Re: TI-H: Zunix?


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Re: TI-H: Zunix?




>DOS has been done for the 85?  Could someone possibly point me to a URL
>where I can get the info?

It hasn't...

>As for that loadlin thing, I think I'm on the same page with you.
>That's exactly what I was thinking of.
>
>z80 vs 68000(?): As I said, I know practically nothing.  If it can be
>done for a 92 or 92+, then cool.
>
>Why axe multi-user?  I suppose it's kinda a "stupid calculator trick"
>but maybe someone has a use for it.  What about a classroom network,
>where everyone gets some special software for their TI-8<2,3,5,6,9> or
>92, and the teacher has some network cables that she just kinda lays out
>between rows of desks.  Then she plugs this little calcnet into her
>TI-92.  She can push data (simple images, text, pointers to programs,
>etc) over to the classnet, they can call up old push-data, possible
>whiteboard facilites (imagine an entire class being able to work on the
>same chalkboard, with the teacher as moderator), and file transfers
>(laplink-92?).

Anything is possible...  Whu not just make a multi-user storage unit for a
realy large swap space...  :)


>All the above, with only some software (which would perhaps take 1/2 an
>85's RAM?) installed on the client's machine, so the kiddies could still
>have their games and such.  The teacher's machine, on the other hand,
>would run this 68000-un*x to host clients, moderate the whiteboard, and
>feed data down off of the expander.
>
>I imagine it would take some serious talking to convince a middle or
>high school principal of the validity of this method of teaching...
>
>Plz don't flame me cause I'm a hardware-moron.  =)
>
>--Matt Cooper / mnemonicdevice@hotmail.com
>
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