Re: graph link cable
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Re: graph link cable
How much do these graph link cables cost???
Joe
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>From: Reinier Zwitserloot <R.Zwitserloot@BTINTERNET.COM>
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>Subject: Re: graph link cable
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>The graph-link is a Texas Instrument product that costs quite a lot
>and uses extra technology that isn't actually needed. Instead, you can
>make an HM Link (Homemade link :-P) for about $5 dollars on parts. You
>do need to be able to solder, so if that isn't for you, various people
>make them for you. They charge you abgout $10 to $12. still lots
>cheaper than TI's version.
>
>Once you have your cable, you can send stuff from your pc to your calc
>and vice-versa. So, you can get all the OSes and games and everything
>from http://www.ticalc.org or http://www.inlink.com/~dafek/ti-files/.
>these games are gameboy quality. About 50 worlds removed from what you
>have now (TI-BASIC).
>
>You can also program pure Z80 assembly (all those neat games are
>written in it- it may make games that are worlds removed from
>TI-basic, the programming is worlds removed as well- it's quite hard.
>without some previous asm background (if you program intel x86 16-bit
>assembler, it's fairly easy to learn Z80 assembler.).
>
>the 83 and 86 have 'built-in' shells to run assembly. the 82,85, and
>92 do not, though some gurus managed to find a loophole so that we
>can. ZShell is the common term for a shell/OS type of thing for the
>TI-85. ZShell was the first product, written by Rob taylor, magnus
>hagander,and dan eble. Fargo is currently the only such shell/OS type
>of thing that allows you to run asm games/programs on the TI-92.
>
>
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