Re: TI-H: Strange TI-86 Link Problem
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Re: TI-H: Strange TI-86 Link Problem
OK, I found the problem... It was the computer again! Bad luck I guess. I
moved the cable to yet another computer (an 8088) and it worked great, 100%
Wow, this is SO COOL!
Thankx for the help.
Nicholas Kreucher
nick@poetic.com
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Christopher Lambert wrote:
> I don't know if this is it or not, but if you have a long cable there is
> often interference, especially if you are using nicad batteries. This
> sounds like a problem I had, and sometimes holding the cable in both
> hands worked. If it is a long cable, you may just want to shorten it.
>
> Chris Lambert
> clambert@geneva.edu
> calan@hotmail.com
> URL: www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/peaks/6869
>
> On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Nicholas J Kreucher wrote:
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > 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%.
> >
> > What could be wrong? Any ideas? I've tried both Cal and Trans85sx (sp)
> > in flat DOS 6.22.
> >
> > -
> > Nicholas Kreucher
> > nick@poetic.com
> >
> >
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