TI-H: Don't be held back...

[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]

TI-H: Don't be held back...

Look at the average PC (I'm talking IBM-compatible).  Inside it has 
the old 8/16 bit bus standard (ISA; yeech :).  The reason the 
computer is impeded by that is because everyone wants to remain 
compatible with previous technologies.  We are going to do the same 
thing now with the RF/IR links.  Why hold back the possiblilities 
(and cost effectiveness), just to be able to play the "legacy" link 
games.  When ZShell was made, they didn't worry about making it 
compatible with TI-Basic.  The RAM extender/expander will not be 
instantly utilizable (sp?) by all software.  But because it is an 
improvement in capabilities/convenience, we use it anyway.  The RF/IR 
should be the same way.  We could make a bigger, more complicated 
one, but it would be much more useful to have a simple, cheap, and 
space-efficient design.  Sure, a lot of the link games are great, but 
I would suppose that ZPong, for instance, will be updated if 
necessary.  And the primary point of all this seems to be to, ahhh... 
*aquire* the answers to test questions :), a chat program can and will 
be the first program written for it no matter what the design is.  
And a smaller design will be better for this purpose, too. :)


Anyway, I hope you guys realize that if this design is limited to the 
dual-transmission-wire TI-protocol, just to be able to play some 
existing games, the popularity and useability of it will be severely 
limited in the future.


Sorry for rambling. :)


shakal@ns.net