Re: A86: Theory question
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Re: A86: Theory question
I do believe those are called Palm Pilots. I heard 86's are used for someting
called meth or math or something like that...? However, a school-wide secret
student communications network is pretty cool!!
terrence
J D wrote:
> Ok. But there is a limit to the applications you could do with it anyway:
> 1) VERY simple web browsing - MAYBE. Text-only, definitely.
> 2) Telnet
> 3) Gopher
> 4) Finger
> 5) Whatever else is only text-based. Obviously you couldn't do ftp or
> Hotline.
> 6) IRC minus the file transfer.
> These don't require much bandwidth to begin with.
>
> But anyway, the point of this isn't practicality, it's just to see if it
> could be done. Of course, another issue is $$$ - not all of us can afford a
> handheld.
>
> >From: Joshua J Seagoe <rabidcow@juno.com>
> >Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> >To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> >Subject: Re: A86: Theory question
> >Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 15:32:46 -0700
> >
> >
> >ethernet operates at 10 megabits/sec. the calculator isn't capable of
> >communication anywhere near this speed, so you would need an external
> >processor to buffer and transfer information across the network at higher
> >speeds.
> >if you're going to have an external processor, you might as well put a
> >tcp/ip stack on it and anything else you can, both to speed things up and
> >allow more space on the calc. in fact, you would probly be better off
> >not having the calculator at all and just using a real computer.
> >(laptop/handheld)
> >
> >-josh
> >
> >On Tue, 11 May 1999 00:05:41 PDT "J D" <starkruzr@hotmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > >How feasible do you guys think it would be to implement the Ethernet
> > >protocol on the calc, enabling IP services on it like Telnet?
> > >
> > >
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