[TI-H] Re: Serial Link + Calc Freeze = ?
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[TI-H] Re: Serial Link + Calc Freeze = ?
I just wanted everyone to know, I bought the real TI calble, I
figured I wasted $8 on something I can't use and I might as
well get it done right. I don't see any point to VTI though. I
can't get it to do anything.
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---- On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Gary Marsh (gmarsh@thezone.net) wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, the $4 serial link is a cheap substitute for a real
Texas
> Instruments 'black cable'. The bcc2 ("black cable compatible
2") cable
> is
> more likely to work on your computer, but still, it's not the
real
> thing,
> and isn't *guaranteed* to work, but it's more likely to work.
>
> For me, the $4 didn't work at all (just froze the calc), the
BCC cable
> (http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~fmhess/bccsl/bccsl.html)
didn't work
> either, and the bcc2 one works fine.
>
> The TI black cable is relatively cheap; you could save
yourself a big
> headache, and spend not much more money if you buy the actual
TI
> cable. So, keep that as an option. :)
>
> - GM
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Social Outcast wrote:
>
> > So let me get this straight, the $4 serial link is a cheap
> > substitute. It works but not on all computers, so there is
a
> > chance that the link I have works perfect, but won't work
on my
> > Compaq. The bbc2.gif might work better because it has a
wider
> > range of hard ware that it works on. Or there is a chance
that
> > the stupid link I have doesn't work right at all, but I
have a
> > Compaq and TI-83+, they aren't the greatest things in the
> > world. I checked www.ticalc.org and the only software that
> > works on the TI-83 plus and the serial link is the Graph
link
> > thing software. Is there a chance that it's that and not
the
> > link?
> >
> > How much would it cost to build the bcc2.gif link or would
it
> > just be better to buy the one from www.ti.com?
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