Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.


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Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.




>>Much cheaper (betcha could get a drive for $30).
>
>I bet I could get a brand-new one for less than $10.

I bet you could get a 286 at a junk yard...  :)

>>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.

ummm....  ;)


>>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.

It would be the drivers responsibility.  The EII acts like an adaptor to
Flash memory.  Its more like its just a gateway to send and receive
information with the TI protocall.



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