Re: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible

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Subject: Re: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible
From: "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 05:00:38 -0500
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I know where to get a 100MB SCSI drive for $20 or less, would that still
work?  I don't know where to buy a 20MB!!!


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>For now lets do a 20MB HD...then we can get a 21.5GB Quantum to work  :)
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>>Yeah, CD-ROM support!!  Get every single Fargo program on one CD-R and pop
>>it in!  Well, a small hard drive would be more practical. . .
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>>>Does anyone want SCSI support on the TI92/89?  I was diging around my
>>>"treasure" room and found my "hot wired" 512k.  Apple sold 200 of those
to
>>>special distributiors to demonstrate the 'puter.  They thought that
>>>customers would buy a computer if it had 4MB/SCSI/800k instead of
>>>512k/400k...
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>>>The neat thing is that steve jobs actually signed the motherboard!  not
>>>only the Case!  There are about 20 wires running from the CPU to a chip
>>>which connects to a ribon cable and then goes out the battery port thing.
>>>It uses the standard a SCSI controller so...SCSI on the 92!  I think its
a
>>>NCR.
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>>>>> new OS onto the chip.  With 1 meg of space on it, why not put a
modified
>>>>> MacOS?  When I say modified, I mean, moving the command keys around,
and
>>>>> pointing the ADB port out the link port (we'd have to supply power
>>>>> seperatly.)
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>>>>OS is Easily done, but I don't know about ADB.
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>>>Just use the arrow keys...
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