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TI vs. Calculator Hackers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-never-ends-well dept.

Nyall writes "So a bunch of TI calculator programming enthusiasts got together to factor the keys Texas Instruments uses to sign the operating system binaries for the ti83+ (a z80 architecture) and the ti89/v200 (a 68k architecture) series of calculators. Now Texas Instruments is sending out DMCA notices to take them down."

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  1. Re:Wikileaks link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And thousands of people will mirror it....

    What will they do with people outside the US where the DMCA does not apply?

    The ease of which students can make their own programs is one of the reasons my college asked us to buy TI-brand calculators and not Casio (which is the other choice they give.. hp is not supported at all :-p)

    Meh...

  2. Re:Screw calculator binaries; how about x64 driver by Xtravar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. Get a USB traffic sniffing application
    2. Run the TI driver on a Windows XP VM and record the traffic as you transfer files.
    3. Write your own driver with libusb-win32 and pray that it works
    4. Become hero to the TI community!!!

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