RE: A86: Loading Strings and Graphics

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RE: A86: Loading Strings and Graphics


Send it to the TI hardware list. But I don't know what it is with people and
adding memory to calculators... the Expander is the closest it has come and
that is -external-. I don't recommend messing around inside of the
calculator. There isn't much room, and when I tried to add some hardware to
my already somewhat busted 85, it stopped working entirely (even with the
hardware removed). 96kb is more than plenty...

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
[mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Aaron Peterson
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:09 PM
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: Loading Strings and Graphics



Anybody know about making a new memory controller?

I just heard a lot about how the Atari8bit machines  had extra memory added
to them.. somebody had to take out the memory controller chip, and replace
it... with a board of some sort with more stuff on it that connects to other
devices.  To keep TIOS from barfing, you could have the same amout of memory
accesible at a time... and write to a special address to switch between the
memory sections.

If we had more memory (and the special controller) we could have devices
that read off of that memory, heck we might be able to let the device write
to that memory while TIOS is doing its stuff.

We could make our own higher speed bus for the 86!


There should still be a way to map memory to the gbcolor screen controller
as a device.
It would be even more cool if you could get the hardware graphics to work...


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I don't think the 86 would accept a gameboys screen, especially a gbc
screen...
----- Original Message -----
From: Víctor Manuel Ropero Martín <victor-manuel@ctv.es>
To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: A86: Loading Strings and Graphics


>
> It´s an interesting idea. If you can connect the screen of the GameBoy
> to Ti86..... They have the same proccesor. They are the same thing, but
> whith other number of keys.  :-).
>
> Cassady Roop wrote:
>
> > I think Red and Blue colors would be better for his game.
> >
> > Víctor Manuel Ropero Martín wrote:
> > >
> > > Do you want people and monsters in black and white colors?
>
>
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.S." <rengets@erols.com>
To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: A86: Loading Strings and Graphics
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