Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications

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Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications


Sorry I had to... why do you "have" to stick with NT? And why would you 
choose linux over NT? BTW: as grant was talking about how pics are 
slower, well CISC is 2x faster than RISC!

>From: "Jon Olson" <morph@jmss.com>
>To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Subject: Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications
>Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:00:20 -0500
>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>
>
>I refuse to start a PC/Mac war (they get really ugly on this list), but 
I
>feel the need to defend myself here: I hate mac's. Not so much the 
computers
>themselves (in fact, i think IBM was insane for going with Intel 
instead of
>motorolla), but the operating system is slow, and cumbersome for doing 
any
>real work on. Don't get me wrong, the same is true of Windows 
3.1/95/98/NT.
>If i didn't have to have NT on this box, i'd stick to 100% pure Linux.
>However, i will not have it implied that i am in any way a "mac freak" 
in
>this, or any other context (irl, i'd have to kill you :) j/k Please do 
NOT
>reply to this message saying why macs are better than PC's or vice 
versa,
>actually, it would be nice of you didn't reply to this message at all 
:>
>
>-- Jon Olson
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ns [despuqué] <worldsnow@hotmail.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 7:50 PM
>Subject: Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications
>
>
>>
>>I'm guessing UAF is University of Alaska at Fairbanks? Yea, CMU would 
be
>>a good school for you, they have a lot of Mac freaks there... You 
could
>>even go to the football games... the steelers suck now, but last
>>saturday they had an awesome come back after they got rid of Kordell.
>>
>>>Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:14:12 -0900
>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>>Subject: Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications
>>>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>>Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 6:57 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: Re(fcc): TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>So lets talk about calculators...  I'm going to cram alot of code
>>such as
>>>>>serial uart and midi interface into the EII.  THe interfaces will 
use
>>the
>>>>>'module port'.  They usually aren't turned on, but when accessed 
they
>>will
>>>>>work.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>What types of interfaces besides keyboard, serial, and midi do you
>>guys
>>>>want?
>>>>
>>>>Well, since you've already written code for an IDE interface, it 
might
>>be
>>>>nice to have it included in the whole bulk package. Who was it that
>>took
>>>>over writing the drivers for the orriginal one? Might be simpler for
>>them to
>>>>give up on that, and write an all around EII driver (or is going to 
be
>>>>completely driverless? i keep forgetting these things)
>>>
>>>Completely driverless would take tons of code, but I guess it would
>>work.
>>>maybe on an $8 8515...
>>>
>>>>>How about MIT?  Since you've programmed a toll booth you can get 
some
>>real
>>>>>nice scolarships.  Colleges will accept a 3.0 student thats
>>programmed a
>>>>>toll booth over a 4.0 student who wines about how good he can do 
Trig
>>4.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>CMU - Carnegie Mellon University, being a Pittsburgher, i've got a
>>little
>>>>home town loyalty (and it is ranked #3 amongst technical schools in
>>the
>>>>nation, so i figured it was a good compromise (my grades aren't good
>>enough
>>>>for MIT/Berkley because i don't do anything for school :))
>>>
>>>Neither do I.  I just took a test today that I hadn't studied for at
>>all.  :)
>>>
>>>I might go to UAF...They have a cray and 4 T1s.  Fine with me.  :)
>>>
>>>Of course your college CMU probably has dual fiber, but 4 T1s is good
>>for
>>>Fairbanks!  :)
>>>
>>>The AK pipeline has OC48 running parallel with it.  Those control
>>modules
>>>sure take lots of bandwidth!  :)
>>>
>>>Grant
>>>
>>
>>
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