Re: TI-H: Link

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: Link
From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:30:27 -0700
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>I've built and sold over 250 parallel and I have found that the longer the
>cord on the parallel link is, the more errors I tend to receive.  Also, I

I don't know why...  On my now dead nec versa v/50 I could get 50 feet...
If you want to get longer, you should get a line driver...

>have had problems with linking when my batteries are either brand new or
>almost dead.  To fix that, I just put in somewhat used batteries or mixed
>old ones with new ones.  As for the length of the cord, just shorten it.  I

Its bad to mix batteries...

>try to keep mine about 2 feet long then when you plug the calc to calc link
>in, that adds another two feet to the length, which should be plenty to
>reach your calc from the back of your computer.  If you're not using a
>socket on the end of your parallel link and just have a plug on it, I would
>keep the length of the over all cord around 4 feet.

My primary cable is 10 feet long...then the other is 6 feet...


>On the note of turboed calcs, I turboed my 85 and haven't had any problems
>with linking via a parallel link.  I also have a non-turboed 86 and it
>works just as well.
>
>But yeah, in the end, it is usually the batteries that cause me the link
>errors.

Thats probably because you've been mixing them...  :)