Re: Turboing

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Re: Turboing

Is there some data on how reliable these things are after they are
turboed?  Does this end up frying the calc eventually?

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> From:         Bear[SMTP:ryden@POST8.TELE.DK]
> Reply To:     Bear
> Sent:         Tuesday, September 30, 1997 12:01 PM
> To:   CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
> Subject:      Re: Turboing
>
> >When turboing your calc, you pull one of the condensators, which
> >drastically speeds up the 'crystal'. The Z80 can handle it, but your
> >batteries are strained. you are going to have to replace them LOTS.
> >Also, nearly all asm programs rely on the thing being 6Mhz, with the
> >results that you can't run much asm games. There are 'slowdown'
> >programs that run just enough dummy code every timerinterrupt to slow
> >the thing down back to a 'normal' calc's speed, but it still eats a
> >lot of batteries. It does speed up graphing and basic programs. If
> you
> >want your graphs to zoom across the screen, you might want to
> consider
> >doing this. you do need to open the cover and do some complicated
> >stuff.
> >
> >For info on both, go to http://www.ticalc.org or
> >http://www.inlink.com/~dafek/ti-files/ and look around.
>
>
> I wouldn?t say it is complicated. I did it to day, or right said my
> teacher
> did. I had opened the calculator and I was going to get it the
> condensator
> (C9) and I asked for a small "heater"(dont know what that thingy is
> called!) but he said that was too difficult so he took a nibber and
> squished the fucker! and then I just had to take of the pieces, and
> fuck my
> calculator is fast now (9 times the TI-83) I didn?t had to put in
> another
> condensator, it just worked.
>
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