Re: TI-H: TI Network - TIN
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Re: TI-H: TI Network - TIN
You are limiting yourself to the previous limits TI set for us!! We can
uwse more than just the ti vars and strings for programs. true, the
programs would be incompatible, ubt i dont see many problems with a bitmap,
or with a text file. i nver would use any network file server to save
matrices or lists!
At 10:47 PM 10/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>1. As a programmer, you should know that a compiled app for one calc will
>not run on another without an "emulator" of sorts. I don't think that an 86
>prog would run on an 82, do you? And what about the 89/92? They even have
>a different processor! How the heck could you run an 82/83/85/86 prog
>natively on an 89/92/92+? The ZTetris linking protocal is the only thing
>cross-calc about it. If you don't believe me, find someone at school with a
>different calc than yours without ZTetris, and try to send it to them.
>
>2. I think that the best way to handle multi-calc storage is for the calc to
>attach an ID to the stored file, so another calc could see that "hey, this
>just isn't my thing", and wouldn't run it. I do not know if things such as
>lists and matrices are cross-calc or not, but I imagine that an 82/83 list
>would need to convert to an 85/86 list, which would need to convert to an
>89/92 list. (I hope I am wrong here.)
>
>3. And about addresses, this just means that more calcs can attach, right?
>So, if everyone in school that had a calc, they all would be able to use
>this network? How is this going to be implemented? I don't think that
>someone is acctually going to build a 200+ hub/connector. Or, is it
>possible to connect multiple hub/connectors together?
>
> calc
> |
>calc-hub-calc
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>calc-hub-calc
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>calc-hub-calc
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>calc-hub-calc
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>calc-hub-calc
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>calc-hub-calc
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>calc-hub-calc
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>calc-hub-calc
> |
>calc-hub-calc
> |
>calc-hub-calc
> |
>...
> |
>calc-hub-calc
> |
> calc
>
>-Miles Raymond
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Firepower5@aol.com <Firepower5@aol.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 6:42 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: TI Network - TIN
>
>
>>
>>In a message dated 10/19/98 2:24:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
>>fuzz@pinecrest.edu writes:
>>
>>> what you are describing right there, is an mbus hub with an i2c
>compatable
>>> e(g) attached. the mbus hub just connects all the red wires to the rest
>of
>>> the red wres, the whites to whites, and ground to ground.
>>
>>No, I am not. Does MBus have a fileserver? Nope. Does MBus have support
>for
>>calcs other than the -85? Nope. I want a system with a small storage
>device
>>(stores high scores for 'server', download freq. used programs, etc) that
>is
>>compatible with all ASM-capable calcs - meaning the TI-82, TI-83, TI-85,
>>TI-86, TI-89, and TI-92(+). I believe Kaus mentioned a greater number of
>>addresses so more calcs could be connected. Think about it... we know
>ZTetris
>>has a link routine that is used in all versions and is compatible with the
>>calcs mentioned above. If you can play a game of ZTetris from one calc to
>>another, this TI-Network should certainly be feasible!
>>
>>My important points:
>>1. Multi-calc capability
>>2. File server
>>3. More addresses
>>
>>Rob Hornick
>
>
-Jonathan Kaus
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