On 8/21/07 8:38 AM, in article
1187699893.060316.216760@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Richard
Engebretson"
<eng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Aug 21, 3:18 am, Marco van de Voort <mar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On 2007-08-20, Richard Engebretson <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been digging through z80 microcontroller stuff, discovered that
>>> TI calculators are very advanced programmable devices. Then I spotted
>>> the "Fargo Pascal Compiler."
>>> Fargo, No. Dakota is nearby so I assumed it was developed there.
>>> Looking closer, probably not. Europeans would never understand Fargo,
>>> No. Dak.
>>
>> Since it is the situation of a cult classic, I beg to differ:
>>
>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/
>>
> Thanks for the levity, Marco. The movie mostly took place in
> Minneapolis and Brainerd, Minnesota. But the movie won't end; our main
> bridge just fell into the Mississippi. The last casualty was just dug
> out, a construction worker from my hometown. Rumor is he was strapped
> into the front end loader that was ba****ng around the weakened
> structure.
>
> Please check out the Fargo Pascal Compiler. It is intended for TI-92
> (non Z80) calculators. Some of these calculators are getting to be
> very cost effective small computers.
I remember with great affection my old TI CC-40 and TI-74 Basicalc
handhelds. I still have a TI-74 around somewhere. But of course I sold
everything, including the PC interface cable, cassette cable, etc...
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