Re: LZ: Linux users
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list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org wrote:
>
> Hey, how many people out there are using linux? My friend and I just made
> a device (/dev/ti85) using the 5 buck parallel cable that connects the
> calc to the computer... It's kinda cool, in minicom, set the serial device
> to /dev/ti85, and using talk85, the text comes up on the screen. If anyone
> cares, I'll post our code. Anyone want us to make a zshell filesystem, so
> you can mount your calculator w/nfs for shits'n giggles?
> Just wondering where all the linux users are...
> Has anyone ported any z80 debuggers/string85/asm compilers/c
> compilers/dissasemblers to linux yet? If so, it'd be real nice... I could
> work on my zshell shit without having to boot to dos. Any help well be
> duly appreciated.
>
> Right now, we are working on a zshell terminal program/hardware to
> hook up to a modem that doesn't require a 60 buck graphlink. We have an
> old little pocket modem (only 2400 baud) that has a wierd interface that
> looks promising (seems like only three lines from the serial port are
> actually used, two data lines, and ground, we hope :). The cool thing is
> that the company still has a bunch and they are cheap. More on this later.
> We were actually thinking of not worrying about ansi/vt100 term codes, but
> actually making an entry in the termcap file on my linux box for the ti85,
> so that all the high bit codes are filtered, and converted to the
> ti85's native character set. That way, the zshell term program will be a
> lot smaller, it won't have to have an ascii table. We were thinking of
> having the program send a special handshake tone, so that our dialup
> line on our box will recognize that its a ti85 calling, and will switch
> terminals. So, linux people, does this sound doable?
>
> Later guys!
>
> Sunit Das <tinus@betterthan.northstar.k12.ak.us>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
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> $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1
> lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/)
>
Sure, the code would be nice. Could you go about telling how you made the
device too? I know mknod, but did you need to put code in the kernel to
tell how to send/receive?
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