RE: TI-H: Why expander? Why compress? Use a FDD!

To: "'ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org'" <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: RE: TI-H: Why expander? Why compress? Use a FDD!
From: Christopher Kalos <raptorone@stuytech.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 18:35:54 -0500
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

okay, for now, it's a bit overpriced.  however, for the future, it would be pretty good.  Provided we see a continued stream of programs coming in, and that insane QuickCam idea gets off the ground, a floppy could be useful.  Also, it would work great for the network.  regardless of the price, that 500MB+ server module for the CalcNet will be hideously expensive, and I doubt that you need all of that space.  We could store most server data on  a floppy, helping out in terms of mass storage (Well, for the TI's, 1MB is massive)
	Another thought:  I know that the CalcNet will never be finished.  It will be released, but Grant will want to add more features every week, and the CalcNet will come with a free dose of built in obsolescence.  Add a floppy drive, and instead of Grant having to send out new chips, he sends out AVR code (encrypted is necessary), and one AVR reads the data and updates the code!  Kind of like a flash ROM BIOS update on a PC.  There are applications for it, we just need to wait for the price to be more reasonable.
Christopher Kalos
raptorone@stuytech.com
Executive Director/Administrator
Virtual Technologies Developer's Group


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From: 	Jon Olson[SMTP:morph@jmss.com]
Sent: 	Tuesday, January 20, 1998 4:41 PM
To: 	ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: 	Re: TI-H: Why expander? Why compress? Use a FDD!


Ah...well that's a nice...uhm...number...for...uhm...a...price...
I don't think i'm gonna spend $160 on a floppy drive for my calc...i can
build an EEPROM expander for a LOT less...

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Martis <bungix@hotmail.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: Why expander? Why compress? Use a FDD!


>
>I don't want to sound like a fag or anything, but when I ment floppy I
>ment floppy...the company is purple soft. product is cyclone...
>http://www.purplesoft.com/cycl.htm
>
>>Well...first of all, it isn't a floppy drive.
>>Second, the company isn't Pison, it's Psion.
>>Third, i think this is still a viable option, but i'm not exactly sure
>how
>>the devices interface with the Palmtop (picture isn't very clear)...It
>looks
>>like it uses more than 3 pins, on the other hand, it also appears to
>use a
>>lot fewer than a full FDD interface. They sell two models of the disks.
>>Flash SSD's and RAM SSD's. As is implied by the name, one of them uses
>>EEPROM, and the other uses RAM. The flash ssd's come in models ranging
>from
>>128K to 8MB, and the RAM models range from 128K to 1MB. If you want
>more
>>info, take a look for yourself:
>>
>>http://www.psion.com/computers/psionscssds.html
>>
>>
>
>
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