Re: LF: RAM Upgrade possibility
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Re: LF: RAM Upgrade possibility
At 12:54 PM 12/8/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Ed Plese, Jr. wrote:
>>
>> > Yes. The extra RAM is already in the TI-92 -- they just decided not to
>> > allow access to it. Additionally there's a Sun UltraSPARC compatible chip
>> > running at 100 BIPS in there that is also currently unused as part of a
>> > satellite up/downlink system near the left set of batteries.
>>
>> No it isn't!!! When you order the upgrade ROM module, the extra RAM
>> is built into it along with the ROM. There is only 128K of RAM
>> currently in the TI-92. This way they don't have to make any
>> difficult hardware modifications.
>>
>> -Ed
>
>I think thats what he's trying to say (hehe A satilite uplink system!)
>I was pretty sure all along that ti wasn't going to even *want* let
>alone *tell* people to solder chips onto their calcs! Besides, why
>would they spend the money to put the ram onto the calcs if it wasn't
>going to be used, it doesn't make sense.
>
>(Besides, I have rom 1.11 and the "chip" that everyone said was supposed
>to be in there because the "ram was already there" was not there, It
>must have been started by someone that didn't know where the chip was
>supposed to be. Also, it wouldn't take any special rom version, cause
>the fargo guys said that the rom in there was capable of using 256k ram
>the way it was, they just threw in a new rom chip cause thats where the
>ram had to be put.)
This is called a joke. It is not to be taken seriously. It is sarcasm.