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My emulated TI-86 only has 64 KB of RAM instead of 96 KB! Why?

April 26, 2017emulated KB RAM ti-86

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My emulated TI-86 only has 64 KB of RAM instead of 96 KB! Why?

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A6: Just like the TI-86, the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition/TI-84 Plus has 128 KB of RAM. Normally only 32 KB is used, leaving 96 KB unused for applications such as Emu8x. Because Emu8x has to fit the 128 KB of RAM in the 86 into 96 KB, the choice was made to decrease user memory size to 64 KB. Q7: Why does only ROM 2.0V work for the TI-81? A7: Unlike the other calculators, the TI-81’s hardware was substantially altered between ROM revisions. There are two versions of the TI-81, each with incompatible hardware. At present, 2.0V is the only ROM that Emu8x has been tested with. Q8: If a hen can lay half an egg in half a day, how many flapjacks does it take to shingle a doghouse? A8: Give the cow 168, because TI-86-TI-82 = -168.