TI-H: Re: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message
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TI-H: Re: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message
The screen probably freezes because the calc thinks that it's currently
receiving data when it's not.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Cox" <william@characterlink.net>
To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 4:01 AM
Subject: TI-H: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message
>
> Hi all,
> I just picked up a TI-85 for $25 at a yard sale Sat. I order a 89 off
of
> e-bay for $114 but the woman stole my money. :( Any way. I'm good at
> electronics so I decided to make my own cable. I'm using the $4 dollar
> schemo. I've been over the circuit a number of time, and I'm fairly
certian
> that all is well. But, it doesn't work. Whenever I plug in the cable into
> the COM1 port and into my calc. The screen (on the calc) freezes. Any
> specific reasons? None of the programs I've DLd have gotten there. What
are
> the voltages supposed to be on the link? I really don't know how trouble
> shoot, so advice is appreciated. I know this message probably shows up a
> lot, and you hate it, but could you bear with one more newbie question?
> Thanks.
> -William Cox
> GoRobotics.net
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> R U 100% Sure
> that if you died tonight you'd go to heaven?
> If not, can I tell you the truth?
> william@characterlink.net
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>
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