Re: Memory problems


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Re: Memory problems



The ROM was only designed to address 32k of RAM...  If you want to write a
new ROM for your calculator, go ahead... =)




At 14:50 9/6/96 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a very unusual but critical and, as most TI-8x users
>may agree, significant problem.  The amount of memory offered you in a
>TI-85 calculator is 32KB total; 28.xKB to use to store programs,
>strings, vectors...ect.  Since the memory chips are so small, is there
>any way of increasing its size?  I mean, can we e-mail the memory chip
>manufacturer and order like (if each TI-85 has 4 chips of 8KB each for
>its memory bank) four 64KB or 128KB chips that would fit into and
>function properly in the calculator?  Or can we build an external device
>(not recommended because maybe the memory bank can slip out of the
>socket while the calc is on, causing a memory reset...) that can handle
>being used as extra memory?  Maybe the last resort is to tell TI to make
>new chips for us to personally plant into our calc.  The last thing ever
>thought of would be to tell them to build a TI-86 with 512KB memory!!
>Anyways, if you could help out in this problem, it would be most
>graciously accepted.  Thank you!
>
>
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