Re: TI-H: I'm baaaaaacccccckkkk!!!


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Re: TI-H: I'm baaaaaacccccckkkk!!!




>Thanks, you saved me from having to explain it all... although this is
>actually
>on-topic... it's for hardware for the TI-calcs.  When Grant started on his
>CalcNet
>project, I had posted my white sheet for the a TI-Network system.  After
>he claimed
>that I stole his idea, we argued, whined, fought, and finally stopped once
>he saw
>that my plan was nothing like his.  So he "Borged" it, adding the idea
>into the
>CalcNet with my permission.

What does a serial network have to do with a hub?  :)

>His original plan was 100% Ethernet, which meant a
>crapload of CSMA/CD problems on the poor little calculators, which is why
>the token
>concept got moved into the setup.  But who cares?  It died once, and it'll die
>again for the same reason as before.  No drivers :)

My orrigional idea was ethernet, but jared@alaska.net convinced me to use a
hub idea and make an uplink over serial.  mail him.  He even gave me a
2400bps 8port serial card.

>By the way, Grant, it's "protocol," NOT "protocall."  Please use the correct
>spelling, the TI-H archives were painful to read with that one spelling error.

Portoaclll



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