Re: A86: DOS link software

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: DOS link software
From: Dan Eble <eble@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:45:31 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <33E9BFBD.DC48DF86@aztec.asu.edu>
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Stan Seibert wrote:

> Does anyone know if link software exists for the 86 that works with the
> parallel link?  If not, where can I find information on the TI-86 link
> protocol and file format? (or am I out of luck here too?)

The link protocol is the same as the rest of the calcs, except the ID byte
is 0x86.  In fact, the calc communicates just fine with the 85 protocol
The file format is identical to the 85 except for the obvious differences
of **TI86**,1A,0A instead of **TI85**,1A,0C in the header.

If you're diligent, and you have a program like Debug, you can modify the
existing 85 software to load files that start with the 86 header.  I did
this with Link85 for the grey cable.  It sends everything just fine.  It
doesn't receive program files.  I don't know if it receives other things.
Backups would probably not work, but I have not tried them.

Nobody ask me to distribute the modified Link85.  I will not.  If someone
points me to a DOS Patch program, though, I will write a script to do the
changes.

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Dan Eble (mailto:eble@cis.ohio-state.edu)
         (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)

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Re: A86: DOS link software

From: Stan Seibert <indigo@aztec.asu.edu>