Re: TI-H: Multimaster I2C routines
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Re: TI-H: Multimaster I2C routines
Raven906@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-05-30 20:59:53 EDT, someone said,
>
> << > > But doing it requires some ideas, especially ideas on what the
> > > network could be used for. I can imagine chatting and games, but
> > is
> > > there anything else we'd like to do with a TI network? (It could
> > be
> > > wire, infrared, radio or anything...just think about the possible
> > uses
> > > for such a network.)
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea about what TI thinks about all of this
> > stuff
> > around the ti-85... like the networking.. i mean it would be great
> > for
> > them they could sell it as an educational tool... solid ti 85 or 92
> > networks in the class room for seeing and understanding the text or
> > graphs... that would be cool... getting your homework in a *.85g
> > file
> > instead of some piece of paper...
> >
> > MAndersen@dhvx20.csudh.edu >>
>
> I just thought of something really improbable, but certainly cool if
> possible. What if you had a radio network, and each calculator had a powerful
> transmitter, capable of making itself 'heard' through ten or twenty classroom
> walls...
> With this type of vast networking, it's sort of a small version of the
> Internet! There could be chat rooms, file transfers, and E-mail! I don't know
> too much about electronics, but I do know that this is extemely improbable
> because of the signal strength and clarity that is needed. Just a thought...
Sure it would be cool, but everyone would probably have to get
permission from the FCC to brodcast with that kind of power.
--
Andy Johnson
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