Re: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible
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Re: TI-H: TI-89/92 ROMs NOT compatible
When are the clicks being realeaed? Any guess as to cost?
Andy
>They are also big, (not the clicks as much), expensive, and I wouldn't
>want to carry them around...
>- noah zoschke (nzoschke@juno.com)
>
>On Sun, 22 Mar 1998 14:00:33 -0800 "SMC12" <scross@san.rr.com> writes:
>>
>>Zip drives have a portable power source, and Click drives are nice and
>>small. They're also SCSI. Hint... hint... hint... Grant.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>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
>>>>>
>>>>>----------
>>>>>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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