Re: A86: (Comments about TI - new platforms.. etc.. and stuff)

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: (Comments about TI - new platforms.. etc.. and stuff)
From: rabidcow@juno.com (Joshua J Seagoe)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:42:05 -0700
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On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:15:22 -0400 "Matt Johnson" <matt2000@gte.net>
writes:
>     Piezoelectric speaker - Yeah! HP has it, why not? Or maybe as an

that'd be really nifty.

>     Infared port - Sure! Have far transmission, but short reception =

you can use the link port for that

>     Timer - Such as a built in clock. Alarms, etc can be made with 

get a watch.

>     Better LCD - To blurry, need a faster LCD (Cant wait till 89.. =

i'd be happy if the first 2 and a half lines worked on mine...

>     Grayscale - What the hell... a grayscale interface would be nice. 
>Spherical objects with shaded in.. or blending. 4-bit grayscale would

that would not only take 4 times the memory for the screen itself, it
would also make drawing 1/4 speed.  that would also make code for the
screen 4 times bigger (ok, not that much) and 4 times more complicated.

-josh

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A86: (Comments about TI - new platforms.. etc.. and stuff)

From: "Matt Johnson" <matt2000@gte.net>