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Re: Serial!
He asked what we though, I answered. Thats something I hadnt thought of.
Using it as a GL alternative. Pretty neat, but pretty insane like you said.
Also, it is nice, but until I see it, I dont really see how it is feasible.
I dont even see the point of turboing, but I do think a UART thing may be
nice. You can connect with a modem and get net access, but you'd need a
better power supply. When you think about it, it is nice to be able to
access the net on the run. Sound card? Thats shit right there. Always
remember when doing any sort of calc project everyone, power source. The
calc runs on 6 volts. A connection directly to a modem and phone line could
be like doing so on a laptop.
At 09:43 PM 2/28/98 -0500, Ray Kremer wrote:
>"Pretty good idea actually."? If that's all you had to say, then why did
>you bother? Indeed, it is intriguing as something do do just to see if it's
>possible. As a practical alternative to the Graph Link, however, I think
>it's insane. Can you imagine high schoolers attempting this just because
>it sounds cool and then totally ruining their calculator? I know that
>things like turboing work, but geez, it's a calculator, it's not meant to
>be expandable like a desktop computer. Why does everyone want to have a
>calculator to modem connection anyway (just out of curiosity)?
>
>On Sat, 28 Feb 1998 20:33:38 -0500, The Pletchers
<bpspcp-travelin@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> wrote:
>
>>Pretty good idea actually.
>>
>>At 08:35 PM 2/28/98 -0500, James Hall wrote:
>>>I don't know if anyone's thought about this before.
>>>A while back I read on someones page about someone at MIT
>>>successfully opening a ti-85(?) and connecting a sound card or something to
>>>the bus..
>>>I got to thinking while at work today, What about connecting a
>>>UART chip (for a serial port) to an unused address on the bus?!
>>>Then we wouldn't have to worry about figuring out how to duplicate (or worry
>>>about paying for) a graphlink for connection to a modem!
>>>(and we could have different baud rates too!)
>>>Of course we would have to rewrite any term programs to use the special
>>>address but what do you think?
>>>
>>> -James, N9XLC
>>> -jrhall@infocom.com
>>>
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