Re: TI-H: Mac Link
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Re: TI-H: Mac Link
See? Look what you did... you confused the kid...
Just don't worry about clocks or anything... yer getting it mixed up with
cpu speeds and everything... if you really wanna know about serial data
(for your application), I suggest typing something into altavista like
'+serial +RS +232 +info' or something...
At 06:34 PM 4/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>>>From: Dan <danti@applecyber.dyndns.com>
>>>The three wires are Data (red), Clock (white), and ground... it is
>>serial... so if you wanna make a link... do some research... actually, lots
>>>of it...
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>>The names Data and Clock are misleading, they would be more
>>properly called "1" and "0", due to the way the TI uses them for
>>transfering data. Who came up with 'Data' and 'Clock' anyway?
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>>Regarless of their names, all you really need to do is make sure
>>that you get the red, white and bare wires hooked up to the right
>>places on your link circuitry. Some of the diagrams call them
>>"Data" and "Clock", others simply refer to them as Red and White.
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>>Is that all the info you needed, or do you need to know how
>>the TI transfers information?
>>
>>-DK
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>hmm.... now this thing about the Clock not being Clock got me confused...
>does the calculator control the clock or not?
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>if not, what speed should i use? but it seems like the calculator does
>control the clock as speeds seem variable for people
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-Dan
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