Re: TI-H: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message
From: "Simon Trimble" <gingerno1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 18:30:32 BST
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org


Ive seen on my calc that if you short out the link port lines, the calc will 
freeze indefinately and then needs resetting.

Simon.


>
>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
>
>
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