Re: A86: Theory question

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Subject: Re: A86: Theory question
From: Cassady Roop <croop@oregontrail.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:43:14 -0700
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Sounds like something that would require a lot of work and not work well
or at all.

J D wrote:
> 
> > > How feasible do you guys think it would be to implement the Ethernet
> > > protocol on the calc, enabling IP services on it like Telnet?
> >
> >There already exists a functional terminal program for the TI-83.
> 
> Yeah, but that's only one piece of the puzzle.  I'm talking you take one end
> of a cable, plug it into the calc, and the other end goes into an Ethernet
> port.  You need IP and Ethernet services (TI-sock?  It has marketing
> possibilities ;) for that to work, but simultaneously it'd be GREAT because
> you could check email on your calc from any network port, or chat, or
> whatever, without needing a terminal server connected to the Internet.
> Hell, I guess if you had all that you could even make it dial-up!  I imagine
> it would take a good bit of hardware finagling (at the very least some cable
> splicing here and there), but beyond that I don't know.  Any takers on this
> idea, folks?
> 
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Re: A86: Theory question

From: "J D" <starkruzr@hotmail.com>