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Jedd
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I'm sure alot of people have seen this, but it's a way you can solder a capacitor to your calc so it speeds it up (the example on this site is used on an 83+). But i sure wouldn't ever solder anything to my calc, I would probably short circuit something. But here you go anyway:
http://spacex.williams-net.org/ti/ti-boost/ti83.htm |
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DigiTan
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I've had my eye on overclocking for quite some time; but I've never attempted it for one very good reason: The procedure is a very delicate one; an operation requiring exceptionally good soldering skill, eyesight, dexterity, patence and of course luck. Surface-oriented components like the NPO capacitor are extremely hard to place by hand, and even harder to 'correct' if something goes awry.
Fortuanantly, a few acceleration projects do succede. I've even seen one design that included a side-mounted x1/x4 'turbo' switch.  Definatly one of the 'ultimate' calc mods. |
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NextPerception
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| Posted: 24 Nov 2003 05:14:44 pm Post subject: |
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| let me add that this will increase the speed your batteries get used about 1.5 times the amount a normal calculator's batteries will. also I see no purpose for speeding the calculator up when it will make most games unplayable because it will be too fast. |
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DarkerLine
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| Posted: 24 Nov 2003 07:08:08 pm Post subject: |
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| That is why there should be a switch: normal speed for games and overclocked speed for math programs. |
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Jedd
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| Posted: 24 Nov 2003 08:22:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah a switch would be pretty sweet. Still how would you fit the capacitor into the body of the calc? Or would it just have to stick out somewhere... |
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Adm.Wiggin
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| Posted: 25 Nov 2003 05:18:44 pm Post subject: |
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Switch Mod
same site, just had to scroll down to the link... |
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DigiTan
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| Posted: 25 Nov 2003 06:32:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, the switch would be useful for 3D programs like Defiance or Daedalus. |
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NextPerception
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| Posted: 25 Nov 2003 09:56:39 pm Post subject: |
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also anygame you make on the calculator would not work on someones calculator that has not modded it and my guess is 1 in every 2000 calculators is modified and that is being generous
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 26 Nov 2003 10:38:48 am Post subject: |
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| Why wouldn't it work? Wouldn't it just run slower? |
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DarkerLine
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Some programs would run slower, but some (like the Pi-background program on ticalc.org doesn't work on SEs) would not work.
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NETWizz
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| Posted: 29 Nov 2003 04:07:04 am Post subject: |
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Well, it is actually a time constant via capacitor and resistor that makes your calc run at a certain speed.
If you put another resistor in parallel with the timming resister, you will decrease the resistance probably making your calc run faster. |
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Jedd
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| Posted: 30 Nov 2003 02:14:19 pm Post subject: |
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| and possibly make your calc go berserk or blow up or something because of too much voltage (ok not blow up....but something bad) so i sure wouldnt replace it with another resistor. |
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