well, you're supposed to phone if you don't order online, but here is his address:
Charlie Watson, PO Box 421, WEMBLEY, 6913, Western Australia.

Phone: Mobile 0403 167715

[huhn_m]

look at ebay got mine for 12 US$ there.

[casiokingdom]

Wow, so cheap. But can you be sure that the cable isn't damaged??

[huhn_m]

no it works fine for nearly 1 year now and a friend of mine bought it also for this price
and has it even longer now. I do about 20-50 transfers a day and no problems yet!

[casiokingdom]

so many transfers!! Why??

BTW: Can you please add a link to my site on yours. PM if you have any queries. thx

[genesis]

Wow, you really did fill the last row with smileys. Real cool, is anyone with electronics knowledge prepared to suggest a way to fix my cable. $US 12 sounds a bit too cheap, but hey my official one broke and your unofficial one didn't!!!

[huhn_m]

so many transfers!! Why??

BTW: Can you please add a link to my site on yours. PM if you have any queries. thx

1. because I write asm/c programs and can't test them on PC since they use 100% direct hardware access (no itnerrupts) and so are not compatible.

2. Yes I can. Can you give me a 32x32 logo?

Btw. do you see the page? crimson said he only sees the intro and then an error page...

[CrimsonCasio]

I only see the error if I use your mh-developement url, if I use huhnm.earthforge.com it works fine.

[casiokingdom]

same, i can only access your main page (after the intro) when i use your earthforge domain.

regarding my banner, go to the links section of the UCF or http://www.earthforge.com and use my banner and description. thanks

[CrimsonCasio]

:/ if I'm not mistaken thats the exact oppisite of my problem...

wow CK, you certinley have monopolized that page...

[casiokingdom]

i'll make my description smaller when the others add their's. I just thought i'll add some colour to the page. Nice huh?

[CrimsonCasio]

its fine, though I eventually intend to change it a bit.

[Andy.Davies]

i take it you want me to make a slightly smaller description than CK's (suprise suprise, raving lunatic is dominating the web again)

[casiokingdom]

Raving Lunatic......hmmmmm, maybe that should be my member title. Crimson i know you would agree, as well as Andy.

BTW: Andy, your description is only a bit smaller than mine. Of course, mine is better.

[CrimsonCasio]

no, I really dont care how big it is, in fact its kinda cool having a little "demo page", I like that.

[2072]

Hmmmm... that's a nice idea to present sites this way, you could do the same in the link page, in fact it's an enhanced BBCODE that does everything HTML can...

[casiokingdom]

Crimson, i think making the earthforge page the partner page is a good idea, as we don't have to keep changing our menu.

BTW: How many more partners do you think you'll host??

[CrimsonCasio]

I have no idea... as many want it i guess.

[Andy.Davies]

[darts style] One hundred and Eighty [/darts style]

but seriusly....

[CrimsonCasio]

well, lets see... I'm hosting one of the "Big Three" forums, and 10 other sites, yet I still have ~700mb left... and for an extra $5 I get 1000mb more... I'm working on three professionally hosted sites each of which will pay me back about 3 times what it costs me to host them per month, so I dont see a reason to have an upper limit to the number of sites I can host... do you?

[Andy.Davies]

after that, no, no need at all!

how about a new member title for you:

Lord Of Money Making

?

[CrimsonCasio]

hehe... I think 2072 beats me on that but I'm not sure...

[Andy.Davies]

but he isnt giving web space 4 free, im not sure it has so much web language support as your either

[CrimsonCasio]

technically he is giving away web space for free, hes hosting the ucf remember

And I know he has php support (and unlike me knows how to use it...but I'm working on that), and MySQL, and everything else is client side not server side. I think i have more space than him (and mabey more bandwidth), but if you were to ask me who I would prefer host the ucf I'd still say him since he has so much more experiance and knowlege of this kind of stuff.

[casiokingdom]

I don't care who hosts the UCF, only that it stays alive.

[2072]

well you do have more disc space than I (I've only 200Mb + 100Mb MySQL). I have unlimited traffic but I don't know for the bandwidth.

Unfortunately I'm not a "Lord Of Money Making" (Unless every member of the UCF sign-up to the little orange link in my signature and all of them buy a lot of thing from my website's banners )

btw: what do you think about the orange link ?

[casiokingdom]

hehe, sounds like a big con! I've never liked internet marketing and deals, so i'm not going to sign up. Sorry.

Besides, the only proper way to earn money is by getting a job, which i don't yet have.

BTW: Does anyone know of a good occupation that would suit my likes??
I have no idea.

[Andy.Davies]

@ Kingdom: Your a student damit! work in a supermarket or in a small shop!

[casiokingdom]

nah....don't have time. But am trying to think of a future occupation, so that i can decide which uni course to select next year.

[CrimsonCasio]

hey, I know at least one other studet in my speach class running a web hosting company too, seems to be the big job these days... like restrauts 50 years ago.

[casiokingdom]

Web hosting.....hmmmm, doesn't really seem like a real job. Anyway, aren't there already too man web host providers on the net??

BTW: what's are restraunts??

[Andy.Davies]

you dont know what a resterante is? HAHAHAHAHA it like a cafe, with waiters, and big prices

[CrimsonCasio]

technically (at least in the US) McDonalds is a restraut too.

[Andy.Davies]

McDonalds is a restraunt here too, so is burger King, but no one counts Burger King, cos it sucks...