Re: connecting to a calculator i/o port

[pbauer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul H Bauer)]

 <
 <I have a question about this calculator-computer interface problem.
 <What is the purpose?  What kind of data is shared? I will eventually
 <have to get a TI-85 since my college requires it
 <for calculus class (ugh!).  If I can hook it to my GS to make my life
 <easier, please post the details.
 <
 <Thanks,     Wily
 
I started this thread a couple of weeks ago when my son bought a TI-85
for the same reason that Wily has.
 
       I noticed that there is a cable supplied with the calculator to
couple two calculator together to share data etc. The users manual says
you can purchase from TI software and a serial cable to connect the TI
calculators to a Mac or a PC with the appropriate software to transfer
graph data etc. I thought it would be useful to be able to do this to use
the printing capabilities of the computer. Since we are still using the
very capable GS I was wondering if it would be possible to do this with
the GS and if anyone had tried it.


Paul		pbauer@mit.edu