Hackaday'd.

Good idea!

i would give anything for a ti-89 version of it
this is a great idea!

don't quote me but I thought I'd seen somewhere that it is/was being worked on...don't know how seriously though...

http://www.ticalc.org
/archives/news/articles
/13/130/130297.html

Here's the old news article...here's a quote from someone about a 89T version
I don't know if it's still true but I wouldn't mind seeing one...

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ExtendeD
<< I'm not sure if he's working on a similar driver for the 68k >>
Yes, I am, but I need to find time for this.

By the way thanks again Dan for you adapter cable, my USB mouse worked on the Titanium a few days after I had received it.

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I am currently attempting to get a 68K cross compiler to work (& also uClinux). If I can manage (famous last words, right?), I will port Linux to the TI-89 Titanium (& *maybe* the other 68K calcs, or I might just leave that up to someone else) this semester.

Umm...oh...my point is, I would love for it to support the USB port on the TI-89 Titanium, but I have no idea how the calc's port works. Also, I doubt any emulators currently support it well enough for debugging purposes, so I shall have to get an on-calc shell up first.

I am not sure, but it should be possible to use many (if not most) small USB drivers without modification once the kernel port & the main USB interface is set up.

Also slashdotted.

This has been slashdotted! Everyone go have a look, see the link.

Yeah that's awesome! I saw the RSS on my homepage and I was like OMG! I'm kinda surprised that ticalc.org seems to be surviving the slashdot effect...

If the comments on Slashdot are any indication, no one there cares about this or has a need to look at ticalc.org for more information.

Hey, I got here from the link on /. and I read the tree root to leaves and all the braches between.

Then again I'd much rather be considered a ticalc guy than a /. guy.

Isn't this generally the case on /.?

But seriously, I can see how this would be less impressive if you weren't a calc enthusiast.

Holy cow! Slashdotted!

this is God's gift to the calculator world! i heard a saying that a calculator is like a nerd's game boy, but now it's become more like a nerd's pc.

Too bad the program doesn't work when I hook it up to my SD card reader...

does this work w. other cables. like one of those multi usb ports, etc. because i dont have the correct cable...
(i have a 89ti so i want to wait until a 68k v. comes out)

This could depend on a number of different things, such as drawing too much current (which my SD card reader does).

To respond to the other post, you MUST use the cable in the article or something similar to it. Hubs and other hookups don't work.

Is there a way that I can supply power to My SD card reader and connect it to my calculator at the same time so that it doesn't rely on the calculator for power?

This is up for debate right now. There's a power schematic you can try to build at sf.net/projects/usb8x in the forum.

Is it possible to have the program work so you can use the USB cable you get with the TI-83+ SE, with a male to female converter, to be able to use a Flash Drive for the TI-83+'s. Just thinking/ hoping.

No, the 83+/SEs have no USB controllers. The SilverLink cable connects to the serial I/O port. They're nothing alike.

sorry, I meant the TI-Graph Link, it seems to me like it could work, just wondering if it would work, I think it would take much, or any, difference in the program.

sorry, *not take much*, bad mistake

The SilverLink cable IS a TI-Graph Link cable. No, this can't work at all. You're talking about two completely different ports.

sorry but are we talking about the same cable that I mentioned, here is a URL (click "(Web Page)" ) for the cable I am talking about using.

sorry, ok here is the URL, separated so it can be posted,

http://education.ti.com/
educationportal/
sites/US/productDetail/
us_ti_connectivity_kit.html

Yeah, I know, that's the TI-Graph Link SilverLink cable. That's just what we call it. This cable connects to the SERIAL I/O port on your calculator. It's not a USB port. You can't "make it" a USB port. It's impossible. The 83+/SEs do not have USB ports, and you cannot add any to it.

what if you take the cable that found in 84/89ti @
(see URL/webpage) and attached a female USB at the end by splicing or something like that. i dont know the proper terminology, sorry. if this is possible then I will perhaps wait until a 89ti v. comes out.

ok this is the webby
http://education.ti.com/
educationportal/
sites/US/productDetail/
us_connectivitycable_minia
_minib.html

http://education.ti.com/
educationportal/sites/
US/productDetail/
us_connectivitycable_minia
_minib.html

It's been stated many times on this page that using that cable and changing the end to A female will not work. The reason why is that it doesn't supply any power to the peripheral (the flash drive). It is possible to splice cables together to make the correct one, but I don't have any information on that.

I have sucessfully made a splice. simply tade the 84 to 84 link. cut off the usb-mini a end. then take any usb extender cabble and cut off the female end. then strip the outer covering, discard the covering and the silver shielding. then strip each of the four wires. attactch the red wire to the red wire and so on. I sodered(sp?) the wires together. I recomend puting heat shrink tubing around each wire and around the whole thing.

and does this work with the program?

I'd have to assume so, otherwise it wouldn't be successful. :)

Yes, this method works...anything involving a mini-A male plug and an A female plug will work, as long as you've wired it correctly.

great! i guess i will try this out once a 89ti version is released