Re: "Bootstraped - Dumb calc"


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Re: "Bootstraped - Dumb calc"



I have an 86 which lost the first 9 columns of the display, if this would be
of any use to you e-mail, currently i don't use it and would be willing to
sell it for a reasonable price

Joe


Grant Stockly wrote in message ...
>I'm looking for good/dead/anything calcs: 80/1/2/3/5/6 and the 92...
>
>To say what the below says but better:
>
>FAQ:
>-What have I done?
>-How could it affect me?
>-How will it affect the TI community?
>-Where/What does it work on?
>-About the author.  (Also how I thought of this)
>-Inside information.
>
>+What Have I done?
>I've just delvoped a beta bootstraper for the TI calcs (8x so far).  The
>term bootstrap means that you start the computer up.  I've done this
>through modifying the internals of the TI calculator.  This means that you
>can start your calculator up off of a hard drive, external memory device,
>network, or make your own shell.
>
>+How could it affect me?
>I don't know...it depends on who you are.
>
>+How will it affect the TI community
>assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org - better calc, better graphics code, better
>I/O including a patched TI ROM with hard drive support...
>assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org - better calc, better graphics code, better
>I/O including a patched TI ROM with hard drive support...
>assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org - better calc, better graphics code, better
>I/O including a patched TI ROM with hard drive support...
>assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org - better calc, better graphics code, better
>I/O including a patched TI ROM with hard drive support...
>assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org - better calc, better graphics code, better
>I/O including a patched TI ROM with hard drive support...
>ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org - Make the ultimate basic shell.  With
>optimization of the TI commands there could be a super TI interperator
>made.
>ti-emulator@lists.ticalc.org - Allow devolpers to test new roms from shell
>devolpers, or to make an emulator that loads the current Image from the
>cart...
>shell-developers@lists.ticalc.org - give the opportunity for shell
>devolpers to write their own GUI or TUI for the calc and have total
>control!
>CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM - create pointless short arguments...  ;)
>
>+Where/What does it work on?
>So far I've made the bootstraper firmware work with AppleTalk networks.
>They open an ADSP connection and the server dumps the rom to the AVR which
>then gives it to the calc and then the calc runs it...
>It works on calcs.
>
>+About the author.  (Also how I thought of this)
>In health portion of PE.  Most people think I'm a boy, but maybe I'm a
>girl!  Some of the people in TI-hardware would be surprized if I told them
>my name was Rachel...Sorry, I won't tell you what my sex is, but you
>probably have the wrong idea anyway...  :)
>
>
>+Inside information.
>You'll know if you have it...  :)
>
>
>
>
>>Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:38:17 -0700
>>To:ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>From:gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
>>Subject:"Bootstraped - Dumb calc"
>>
>>I'm the first person ever to bootstrap their calc over a network.  Using
>>the internal ROM, I blowtorched it off and soldered a header in.  Then I
>>made a circut on a breadboard with an AVR...  You turn on the calc.  The
>>avr says hello and gets hold of the server (mac) downloads the selected
>>rom on the server, loads it into SRAM, then resets the internal Z80 chip
>>and then the calc started up!  It crashed after working with it since my
>>breadboard was shorting out but it worked!  I havn't tried it yet, but if
>>I can find an 82 I will dump its rom into it.  It won't work, but it would
>>be  interesting...
>>
>>So this will be a feature on my network.  The hub will hold a rom of each
>>calc and when the calc asks for the rom it sends it and then the calc runs
>>the ASM.
>>
>>This isn't just for making something neat.  Once we have the display
>>driver, memory, and link port routines down we can make calcs that play
>>only games, or one program.  This would make games a whole lot faster!
>>
>>After someone does taht I can incorporate the design into the EIII.  Then
>>you would get the interface from the EIII and the EIII would ask you which
>>program to run.  If you decide to run TIROM then it would look like a
>>normal calc.  When doing this we could make a *patch* that someone would
>>apply to their calc.  Then we could incorporate "goodies" into the TI
>>interface...
>>
>>


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