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SimCommunity was great (just like simcity), plus the TI-86 can play TI-85 programs so it also has a SimCity game (of the same name) both are great!


TI-85: SimCity '99 v0.99 Beta Author's Homepage (works on 86)
TI-86: Sim Comunnity v2.21 Author's Homepage

SimCommunity was great (just like simcity), plus the TI-86 can play TI-85 programs so it also has a SimCity game (of the same name) both are great!


TI-85: SimCity '99 v0.99 Beta Author's Homepage (works on 86)
TI-86: Sim Comunnity v2.21 Author's Homepage

ticalc.org has plenty of games. Not necessarily great games, but games nonetheless. Not coincidentally, they also have quite a few math-related programs available for download...

I don't own one of these calculators.
But this looks like a good selection
of games for your machine.

dont widen ticalc.org PLEASE

Just like PC games and Console games are in a different catagory.

Not anymore, thanks to the Flash Advance Linker which lets you copy binaries from legitimately purchased games into a computer, and VisualBoyAdvance which lets you play them.

I don't think you can really count calculators and palmtop software as direct competitors until you see it on Toys R Us and Funcoland racks

Why would TU need to carry TI-89 calculators? Students probably already have them.

and you start to see crossover software.

On this page alone I see clones of Mario, Zelda, T*tr*s, Asteroids, Beetle Mania (from SMRPG), Breakout, Bomberman, Boulder Dash, Bust-A-Move (Puzzle Bobble), Command & Conquer, Doom, Final Fantasy, Mario Kart, Memory, Minesweeper, Pong, SameGame, Simon, Sokoban, Streets of Rage, Taipei, Worms, Yahtzee, baseball, blackjack, checkers, chess, light cycle, labyrinth, poker, reversi, snake, solitaire, and more. Is this not an extensive library?

(Tony Hawk for TI, yes!)

And yes, there is a skateboard game; it just doesn't have Tony Hawk®'s name on it.

The point is that you can carry these into class with you, which can't be said of a Game Boy.

I don't think the fact that a kid has a badass calculator would keep him from asking his parents for a GBA for christmas.

Likewise, I don't think the fact that a kid has a badass PS2 would keep him from asking his parents for a GameCube for christmas.

In case you missed this thread, read it for a discussion that deals with not only "inappropriate content" but free speech in general. A game called Pimp Quest might be to blame. The story is here.

you should definately use USGuard rather than zshell. Much faster and less space, i believe. The later version of tetris that i had only ran in usguard, but it was 2 player (link cable) and ran fast as crap.
Zshell stood for Z-80 shell, by the way.

You can find out information about usguard here, which seems to be broken. The download is also available at this page which is. There's also mucho information here.

~z

you should definately use USGuard rather than zshell. Much faster and less space, i believe. The later version of tetris that i had only ran in usguard, but it was 2 player (link cable) and ran fast as crap.
Zshell stood for Z-80 shell, by the way.

You can find out information about usguard here, which seems to be broken. The download is also available at this page which is. There's also mucho information here.

~z

The Z80 is also used in the venerable TI-85 calculator, and related models.

Penguins: BEST GAME EVAR

In fact, here's Zilog's page on the Z80 still in production after 25 years! How many other computer technologies do you know that are still available after 25 years? Pretty remarkable.

I guess there's just one reason for that. No, maybe two. =)

Outside of the world of single-line input calculators (look at "calc" on a Windows system), RPN has no place; modern, powerful calculators allow you to input a formula in its natural written form.

The software powering the TI-92+/TI-89 is indeed more powerful than that of the HP49g; I know from experience. The TI-92+ however, is truly unrivaled (the qwerty keyboard brother of the TI-89). There is simply nothing (short of a laptop running Mathematic or Maple) that can compare to the productivity increase the comes with having a full qwerty keyboard.

Not only that, but TI calcs have an intriuging community that really brought about a change in my own interests; I doubt that I would be doing what I am today had it not been for TI calculators.

check out: http://www.ticalc.org

It is very unfortunate that this story linked directly to www.calc.org. They have been having server troubles for a few weeks now, and getting slashdotted doesn't help. At the moment, www.calc.org is the only (TI) calculator website with a decent archive. www.ticalc.org (by far the largest archive) took it's archives offline because of some 'bad content' which stems from the CD that they made in conjunction with texas instruments.
The ti community could use some help right about now...

Greg www.geocities.com/gdietsche/

and yes... Gravity still works! (and some times that can be problematic)

Sami Khawam has plans for an IR graphlink. It's pretty cool because you can chat between two calcs, play two player games, even control tvs and vcrs. You need to use a pic microcontroller for it though, so this isn't a ratshack project, but it is still awesome.

I can't imagine bash on a calculator.

But I got ZShell on my TI85.

You wouldn't believe how many teachers complain about students playing those games in class. I mean, uhm, they're doing critical math equations, right? Sure, everyone will use the PDAs enough to show "Hey! I'm using it! It makes my grades better!" when everyone will just be trying to beat their high tetris score.

-Daniel

There is an IR link already available for TI graphing calculators. More limited than RF, but it might be useful, depending on how badly you need to cheat...

http://sami.ticalc.org/irlink/

I started a small company last year (Affinix Software) and we're working with GameBoy Color. The good thing about making a game for a low-end system like this is that it is actually possible to create a good game with a small team on limited funds. Once we get "our foot in the door", we should have no problem expanding to other platforms (our next target is GameBoy Advance).

This is all without any CS degrees in the company, however we all are extremely experienced in our respective areas. The two programmers, Hideaki and I, got quite a bit of experience from our days with the TI scene/community. Because these calculators use a very similar processor to the GameBoy, we were able to walk right into development. It is actually quite common for TI folks to move over to the GameBoy world (see Icarus Productions).

Unfortunately, the GBC is about to be phased out for the GBA, so it's a little late in the game for you to begin a GBC project. However, a GBA game still does not take quite a large team as the powerhouse systems (PS2, XBox, GameCube, PC) do. So if you want to enter the market, I say enter from there. Of course, this advice is really only useful if you plan to start your own company.

-Justin

I started a small company last year (Affinix Software) and we're working with GameBoy Color. The good thing about making a game for a low-end system like this is that it is actually possible to create a good game with a small team on limited funds. Once we get "our foot in the door", we should have no problem expanding to other platforms (our next target is GameBoy Advance).

This is all without any CS degrees in the company, however we all are extremely experienced in our respective areas. The two programmers, Hideaki and I, got quite a bit of experience from our days with the TI scene/community. Because these calculators use a very similar processor to the GameBoy, we were able to walk right into development. It is actually quite common for TI folks to move over to the GameBoy world (see Icarus Productions).

Unfortunately, the GBC is about to be phased out for the GBA, so it's a little late in the game for you to begin a GBC project. However, a GBA game still does not take quite a large team as the powerhouse systems (PS2, XBox, GameCube, PC) do. So if you want to enter the market, I say enter from there. Of course, this advice is really only useful if you plan to start your own company.

-Justin

IIRC, Ricochets can act like normal peer-to-peer modems without paying for the Ricochet service. Here is some information about hooking up TI calculators to Ricochet modems and using them in direct peer-to-peer mode. It should be about as easy to hook an old Pentium to a land-based server. And Ricochets are very platform-independent; from what I have read they act like regular modems when used in peer-to-peer mode. To avoid paying for the Ricochet service, you need to get a used modem (off of Ebay, etc.)

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The full text of flatland is available at

http://www.geom.umn.edu/~banchoff/Flatland/

or

http://www.information-resources.com/Library/libra ry73.html

or

http://www.jollyroger.com/xlibrary/Flatland:ARoman ceAE/Flatland:ARomanceAE1.html

or if you use a TI-89, check this out

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/151/ 15174.html

I usually just enter the equation into my TI-89 and then hook it up to my PC with the TI-Graph Link cable. Then I take the Graph Link program and take a screen capture (screenshot) of my calculator with the equation.

This can also be done with the TI calculator emulator Virtual TI. This program can be downloaded at ticalc.org

Note that he didn't come up with the idea of the game, though. He mentions its roots in this file.

Also note that I am proud to have addicted a large portion of my high school to it. It is a *schweet* game, in terms of its time-wasting abilities. I may not have survived my time in high school without it...

Martin Hock, who sent in the Godzilla MAME sighting, wrote a TI calculator game called Insane Game a while back. A(n unofficial) pixel-perfect PC port of Insane Game is available here (press the T key in game to turn off candy graphics and turn on pixel-perfect mode).
Like Tetris? Like drugs? Ever try combining them?

But a Wolf3D style engine was done on the TI-85. I think it was called Deadalus. Check ticalc.org as mentioned above.

Greyscale, 128x64 resolution and even a decent frame rate all on a 6MHz Z80 and 32k of RAM....

http://ticalc.org If it's not there, it's not anywhere.

I also have a friend who had this on his Mac. Pretty cool. It think it's awesome to see it in 3-D now.

It's all about the Karma Points...
Moderators: Read from the bottom up!

I also have a friend who had this on his Mac. Pretty cool. It think it's awesome to see it in 3-D now.

It's all about the Karma Points...
Moderators: Read from the bottom up!

Also, what about those great TI calcs? Aren't they 8-bit?

The TI-82, -83, -85, and -86 use an 8-bit Z80 processor. (The Game Boy uses a Z80 clone.) The TI-89, on the other hand, uses the same 68000 processor that the Sega Genesis console and early Macintosh computers used.

my 86 has Zelda, Lemmings, Mario, Tetris, and various other things on it

Didn't Nintendo sue TICalc.org for infringing on Nintendo's trademarks and copyrighted character likenesses? If not, they probably will soon.

Although you have skipped several systems... Game Gear and Game Boy being the most noticable, though it's my understanding that the Game Gear was really nothing more than a Master System in a smaller package--hence most SMS emulators also capable of running Game Gear ROMS. I'm pretty sure that Game Boy is fairly different from the NES, though.

Also, what about those great TI calcs? Aren't they 8-bit? IIRC, the ones that are graphing but not the 89, 92, or 92+ are running on a Z80. Considering everything that those wonderful machines have had coded for them (my 86 has Zelda, Lemmings, Mario, Tetris, and various other things on it right now), it would just be a matter of time until we could be running all of those wonderful java games during math class.

Yes, I'm joking, obviously... but if someone were to do this, you can bet that I'd be one of the first to check it out and fiddle with it. It'd be YAIODIBYC - Yet Another Instance Of Doing It Because You Can.

--Psi

Max, in America, it's customary to drive on the right.

See ticalc.org to satisfy your curiosity.

For what it's worth, the MechWarrior
game for the '86 isn't as impressive as it sounds - yer standard TI-BASIC fare.

Check out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

See ticalc.org to satisfy your curiosity.

For what it's worth, the MechWarrior
game for the '86 isn't as impressive as it sounds - yer standard TI-BASIC fare.

Check out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

See ticalc.org to satisfy your curiosity.

For what it's worth, the MechWarrior
game for the '86 isn't as impressive as it sounds - yer standard TI-BASIC fare.

Check out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

See ticalc.org to satisfy your curiosity.

For what it's worth, the MechWarrior
game for the '86 isn't as impressive as it sounds - yer standard TI-BASIC fare.

Check out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

For what it's worth, the MechWarriorCheck out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

For what it's worth, the MechWarriorCheck out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

For what it's worth, the MechWarriorCheck out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

For what it's worth, the MechWarriorCheck out some of the ASM programs for the various calculators. There are several impressive ones on the top downloads list, but there are also some less popular gems buried in the archives that never got as much exposure.

Enjoy!

-Isaac

>Umm, the NES has 3.5 MHz processor. You should have no problem emulating it on a PC. Hell, you'd have no problem emulating that on >my TI83

According to TICALC.ORG Inside a TI83 us A Z80 running at 6 MHz. After the overhead of emulation, I find it EXTREMELY unlikely that a TI83 could emulate a NES.

Just my 2 MHz

Oh man, why should you want to use Linux on a Z80? It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too heavy and bloated and slow for that. Besides, you'd have to rewrite most of it too, since the Z80 is no 32-bit CPU.

Just make an OS in Z80 assembly, like people do for Texas Instruments calculators. Check out ticalc for instance.

Tell me what makes you so afraid
Of all those people you say you hate

I've seen many ripoffs of Slashdot, ticalc.org being one of them. Personally, I don't think there is a such thing as stealing a web design. Sites that rip off other formats are often looked down upon anyway.

Slightly more seriously (and I say slightly with a reason) has anyone ever considered a fully scientific/graphing calc program for a handheld? It would seem that, with the right software, the removal of the linear input requirements would help your IO. Of course, I'm not sure if the average Palm has enough muscle to push out that kind of processing, and this Xpander almost certainly has a high-level math-optimized instruction set or coprocessor.

Oh how I pine for the days of yore, when we wrote real code on a numeric keypad (with trig functions for added fun!) and our upgrades to 20 mHz made us demigods.

Slightly more seriously (and I say slightly with a reason) has anyone ever considered a fully scientific/graphing calc program for a handheld? It would seem that, with the right software, the removal of the linear input requirements would help your IO. Of course, I'm not sure if the average Palm has enough muscle to push out that kind of processing, and this Xpander almost certainly has a high-level math-optimized instruction set or coprocessor.

Oh how I pine for the days of yore, when we wrote real code on a numeric keypad (with trig functions for added fun!) and our upgrades to 20 mHz made us demigods.

WWWPic2 mentioned here a few weeks ago. This would also include building the Picprog Pic programmer.

Or what about building the Flash Carts for Gameboy, mentioned here.

Do the students at your school use TI-8x calculators? If so, there's lots of oppurtunities at Ticalc.org.

I hope you find some of these ideas useful.

It's quite possible to write a primitive TCP-IP stack on TI-85 and serve web pages from it. It has 32kB RAM (minus the screen area 128x64, 1kB) + 128kB ROM (hmm... maybe it would be possible to replace this with EPROM?). Lower 32kB is mapped for ROM with bank switching and upper 32kB for RAM. It's running ~6MHz Z-80. You can pretty easily turbocharge it by just modifying one capacitor on the circuit board, but of course it eats a lot more batteries up then. Z80 is able to execute about one instruction every 4-8 cycles, so it's not that fast, but some guys programmed a Wolfenstein clone, Daedalus framerates being like 5 frames per second on so on unmodified TI-85! Ricochet + Daedalus + some extra programming = deathmatch on TI-85? :)

There's also a 512kB memory expansion for it, although it's more like a RAM-disk.

TI-85 a neat system if you're such person who wants to play with gadgetry (and modify it too). And it's pretty cheap too.

here's a useful link to some useful information about the things.

i was gonna paraphrase, but i hear that's bad news these days ... *smirk*

Apparently not, ticalc.org currently has a news item which includes: "Macross Software has found a revolutionary new way to access the Internet - from your calculator at school." Now we just need some strong crypto so the teacher can't catch us :)

Apparently not, ticalc.org currently has a news item which includes: "Macross Software has found a revolutionary new way to access the Internet - from your calculator at school." Now we just need some strong crypto so the teacher can't catch us :)