CSAIO fx-9860GII

[cutterjohn]

(07-25-2014 06:24 AM)Marcus von Cube Wrote:  

(07-24-2014 08:03 PM)cutterjohn Wrote:  9860GII SD: that's odd. While theoretically being the same model w/an SD slot they removed basic functionality? (Maybe to have room to add SD support? Although Casio seem to provide a fair amount of flash on these lesser models even though they're stingy with the RAM(same on the classpads as well unfortunately).)

IIRC, the operating system is the same for the models with or without SD card slot.

Ah, but I think that I JUST remembered another item, Casio changed processors at some point in this time from SH3s to SH4s IIRC, so IIRC some 9860s have the old SH3 and are compatible with all the user software while it's a tossup for the the ones with the SH4. It was also part of the reason that the Prizm was problematic more so beyond it's color display and "OS" changes to support that... same goes for the newer classpad IIs.

It's been a while since I dug into that so that may not be entirely correct but I'm vaguely remembering this...

I'm surprised that anything still uses those SH procs as they're even less common than MIPS now, but I remember back in the day when they were all in contention in consumer electronics and embedded systems: MIPS, ARM, SHx, and powerpc but SHx always seemed to be the loser OTOH MIPS looked tops for several years outbattling ARM at every turn while powerpc was quietly dominating the embedded systems market.