83Plus:Ports:20

Synopsis

Port Number: 20h

Function: CPU Speed Port

Not present on the TI-83+ Basic!

This port controls the calculator's CPU speed. The CPU can be set to run at either 6MHz or 15MHz with this port.

Read Values

• 00h : The CPU is running at 6MHz.
• 01h: THe CPU is running at 15MHz.

Write Values

• 00h : Set the CPU to 6MHz.
• 01h: Set the CPU to 15MHz.

Comments

This port is not available on the normal TI-83+. On the normal TI-83+ this port is a shadow of Port 00h.

Example

 in a, (2)
 and 80h
 jp z, NoCPUGoverner
 rlca ;Move the 1 bit in bit 7 to bit 0 (80h -> 01h)
 out (20h), a
NoCPUGoverner:

Michael Vincent documented another method to set the CPU speed (which is probably faster than my example).

in a, (2)
 rla
 sbc a, a
 out (20h), a

The only side effect of this is that on the TI-83+ Basic this will cause both linkport lines to go high - which shouldn't matter too much if you're not using the linkport at that time, especailly since both lines are high normally...

Credits and Contributions

• Michael Vincent: Documentation and his faster approach as found here.