Re: A86: very very peculiar

To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: Re: A86: very very peculiar
From: "Trey Jazz" <joemama@minot.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:59:58 -0600
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org


hey are u coproducing TIIB with matt2000? ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: TurboSoft@aol.com <TurboSoft@aol.com>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: A86: very very peculiar


>
>In a message dated 98-02-16 23:50:03 EST, you write:
>
><< Yes thats true. But if TI gave away too much information - on the
hardware
> they use or the too much info on the rom or info on ports they call. Look
at
> this *scenario*:
>
>  I can see some company snatch up the ROM, burn it (with some
modifications,
> because they know a lot about the ROM, because, hey, TI well documented
> that), and then use the port information to interface the hardware with
> their calculator, because, hey, TI documented the ports. Then their
> product - call it Generic86, sells like hotcakes because they are only
> charging 50 bucks for it and it can also run asm programs. "Oops", says
TI,
> "Heck", they comment, "the only way we could make it easier for them is to
> actually lay out the schematics in front of their face" (Until next time)
>
> Sure, maybe a company could reverse engineer it, but could they afford to
do
> that?
>
>  If someone knew enough about electronics, then if they had all that
> information that these people here want, then he could probably whip out
an
> EPPROM burner and a few pieces and create their own calculator, because,
> hey, TI documented the ROM, the ports, etc etc
>
> Now if a company got a hold of that idea, then uhh ohh, here comes
> Generic86.
>
> --- Now there has to be some truth in this theory. It just makes too much
> sense.
>
> -Matt >>
>
>yeah but Tl copyrighted all the ROMs so you can't do that.
>