Re: TI-H: I2C LCD module with MBus


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Re: TI-H: I2C LCD module with MBus




Who cares about the 85, make one for the 86 :-)  Just kidding.  Please do
though.

-----Original Message-----
From: Osma Suominen <ozone@clinet.fi>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 12:46 PM
Subject: TI-H: I2C LCD module with MBus


>
>ryan pogge wrote:
>
>> I have found that it is possible to have an I2C controlled LCD modual.
>> Mbus could use this maybee?
>
>Yes, why not. It should support all of the functions in the I2C protocol.
>In case something is missing, I'll add it if it's possible.
>
>I've thought about porting the MBus routines to be usable with the Usgard
>shell instead of ZShell. Among other benefits, the routines could then be
>distributed as precompiled .obj libraries, to facilitate programming.
>The secondary text memory hack would no longer be needed to achieve high
>speeds because of the advanced memory management in Usgard. However, MBus
>applications would then be incompatible with ZShell and other TI-85
>shells, unless they support Usgard applications. I could of course keep
>two separate versions of the routines, one for ZShell and the other one
>for Usgard, but updating two separate distributions would be a bit
>inconvenient.
>
>What are your thoughts about limiting MBus to Usgard on the 85?
>
>-Ozone
>
>--
>*** Osma Suominen *** ozone@clinet.fi *** http://www.clinet.fi/~ozone ***
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