Re: A83: Inside the TI-83

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Subject: Re: A83: Inside the TI-83
From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 13:24:59 +0200
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In accordance with the prophecy, mhlandry uttered:


> Hey Linus, I figured you would be the one, if any, to reply.  First
> off, I have a rom version 1.07, and could only find three distinct ic's,
> while my friend with a rom version 1.06 had four ic's.  Now, I have a
> toshiba ic, which I think is the lcd driver, an epson ic, which I think
> is the rom, and a TI ic (it says (C) 1996 TI, which I cannot find out
> what it is.  I am wondering if this is the z80, because I cant find
> anything that resembles the z80, which is suposed to have forty pins
> right, (44 maybe?).  The three ic's that I see are 28,32, and 80 pins.
> My main question is where is my z80 chip.  And the other question is,
> what is the "TI" ic?  
>     I sent TI an email but they replied with something stupid, although the
> guy was nice about it.
>     - Matt   

This beats me aswell. I suppose TI might have ordered some special version of
the z80, because I have a z80 chip here at the table beside me, and it is
about 50mm x 15mm, so if it were in the ti-83 I would've noticed it. It's
BIG!

Linus

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