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

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


100 MB of games? Yikes! I haven't even filled up my 96k on my 86 yet!

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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998 18:55:37 EST nzoschke@juno.com (Noah S Zoschke)
writes:
> 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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