Re: LZ: ?s about ram expander!


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Re: LZ: ?s about ram expander!



I thought you were going to make it so that you can run programs off the
extender (or do you mean it's as slow as running programs off the floppy
drive?)!


"Honors Master PhD of Idea Engineering"
-= Zenon@bbs.nexes.com =-


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: From: list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org
: To: Zenon
: Subject: Re: LZ: ?s about ram expander!
: Date: October 15, 1996 1:02 PM
: 
: 
: On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 13:38:39 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
: >okay, this is called a RAM expander. so, does that mean that it will be
: >erased when you turn it "off"? i certanly hope and believe not. why not
: >call it something more logical? like a "Memory Expander"...
: >
: 
: Actually, the "RAM Expander" is kind of a misnomer, because it doesn't
: actually expand the calculator's RAM.  It will have the functionality
: of an external tape or floppy drive.
: 
: >also, do you HAVE to use the 1024k chips? can you use something smaller?
i
: >want to know because, who in the world has the time or interest in every
: >zs game that they want and HAVE to play them all? when..wait, what am i
: >saying.. IF  we fill up a meg, won't that be quite a while from now? i
bet
: >mcmik took quite a while to program, debug, and optimize. AND IT'S ONLY
: >20000+ bytes!!!!!
: >
: 
: There are also 512k chips available.  If you don't want that much, you
: can use standard I2C or Microwire Serial EEPROM's, but the interface
: will be different than the chips I'm using.  Last I checked the
: largest standard I2C/Microwire chip available was 32k, but you can
: string them together.
: 
: 
: --
: The TI-85 Memory Expansion Homepage
: http://pilot.msu.edu/user/tsaimelv/expander.htm


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