Re: PROPOSAL: TI-82 "Enhancement" Project


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Re: PROPOSAL: TI-82 "Enhancement" Project



that's a great idea.  there have been ms-dos ports to the 8080, right?

unconnected

Grant Stockly wrote:

> 'The commodore' is very misleading...thats like saying 'the IBM' when IBM
> makes computers with the x86 and PPC...or 'the apple' which uses aboout 4
> different processors.  Commodore made IBM compatibles, "commodore"s, VICs,
> all of which used (mostly) different processors.
>
> The Z80 is a 8080 clone...why doesn't someone try to find an os for the
> 8080 and port the kbd and lcd routines?
>
> Grant
>
> >Actualy, the CPU used in calculators in the same used in many personal
> >computers similar to the Commodore. In fact I think that the Commodore
> >may have even used a z80.
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >_____________________________________________________________________
> >I'm, like, a product, OK, of american, you know, education, all right?
> >DJ_Ramen@juno.com
> >
> >On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 11:20:31 +0100 smit811no1spam@tao.sou.edu (Justin
> >Smith) writes:
> >>(A copy of this message has also been posted to the following
> >>newsgroups:
> >>bit.listserv.calc-ti)
> >>
> >>In article <19980221.090317.4382.1.DJ_Ramen@juno.com>, Chris A
> >>Brainerd
> >><dj_ramen@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Also, since it wouldn't have TI's wierdo
> >>>hardware limitations, the available C compilers should be able to
> >>compile
> >>>for it.
> >>
> >>
> >>Well TI's are calculators not computers....that's why. Duh. :)
> >>
> >>
> >>-JZ
> >>
> >>--
> >>:
> >>
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