Re: connecting to a calculator i/o port

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <431d6r$2ii@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>,
Paul H Bauer <pbauer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> wrote:
>	I've just picked up one of the graphing calculators (TI-85)
>with the I/O port. There is available a cable and software for the PC
>and or Mac but I was wondering if anyone has hooked one of these to a
>GS and if so what is necessary for software and cableing although I
>realise the Mac cable should work.

   If it's anything like the Hewlett Packard 48SX, this should be
pretty simple to do. Either pay the outrageous price for a mac cable
or build you own, and then get some software that supports the
protocols that the calculator wants. For the HP48SX, it's Kermit, so
Proterm, Kermit, or any of a bunch of other pieces of software should
work fine. See if the TI's manuals say anything about what the specs
are on the serial port, and what protocols it wants-- if it's something
halfway standard, you're in luck.

Nathan Mates
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