Re: TI-H: An idea for separate game carts.
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Re: TI-H: An idea for separate game carts.
>Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 22:05:53 -0400
>From: Kevin Buck <mckbuck@coastalnet.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: TI-H: An idea for separate game carts.
>
>I was reading on Richfiles, underProgramming tips and Tricks, and he
>brought up how The GAMEBOY, and other hand held video Gaming devices
>(other than TI-Calcs) use assembly languages on their game carts.
Would
>it be possible for someone to develop A type of chip, or chips that
>could be used primarily for a single lone game, and I mean an awesome
>game. Then put it into the Spinterface cart, and then make a special
>interrupt driven _shell_, or whatever that is completely ZShell
>compatible, yet when you plug the game cart into the Spinterface port,
>then turn the power on, you would then be running the cart. So, this
>_shell_, upon turning on the calc, runs a test on the Spinterface port,
>that sees if anything is connected, if not, starts up normally, if so,
>directly runs the game on the cart. Does any of this sound feasible at
>all?
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> Sincerely,
> Kevin
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Yes! It probably would be easy to do, as long as you have a simple
circuit and the program works. The data would have to be loaded and run,
but it would probably be possible. I have also been looking into I2C and
there is an 8-bit interface chip. It might be possible to create a cart
that would allow multiple devices (Speakers, memory, etc) to be
connected. That would make things like Expander games with sound or a
C++ cart with another SPinTerface plug for an expander to store things!
Games would work too. It may be necessary to use a microcontroller for
something this complex, but I do feel certain that it is possible!
Richard Piotter
e-mail: richfiles@hotmail.com
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