RE: TI-H: New calc design
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RE: TI-H: New calc design
>how much? I just need the CPU, really, but it's nice to know how
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>have dropped recently. Also, I might bump it down to a 386, but only =
>because I have a graveyard of them. The problem is that I want an FPU,
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>especially if I decide to do any audio decoding. Apparently, MP3 uses
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>floating point.
If you're worried about MP3 and floating points and audio decoding, buy
a palmtop. I think a simple wave form generator and a cheap 8 or even a
16 bit DAC would be sufficient for audio. The DAC for digitized audio
and the Waveform generator for MIDI, music, beeps, crashes, explosions,
musical instruments, or whatever else there is. The sound would be
comparable to a Gameboy or a Commodore 128 (they had speech synthesis on
the Comodore!! You could even get an upgrade that did speech
recognition!!!) There's another note you may want to consider. Audio is
NOT allowed on SAT if I remember correctly. Make a header marked analog
out. Simply plug in a speaker when needed. That way, you can get away
with using it for SATs. Also, an N64 style joystick would be easy to
incorporate and make a decent pointing device. It would make the
graphing cursor easy to control and make games good. I'm not sure, but I
thought I remembered no touch pads or pen based devices are allowed
either! THe joystick would solve that, and be cool! Also, an FPU is
nice, a 486 is nice, but if you can use a smaller 386 for cheaper and
use less power, do it. Remember, we don't need multimedia or CD audio.
We're just looking for a calc that'll throw out fast 3D graphs, have a
nice GUI, do all the necessary functions, and run games faster than
daytona! (=
Richard Piotter
richfiles1@hotmail.com
The Richfiles TI Page
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
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