A86: Re: TI-86
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A86: Re: TI-86
>From: banderson@ti.com
>X-Lotus-FromDomain: TI3PCALC
>Reply-To: ti-cares@ti.com
>To: electrum@tfs.net
>Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 13:22:15 -0500
>Subject: Re: TI-86
>
>
>David,
>
>Thank you for your recent correspondence. I regret to inform you that
>Texas Instruments does not release information on the protocols of its
>calculator link products. This is proprietary information, so I will not
>be able to release it to you.
>
>Also, we do not support the building of homemade calculator link cables.
>The designs that are available through ticalc.org are not TI approved or
>tested designs. As such, any damage that they cause to a calculator is
>considered to be out of warranty.
>
>The TI-89 will have 188K of user available RAM and 384K of data archive
>ROM. I cannot give you any information about the procedures that are used
>for flashing the internal ROM of the TI-89 (or any of our other Flash
>products). This is proprietary design data so I am not at liberty to
>release it to you.
>
>If you have any further questions or comments please feel free to contact
>us at your convenience. For faster service on replies, please copy this
>message in your response and send the response directly to ti-cares@ti.com.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Brigette Anderson
>
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>[ electrum@tfs.net on 5/4/98 6:57:53 PM ]
>
>Location:
>Name: David Phillips
>Email: electrum@tfs.net
>Message:
>What is the format for the silent link
>protocol?
>Also, I noticed your FAQ about building a
>link yourself. It would be nice if you
>included a link to
>http://www.ticalc.org/linking/index.html.
> That page has links on building a
>parallel and serial link yourself, along
>with homemade link software for those
>links.
>Lastly, how big will the ram and rom of
>the 89 be? How will flashing the rom be
>accomplished? Will the link code for rom
>flashing be separate from the flash rom?
>Everyone would like more information on
>the 89. I, personally, have an 82 and 86,
> and look forward to the release of the
>89.
>Thanks for great calculators!
>
>
>
>
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David Phillips
electrum@tfs.net