[A83] Re: calculator networking - good idea?


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[A83] Re: calculator networking - good idea?



http://cables4computer.com/products/individualItem.asp?groupcode=I1018

something like that could be an interesting possibility.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff" <telepath75@hotmail.com>
To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:43 AM
Subject: [A83] Re: calculator networking - good idea?


> A counter/multiplexer is a very good idea.  Can you tell me more?  Have
you
> gotten it to work yet?
>
> A token-ring network does not mean wiring in a cirular structure.  Wiring
> for a token-ring network can use something like a hub.  What the ring is,
> though, is a system where the privelidge of sending data cycles around the
> "ring" of devices, by a signal in the network bus.  This is much like what
> you're doing.
>
> Jeff
>
> <---->
>
> About the networking...I'm working on such a project in school. It's based
> around a counter and a multiplexer where four calculators take turns in
> sending/receiving. Seemed to be the most convenient solution to me.
>
> I also thought about the token-ring model. But i left the idea because i
> couldn't think of a way to synchronize the sending when you only have on
> wire between each calculator.
>
>
>





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