USB Thumb Drive
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elfprince13
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Posted: 25 Apr 2005 11:50:18 am    Post subject:
am I the only one out there who thinks that a USB thumb drive would be really cool? I know it would need a USB driver, but I don't know enough Asm to do anything on this. Would anyone to and develop one?
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Posted: 25 Apr 2005 11:53:19 am    Post subject:
There are some USB drivers built in the OS, but maybe not the right ones. You could always try to plug in the key and press 'send' on the calc. It's worth a try.
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Posted: 25 Apr 2005 06:07:14 pm    Post subject:
Maybe worth a try on the 84+, which comes with a USB port.

either way you look at it, it will be hell to use it.

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Posted: 25 Apr 2005 06:30:24 pm    Post subject:
Of course, you would really need an USB driver made specifically for the calc... That'd be a hell to even code.
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Posted: 25 Apr 2005 07:15:39 pm    Post subject:
The real interesting thing is I also had this idea, a few weeks ago.
http://forums.unitedti.org/index.php?showtopic=2723

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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 05:22:35 am    Post subject:
Jbirk wrote:
Maybe worth a try on the 84+, which comes with a USB port.

either way you look at it, it will be hell to use it.

You can only page in 64k at a time.

Yes, i was talking about the 84+. The 83+ doesn't come with USB drivers.
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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 01:41:05 pm    Post subject:
yeah, I have a Ti-84+SE, but even if you sent it, how would you retrieve it? thats what the drivers would be needed for. Maybe include a driver with NimbusOS, that would be cool!
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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 02:46:39 pm    Post subject:
A better alternative, I believe, would be the 89 Titanium. It's much, much faster than the 84+
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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 03:52:31 pm    Post subject:
unfortunately I don't own a the 89T, does it have the same USB port as 84+SE? Either way it would be cool, although cool that I ca use is better than cool that I can't
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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 07:03:18 pm    Post subject:
brazucs16 wrote:
A better alternative, I believe, would be the 89 Titanium. It's much, much faster than the 84+

I don't quite see the logic of making upgrades to a model that's already much better than the rest.
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Jeremiah Walgren
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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 09:33:22 pm    Post subject:
Where would the thumb drive get its power from? The batteries?
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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 09:43:02 pm    Post subject:
Jeremiah Walgren wrote:
Where would the thumb drive get its power from?  The batteries?

Most likely, since I think USB devices run off of 5 volts, so maybe you will only need a resistor, a voltage regulator, or nothing at all.
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Posted: 26 Apr 2005 10:02:39 pm    Post subject:
I imagine it would suck the power from those batteries like none other...
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elfprince13
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Posted: 27 Apr 2005 09:01:53 am    Post subject:
LiIon?
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Posted: 27 Apr 2005 05:49:04 pm    Post subject:
elfprince13 wrote:
yeah, I have a Ti-84+SE, but even if you sent it, how would you retrieve it? thats what the drivers would be needed for. Maybe include a driver with NimbusOS, that would be cool!

We may release the source to NimbusOS soon.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2005 05:49:56 pm    Post subject:
Jeremiah Walgren wrote:
Where would the thumb drive get its power from?  The batteries?

It would get power from the calculator it would be plugged into. The calculator uses batteries.
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Posted: 28 Apr 2005 06:39:33 am    Post subject:
You could make your own splitted USB cable that gets the power from an external 5V source, like a battery pack. That way, it doesn't drain the batteries like hell.
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Posted: 28 Apr 2005 09:40:38 am    Post subject:
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LiIOn?

LiIon batteries. they have far higher energy storage than others
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Posted: 28 Apr 2005 01:15:23 pm    Post subject:
I think the higher storage isn't the best thing about lithium-ion, i like that it doesn't have memory effect. NiCa and NiMh batteries always die because of that effect.
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Posted: 28 Apr 2005 01:31:24 pm    Post subject:
anyway, as I said, If you were using LiIon triple-As it wouldn't drain the power as fast
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