Fw: RAM/IO Expander

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Fw: RAM/IO Expander

All who are interested in this project please respond with your comments.
Please direct your questions to tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu since I don't know
that much about the Serial Flash expander...I just come up with new ideas
for these things!


"Canada has no national identity other than our strongest policy:
multiculturalism"
-=Zenon=-


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: From: Zenon Lynx <Zenon@bbs.nexes.com>
: To: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu
: Subject: Re: RAM/IO Expander
: Date: October 6, 1996 9:17 AM
:
: Well, that's too bad.  It would be nice if you could inform people of
this
: possibility, but storage for now isn't that bad.  If you could inform the
: ZShell programmers about this possibility, then we might get some real
: power out of this unit!  Anyways, yeah, please keep me informed about
your
: progress with the expander!  I'd like to be updated!
:
: "Canada has no national identity other than our strongest policy:
: multiculturalism"
: -=Zenon=-
:
: ----------
: : From: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu
: : To: Zenon
: : Subject: Re: RAM/IO Expander
: : Date: October 6, 1996 7:04 AM
: :
: :
: : On Sat, 5 Oct 1996 22:53:59 -0600, you wrote:
: : >The RAM in the Serial Flash expander will also contain addresses, no
: less.
: : >And if not, there has to be some way to tag some on.  Anyways, in the
: : >meantime, then we can send to and recieve from specific memory
addresses
: : >through the cable constantly (like playing ZPong linked), creating a
: : >virtual 512KB or 1024KB memory for the TI-85.  Will this be possible?
: In
: : >this way, we would have to have programs from the computer disassemble
: the
: : >assembled programs and have some kind of modifying program that will
: allow
: : >these disassembled programs to, once assembled, access one module used
: in
: : >ZShell (well, one that someone would have to make) to find the
required
: : >information and transmit it to the program from the expander.  It's
like
: : >using a telephone operator to help you find the phone number, then use
: it
: : >again and again everytime you want to write or read from the expander.


: If
: : >this could happen, then all our hopes have been answered!!!  Please
say
: : >it's possible!
: :
: : Well, that's far in the future.  I didn't really plan on doing it that
: : way.  I'll just release the (rather complex) send and receive
: : routines, and if someone wants to make a "virtual" zshell, they can,
: : but for now I don't think that's going to happen.  It is possible, and
: : very likely, that some other of the (experienced) programmers will
: : make custom games that use the expander.  It's not easy, but they can
: : learn.
: :
: : BTW, I think I've finally figured out why it wasn't working correctly.
: : I'm going to rebuild it today, and I think it will work.......!!!!!!
: :
: : -Mel