Talk:TI-86

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[edit] Kilobyte/Kibibyte

Is "KB"/"kilobyte" being used in this article to mean a kilobyte or a kibibyte?? 66.245.115.34 22:44, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

It's kilobyte, but it's likely the 1024 bit definition, considering this is the only place I've ever seen kibibyte used. BioTube 01:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Kibibyte is the 1024 byte definition, and that name is the IEC standard. WP:MOSNUM suggests using KiB (kibibyte) but doesn't forbid kB. Other articles do use KiB, but clearly not enough of them. --StuartBrady (Talk) 15:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

True, but RAM isn't measured in decimal kilobytes. In fact, the only problem with kilobyte meaning 1024 bytes is hard drives being labeled with the 1000 unit. The IEC's inexplicable decision to rename the more used unit has been almost completely ignored. Firefox doesn't even recognize kibibyte as a word. BioTube 22:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

TiCalc.org no longer points to a useful site, so I have removed its link in the TI-86 article. -Chrono 04:17, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

I can't find a source to verify how grayscale works. The closest I could find was: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:lFBIX1sVldIJ:ti86.acz.org/grayscale.htm+%22ti-86%22+grayscale+flicker&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9 but as you can see the original website is down. Only the google cache of it is up.

Turning on and off pixels (and varying the amount of time spent in each state) is indeed how grayscale is emulated on the TI-86. An explanation and sample Z80 assembly code can be found here: Grayscale explanation. As a sidenote, the site that you found in the Google cache is that of one of the earlier TI-86 assembly programming groups, although it would seem that they've been inactive for a while. --Arabani (Talk ∞ Contribs) 04:53, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Sources or not, I think this section needs to be corrected. The greyscale is not a result of an optical illusion, but the screen's very slow response time (24.99.192.9 16:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC))

I've altered the passage, is it better now? Threefingeredguy 10:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thanx for satisfying this pharisee (user hiding behind IP 24.99.192.9)