RE: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible
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RE: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible
Zip Drives also cost $150. Most people probably wouldn't want to pay
that and have to lug around a large drive.
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>Sent: Sunday, March 22, 1998 2:00 PM
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>Subject: Re: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible
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>Zip drives have a portable power source, and Click drives are nice and
>small. They're also SCSI. Hint... hint... hint... Grant.
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>>Is this something that we can find somewhere? Not just some old part you
>>had lying around?
>>
>>- noah zoschke (nzoschke@juno.com)
>>
>>On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 14:01:42 -0700 gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
>>writes:
>>>
>>>You have no idea which HD I use. The HDs I use only use about 50ma at
>>>full
>>>access. They are the HP KittyHawk kind. They are about the size of a
>>>pack
>>>of those hotell matches or the size of the metal part of a disk.
>>>
>>>>Okay, the deal is that a hard drive will eat power alive. 4 AAA
>>>batteries
>>>>won't cut it. However, if we do plan on connecting all of this extra
>>>>secondary storage in any form, why not give ELKS a shot on the 89?
>>>Seeing
>>>>as there's Linux on the PalmPilot (another 68K system), perhaps we
>>>could
>>>>dumb it down a bit and have something close to POSIX compliant UNIX
>>>on the
>>>>calcs. Of course, I would personally recommend actually upgrading
>>>the
>>>>system RAM as well to something a bit more respectable, since EMS and
>>>>virtual memory schemes are painfully slow, and we don't want to write
>>>too
>>>>often to an EEPROM.
>>>> But Linux would be great. Think about it, finally some real
>>>power
>>>>on a calc.
>>>>Christopher Kalos
>>>>raptorone@geocities.com
>>>>VirtuTech Developer's Group
>>>>AOL IM: Raptor1CK
>>>>
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>>>>From: Robert Brack[SMTP:reb@netride.com]
>>>>Sent: Friday, March 20, 1998 8:06 AM
>>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>>>Subject: Re: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Is is possible to make the hard drive part of the EII? Like an
>>>extension,
>>>>get the smallest EII chip, use it as a dedicated driver for the HD,
>>>and then
>>>>figure out how to format the HD. If we format it IBM, then we can
>>>download
>>>>games and stuff from the computer to the HD, and not need a link
>>>cable.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Probably on the 89 or 92with + module...we'd have to modify the
>>>calcs rom
>>>>>and use a special bus address line. That would mean we would have
>>>to find
>>>>>an empty space in rom... Maybe a pointer in the flash rom (in 89 or
>>>+
>>>>>module) that looks for the driver in RAM. If it finds it then it
>>>can
>>>>>access the HD. we don't have enough room in rom for a HD driver...
>>>we
>>>>>need at least 12k
>>>>>
>>>>>Grant
>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.eklektix.com/gfc/gsale/ He only has one, though. How
>>>hard
>>>>would
>>>>>>it be to change the program to suit a different sized hard drive?
>>>Also,
>>>>>>where can you get yours? Go for 40MB, 2 dollars won't break
>>>anyone, even
>>>>if
>>>>>>noone will go over 20MB in the first place, still, 8 years ago I
>>>though I
>>>>>>would never outgrow my 40MB drive!!! And if we get more space, the
>>>>programs
>>>>>>can be made bigger, better, and with more cool pics. Imagine a
>>>100MB calc
>>>>>>game :-) Anyways, think about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Where? I can get 20MB for $2 and 40MB for $4...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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!!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>For now lets do a 20MB HD...then we can get a 21.5GB Quantum to
>>>work
>>>>:)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>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. . .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>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...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>OS is Easily done, but I don't know about ADB.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Just use the arrow keys...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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