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A while ago, ticalc.org posted an article about a program for the TI-83 called Telnet-83, it's a telnet client for the TI83, allowing access to shells and the like. Although it was neccesary to use an external 9600 modem. Wireless net access on the calculator, can you say cheating?

A while ago, ticalc.org posted an article about a program for the TI-83 called Telnet-83, it's a telnet client for the TI83, allowing access to shells and the like. Although it was neccesary to use an external 9600 modem. Wireless net access on the calculator, can you say cheating?

how many people really speak Z80 any more?

Game Boy programmers, graphing calculator programmers, etc. Have you been to Zilog's Z80 Microprocessor page?

http://www.ticalc.org/arch ives/files/fileinfo/40/4042.html

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/36/3 634.html

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/34/3 439.html

http://www.ticalc.org/arch ives/files/fileinfo/40/4042.html

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/36/3 634.html

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/34/3 439.html

http://www.ticalc.org/arch ives/files/fileinfo/40/4042.html

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/36/3 634.html

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/34/3 439.html

Finally, slashdot posts some *funny* April Fools Day links! :)

I don't know who linked to it before, but the newsletter over at ticalc.org did the translations right, with a human to mangle them! I laughed and laughed...
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Finally, slashdot posts some *funny* April Fools Day links! :)

I don't know who linked to it before, but the newsletter over at ticalc.org did the translations right, with a human to mangle them! I laughed and laughed...
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Unfortunately, Ticalc.org thought of it first... May be just a coincedence, but their foriegn language news post were made at midnight GMT, which is a lot earlier than 4:02 AM CST... Not to offend anyone, but that's what I see =)

All I have to do is open the equation editor and edit like I would if I was using a commcercial CAS like Maple. (yerricde added this link)

Same on the TI-89; you can set up a subroutine (with local variables) that returns a value. At my school, we jokingly refer to the 89 as "pocket Maple," referring to the copy of Waterloo Maple V that is included with our college's distribution of Windows 98, which comes preinstalled on the laptop we all get. (I'm going off on a big tan() .)

the hp48 ... gives you more options than a simplified "Ti Basic" and an ASM command.

If you have a "run arbitrary binary" command and you have a computer and link cable, you have C. There are free (beer and speech) C compilers for m68k, and m68000 is inside the 89 uses.

it's certainly more rewarding when you reach a much higher summit than you could've on a TI calculator.

On the 89, there are customized OSes that overlay onto the TI environment; one example is DoorsOS. Heck, if the d*rn thing had more RAM (it has 512K), you could make Linux for it.

unlike the TI, which uses both proprietary link hardware and protocols

That have been cracked long ago. The TI-83 was 0wn3d before I even learned about it 2 1/2 years ago. The LPT connector schematics for the TI-8x have been published several places on the web. Look at TIcalc.org for more info.

Cross-platform: Check out GtkTiLink. And just think: the 89, 92, and 92+ are all based on the Motorola 68000 processor, and we have a version of Linux for that processor, don't we?

Durability: My TI-83 still works just fine after a year and a half; the only problem I have had is one of the anti-slip pads coming loose, but I used that thing a heck of a lot. If I hadn't have gotten a Ti-89 for Christmas, I would still be using that 83 for years to come.

Availability of programs: Here's the link

For ease of use, see my top-level post.

HP's are more programmable. However, unless you intend to do the bulk of it yourself, the extra capacity goes to waste. Ever since a group of nerds discovered how to hack the TI-85 to run assembly code, there has simply been more available to TI users.

Similarly, all of your classmates will have TIs. TI-83s, actually. Most college courses only 'officially' support (i.e. the instuctions are written for) the TI-82 and 83, though some are also beginning to use the 85 and 86 as well. HPs are completely neglected.

There has also been considerably more effort put into learning how to more fully use TIs. If you go to the TI Calculator Project, you will find OSes, math and science tools, games, calendars, even plans for overclocking! The TI community has nearly bridged the gap between the Motorola 68000-based TI-89 and PDAs.

In conclusion, yes, I'm biased, but I think it's with good reason.

If you own a TI graphing calc, there is a handy add-on called the ir-link that makes it relatively easy to record and send IR signals.

All it would take would be someone to program (in assembly, of course) a nice little app that would record and save the signals for each category of equipment. A simplified version of this already exists, and it would need only a bit of tweaking to make a nice GUI, etc.

The only downside is that you have to build the link yourself, and own a TI calc...

Yes, there are several programs that accomplish this. There's Telnet 83 for the TI-83 for one... then there's FTerm for the TI-92. There's others that I can't locate at the moment. But to sum up, yes it is possible already, but in theory this new eZ80 could make it more possible :)
Adam Berlinsky-Schine

To begin, I also work on ticalc.org :) Basically, since none of the software is supported by TI itself, people have made a rather loose collection of apps and such for various calculators. One links w/the 85 and 86 only; another for just the 92. Still others link with only a parallel cable you can build for extremely cheap. For more info on these cables, consult this page. What calculator are you trying to link here? Some aren't supported as well as others (if at all).

I'm a staffer at the ticalc.org project, and we have *nix software available at (get this!) Unix Programs directory. There is linking software there, some that support the TI-Graphlink, others that support various home-made cables.

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Phil Genera
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the ticalc.org project - http://www.ticalc.org/

I'm a staffer at the ticalc.org project, and we have *nix software available at (get this!) Unix Programs directory. There is linking software there, some that support the TI-Graphlink, others that support various home-made cables.

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Phil Genera
File Archives Maintainer
the ticalc.org project - http://www.ticalc.org/

I'm a staffer at the ticalc.org project, and we have *nix software available at (get this!) Unix Programs directory. There is linking software there, some that support the TI-Graphlink, others that support various home-made cables.

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Phil Genera
File Archives Maintainer
the ticalc.org project - http://www.ticalc.org/

www.ticalc.org is a great resource for stuff like this. There is some Linux/Unix software at http://www.ticalc.org/basics/lin king/software.html that can apparently use the TI GraphLink cable to communicate with a TI-{83,85,86,89,92}. There's also a document that's included with at least one of them (xlink85) that goes into detail on the link protocol.

www.ticalc.org is a great resource for stuff like this. There is some Linux/Unix software at http://www.ticalc.org/basics/lin king/software.html that can apparently use the TI GraphLink cable to communicate with a TI-{83,85,86,89,92}. There's also a document that's included with at least one of them (xlink85) that goes into detail on the link protocol.

Actually the Gameboy Color can display a lot more than 224 colors at once. The Hi Colour demo by Icarus Productions can display over 2000 colors simultaneously. Unfortuantly this takes up too much time during h and v blank (when the video memory can be accessed) to make it practical for use in games, but it is still very impressive. AFAIK no emulator can run this demo properly, but it is worth downloading if you have a flash cart and a real Gameboy Color.

Actually the Gameboy Color can display a lot more than 224 colors at once. The Hi Colour demo by Icarus Productions can display over 2000 colors simultaneously. Unfortuantly this takes up too much time during h and v blank (when the video memory can be accessed) to make it practical for use in games, but it is still very impressive. AFAIK no emulator can run this demo properly, but it is worth downloading if you have a flash cart and a real Gameboy Color.

Well, the TI-83+ only has 160k of RAM (see TIcalc's TI-83+ page), so it wouldn't be useful for much of anything.. I doubt you could get much more than the linux kernel stuffed onto it..

Now, the TI-92+ is a different story! :^)

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