Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.


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Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.




>why not use a 3.5" floppy disk???  

Very good idea, and its more than a meg of removable media.

>Much cheaper (betcha could get a drive for $30).  

I bet I could get a brand-new one for less than $10.

>A disk-type thing would be extremely convenient.  
>Pass your programs around without linking up???

Very cool, I always got weird stares when a friend and I linked up during
class.

>One problem I can foresee:
>compatibility between all TI-8x calcs (maybe add
>the 92).  You'd need some kind of ASM program 
>that could determine if the files on-disk were 
>right for this calculator (maybe a TI-82 prog would
>run on an -86, but probably not an -86 on an -82.)

I think that the easiest way to solve this kind of problem would be to
write a separate driver for each calc, and it would be the drivers
responsibility to do this.

Sam

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