Re: A86: New link cable?!


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Re: A86: New link cable?!




The bulge contains some kind of metal/weak magnet (I opened one on
another cable).  Like TGaArdvark said, I think it is for filtering out
emi. (electromagnetic interference for the rest of you)

TGaArdvark@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone had any experience with TI's new calc-to-calc link cable?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > By new, I mean the one with the straight connector instead of the
> > old ones with a 90-degree angle.  I think they began shipping with
> > all new calcs this year (my 89 came with one).
> >
> > My friend told me that he read on the internet that someone
> > emailed TI about the new cable, and they put in error correcting
> > stuff, but I don't know.  Each side has "buldge" the same size
> > and shape as the one in the middle of the graph-link cable.  I
> > assume this is where the TI to RS-232 converter is in the graph
> > link,
> 
> It is not.  The converter is in the plastic computer-side connector.
> It may be something for filtering interference or dampening the
> transmission EMF, or something for error-correcting/checksums.
> I don't know.
>
> > so they could have added some new stuff to the link cable.
> 
> I discovered that they do not take well to use with the CBL.  Pat,
> you know anything about this?
> 
> > Anyway, getting to the point, I'm trying to write some good
> > link routines for the 86, and nothing seemed to work with the
> > new link cable, so I tried ZTetris, and it only connected once
> > in about 30-40 tries.  Are there routines built into the rom?  In
> > Scabby's Bomber Bloke, his link routines called some rom
> > routines, but I wasn't able to figure it out.  Any ideas?
> 
> No clue.


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