A86: Re: Re: Change the whole TI-89 operating system?

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Subject: A86: Re: Re: Change the whole TI-89 operating system?
From: "Matt2000" <matt2000@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 08:36:39 -0500
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>Actually the TI-89 is going to use a 68K chip instead of a Z80 (but other
>than that, I guess it is possible to make a new rom)

Yeah.. That's what I meant.. the 68K chip..  Hmm.. I heard someone is making
a linux port for this chip. You know this is the same chip they used on the
amiga. Wouldnt it be cool to make linux on a calculator? Once you had the
core, all you would need to do is write display drivers and rom ("hard
drive") drivers, and you have yourself your own operating system.. Of course
it wouldnt completely be linux.. I mean, you wouldnt need multitasking...
and linux might be too big in the first place.

So is the screen higher resolution? Like is there more DPI, so it is
actually compatible with the TI-92 screen? Anyone know?

Seems really cool... they should have included a piezo-electric speaker with
it since they were going this far..

-Matt
http://www.dogtech.com/cybop/ti86/

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