Re: TI-H: ti-turbo
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On Tue, 22 Oct 1996 07:34:05 EDT wesleymcgrew@juno.com (Robert W McGrew)
writes:
>I can't see why not, if they all have the z80 processor, then TI put
>something in to slow 'em all down.
This leads to the obvious question: Why did TI slow them down so much?
This is the way I see it (please, bear with me... =)
The Z80 is a chip that can run at almost any speed, assuming it doesn't
get too hot or some other theoretical limit is reached. (Same as with
the 80x86/Pentium Intel Chips). Now, from my experiences working with
them whilst open, none of the chips ever got more than warm while doing
intense calculations (A.k.a. Game Playing). Therefore, since the 85 runs
at 6 Mhz (and to my knowledge, minimal thermal trouble...) why not have
it automatically sped up to say, 18 Mhz? Surely TI would have noticed
that normal graphing operations (Some o which take 10+ mins. including
ZFit) would be sped up immensively...
Ok, I'm done. If I'm missing something (or if anyone actually
understands what I'm trying to say...) let me know.
- J. Bishop
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