Re: TI-H: Don't be held back...
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One of the problems with the RAM Extender is that it has no calc thru port.
I would suggest, after it comes out, that it be examined for a possible
link thru port so that it could be used in conjunction with anything else
that can be plugged into the port.
"Freedom of speech is in the constitution, abuse of it is in the slums"
-= Zenon@bbs.nexes.com =-
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: From: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
: To: Zenon
: Subject: TI-H: Don't be held back...
: Date: November 5, 1996 3:30 PM
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: Look at the average PC (I'm talking IBM-compatible). Inside it has
: the old 8/16 bit bus standard (ISA; yeech :). The reason the
: computer is impeded by that is because everyone wants to remain
: compatible with previous technologies. We are going to do the same
: thing now with the RF/IR links. Why hold back the possiblilities
: (and cost effectiveness), just to be able to play the "legacy" link
: games. When ZShell was made, they didn't worry about making it
: compatible with TI-Basic. The RAM extender/expander will not be
: instantly utilizable (sp?) by all software. But because it is an
: improvement in capabilities/convenience, we use it anyway. The RF/IR
: should be the same way. We could make a bigger, more complicated
: one, but it would be much more useful to have a simple, cheap, and
: space-efficient design. Sure, a lot of the link games are great, but
: I would suppose that ZPong, for instance, will be updated if
: necessary. And the primary point of all this seems to be to, ahhh...
: *aquire* the answers to test questions :), a chat program can and will
: be the first program written for it no matter what the design is.
: And a smaller design will be better for this purpose, too. :)
:
: Anyway, I hope you guys realize that if this design is limited to the
: dual-transmission-wire TI-protocol, just to be able to play some
: existing games, the popularity and useability of it will be severely
: limited in the future.
:
: Sorry for rambling. :)
:
: shakal@ns.net
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