Re: Networked 8x calcs :)
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Re: Networked 8x calcs :)
Sorry, the message is a little bit wordy.
Hey, I've already done this, sort of. I created a 19'11", now 21',
calculator link cable by putting many wire scraps together with the
calc-calc link. It isn't really big, it wraps up to the size of a
doughnut. It is cool to whip it out in class and say "Hey Guy, I want to
send you a program." unfortunately he is in a desk only 4' away. It is
an interesting cable and joke creater. In my lunch break, we all sat at
a table where the conversation usually bordered on obscene. The
"cleanest" joke was, "Hey, I have a 20 foot cable in my pocket."
Anyways, I created a port to plug the end of one jack into and plug
another in to link two cables together. I then made the jack unit of
2 jacks into a unit of 3 jacks. Untested, as I ahve not gathered enough
calcs and people together, but it should work fine if two calcs are
"receiving" and the third is "sending", because you wire as a Y, not in
serial. The only problem could be in a game on how to hande extra
players. But for linking, GREAT, for chat progs, GREAT, for games, nedd a
few extra lines of code. not hard.
All the hardware needs to be is jacks that are all wired seperately eg.
parallel not serial. No chips, or anything expensive needed. You cna
even build the hub out of wire connectors. Email me if you want more
info or schematics.
-Larry C
Larry1492@juno.com
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 01:00:07 -0500 "Thomas J. Hruska" <thruska@TIR.COM>
writes:
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> idea for creating a network for TI-8x
>graphing calculators. I am picturing a small box where 4-5
>people
>connect their calcs via a link cord to it. From there, they all enter
>a
>game and begin playing against each other.
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> Thomas J. Hruska -- thruska@tir.com
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