RE: LZ: a new memory exspander...

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Subject: RE: LZ: a new memory exspander...
From: Sam Davies <sdavies@unix.trilogy.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 10:55:45 -0400
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On Sunday, July 06, 1997 2:40 AM, Anthony Karels[SMTP:akarels@citilink.com] wrote:
> 	If you had been on this list about 8 months ago, you would have realized
> that this topic had already been discussed, and it would take a whole
> shitload of electronic components to get this to work.  First of all, you
> can't copy a digital signal on to a tape with an analog recorder, second of
> all, the 85 needs some sort of clocking so it sends and recieves the data
> packets correctly.  How the hell are you going to trick the calc into
> thinking a tape recorder is another calc?

He'll have to write special driver software, kinda like the expander software!  It definitely is possible, it's just a question of writing software that will recognize the code it wrote to the tape.  Then it can be optimized for the amount of space (time) on the tape it takes up.
	(BTW, DeepX999@aol.com (or whatever your real name is), I'd be happy to help you with the software!)
	Sam

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Sam Davies <sdavies@mail.trilogy.net>

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