Re: TI-H: Strange TI-86 Link Problem


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Re: TI-H: Strange TI-86 Link Problem



If the calc slows down a lot when you plug the link in, try pushing it in
until it clicks in place. The same thing happened to my 85, and that
seemed to help.

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On Sat, 25 Oct 1997 16:49:54 -0700 Matthew Andersen
<MAndersen@DHVX20.CSUDH.EDU> writes:
>Does the calc slow down a lot when you plug it in... cause i think 
>(and
>i've got to be wrong cause this seems too easy) that maybe the comp
>sends over the two wires that have the dioes on them... and if the
>diodes are the wrong way then the data sent over the wires just won't 
>go
>through... i'm probably wrong cause thats probably not the way it 
>goes..
>but if it does then maybe i'm right... that would be cool....
>
>MAndersen@dhvx20.csudh.edu
>
>ps I just bought the Ti-Graph Link cause i was tired of my stuff 
>braking
>and buggin... its pretty cool... if you have the money just brake down
>and buy it...
>
>Nicholas J Kreucher wrote:
>> I made the Parallel port cable for my brand new 86 using new parts 
>and
>> the connector cable that comes with the calc. Once I found that my
>> computer's port wasn't compatible (after discovering that NT wasn't
>> compatible) I got the cable to work, but receiving only.
>> I can get a screen cap, download progs from the calc etc., but I 
>can't
>> seem to send any progs to the calc. Most of the time I get a flat
>> Transmission Error 35 and the name of the program I was trying to 
>send
>> below. Sometimes it works for a few seconds and them bombs like 
>this.
>> Once in a while the calc will freeze when it bombs and then I have 
>to
>> take the batteries out to get the thing to turn off and back on 
>again.
>> As I said, screen caps and downloading from the calc works 100%.
>>
>


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