[blindkid] Orion TI 36x talking calculator question

[Carol Castellano]

Maybe the manufacturer can help you?  We finally started putting a 
piece of masking tape on each charger as it entered the house and 
marking what piece of equipment it belonged to.
Carol

At 12:14 PM 6/14/2009, you wrote:
>David Thomas has this talking calculator, it is about two years 
>old.  We have not used it much, as we have tried to take the abacus 
>and "math think" as far as we could.  We now have a problem, we are 
>not sure if we have the right charger selected for it.  If anyone 
>else has one and could double check their charger as described 
>below, that would be helpful to us.
>
>The charger that we think goes to the calculator says 6volt, 1 amp 
>on the side.  It also says "Egston" on the top of the charger.  It 
>doesnt say Orion or TI anywhere, but these chargers are often third 
>party items that are not made by the primary manufacturer.   The 
>charging end that goes into the calculator is silver with a yellow plastic tip.
>
>If anyone can verify that this description, particularly the voltage 
>and amperage, is what fits theirs then we will be sure that we wont 
>accidentally "smoke" this 279 dollar item.
>
>Muchas gracias, Andy Thomas
>
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Carol Castellano, President
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