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IdealIdeas
Marine
Posted: 30 May 2009
14:58 GMT
Total Posts: 35
I Have Recently got an external hard drive for my laptop and noticed its connection was mini USB like my Ti-84's port.
Is there any program out there already that would allow me to hook my calculator to my hard drive and be able to utilize that hard drives memory?
My Harddrive does have to be connected to a power supply so i dont think powering the device would be any issue.
I dont know why I would want to this, I Just do, I mean wouldnt it be kinda funny to have a calculator with 500 GB of memory?
If there is no such program to do this then we need to give that Brandon Wilson guy a new challenge!
Zachary940
Wraith
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Posted: 30 May 2009
15:29 GMT
Total Posts: 714
You can try the MSD8X and USBDRV8X. Both are used to connect a flash drive to a calc. In theory I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

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IdealIdeas
Marine
Posted: 30 May 2009
17:06 GMT
Total Posts: 35
Can Ya Give Me A Link Please
Xphoenix
Ultralisk
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Posted: 30 May 2009
17:30 GMT
Total Posts: 210
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/390/39064.html

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IdealIdeas
Marine
Posted: 30 May 2009
19:50 GMT
Total Posts: 35
thank you!
Something that would be funny, Imagine What kind Of game you could program with that much memory!
Zachary940
Wraith
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Posted: 31 May 2009
22:57 GMT
Total Posts: 714
Not much because it all has to be copied to the RAM. It's like pulling a tractor tailor with a Ford Escort. You can haul a lot of stuff but you ain't going to get very far.

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It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the problem.
BrandonW
Goliath
Posted: 2 Jun 2009
15:38 GMT
Total Posts: 100
It's crazy, that Brandon Wilson guy already wrote something to do this!
turtlbrdr
Marine
Posted: 5 Jul 2009
22:19 GMT
Total Posts: 39
Don't those two programs only support FAT file systems? Wouldn't that limit how much you could store, or am I thinking of something else?

Also who knows, maybe Brandon W., or someone else might discover ways to execute from an external.

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