Re: LZ: memory expansion

Subject: Re: LZ: memory expansion
From: Mel Tsai <tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 19:35:17 GMT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.07.9609221359.A21699-8100000@login>

On Sun, 22 Sep 1996 13:08:01 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>what about using something like an old 20-80mb hd?
>
> =20
>Andy Haninger                =20
>aka &amp;y                       =20
>ahaning@freenet.columbus.oh.us

It's just not worth the trouble.  If it's an old MFM hard drive, then
there's pretty much no way to do it unless you're very determined and
have a LOT of experience with the old standards.  If it's IDE, then
it's possible, but just not practical.  Any working interface would be
twice as big as the TI-85.  Most IDE interface connections require DMA
type speeds anyways, and there's absolutely no way to keep up with a
typical IDE device (even if we had a direct bus connection it would be
too slow).  The only option would be to either use a parallel port
drive or one of those "backpack" IDE device converters.

-Mel

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