Re: TI-H: e(g) driver

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Subject: Re: TI-H: e(g) driver
From: "Miles Raymond" <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 23:12:39 -0500
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Well, how much memory do we actually need?  Take the 83 for instance (the
most popular calc at my school):  FFIV alone takes up the entire memory, but
I think that it is worth it.  I am sure that there are games for the other
calcs, but I am not aware of them.

If someone had an e(g) at school, they would be able to play good, long,
graphical games that require all of the mem available on the calc.  Plus,
not to mention, they'd have a backup for everytime there !@#$%^ calc crashes
while shutting it off in SOS.  They could easily get gaming again in no
time.

Grant- Is it possible to detect if the calc is in "recieve" mode?  And is it
possible to detect which calc is connected?  If it is possible, would you
make the e(g) check for this when it is first connected, so that the e(g)
could send the driver over to the calc.  Does this sound technically
feasable?  If the other two wuestions are not feasable, then maybe the user
could put the calc in "recieve" mode, and press a button on the e(g) to send
the drivers.  There could be a different button for each calc or each class
of calc ie:
   73 O
82/83 O
85/86 O
89/92 O
(the Os are buttons)

-Miles Raymond

-----Original Message-----
From: SHIVANJJS@aol.com <SHIVANJJS@aol.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: e(g) driver

>
>In a message dated 10/19/98 11:24:50 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
m_rayman@bigfoot.com
>writes:
>
>> One more question: Is this the e(g) with the IDE, or DRAM storage?
>>
>>  -Miles Raymond
>i just wanna say how much storage do you really need for a calculator, i
mean
>really?  stick with 512 or 1024k flash, who needs a whole hard drive for a
>calc, dram sound like it may be more difficult than flash, now to my next
>thing
>
>i've been getting into mp3s and a portable HD or some kind of RAM mp3
player
>sounds pretty cool, are there any plans for an IDE portable player, with a
>separate LCD or use the TI calc
>
>-JJS

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Re: TI-H: e(g) driver

From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>