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Operating Systems => Not Quite Mainstream OSes => Topic started by: choasmaster on 20 July 2002, 02:58

Title: TI-89
Post by: choasmaster on 20 July 2002, 02:58

does anyone think that that calculator kicks ass, i mean, it is versitale, now that there is  a version of gcc for it. and its not quite an alternitave platform, but hey, its' different, and has a great programing environment built into it

Title: TI-89
Post by: Lloydr on 20 July 2002, 11:52

yea i'm using a TI-83plus and haven't had a single problem with it....not bad games for playin in class without bein busted, good features for my uses, and was great for the price. the TI-89 is a higher end setup so i'm not suprised that it kicks ass.....1 thing i wouldn't mind is somehow flash my ti-83plus with like debian, linux distro for calculators, or anything like that...like program an eeprom and set it up as a linux embedded or somethin, ANY IDEAS OR DOWNLOADS? i've got the cables and everything to flash the system so i'm covered l8r

Title: TI-89
Post by: choasmaster on 20 July 2002, 12:15

linux is waaayyyy too big to fit on the calc. and your calculator, if you didn't know it already, the ti83 uses a z80.

Title: TI-89
Post by: SpeeDFreaK on 21 July 2002, 01:57

What about the ti-92? has a full keyboard, but i'm not sure about the expansion slot. I know it had one, but I want to say it was a 2 MB card...

Title: TI-89
Post by: ravuya on 21 July 2002, 04:55

I, too, have a TI-83+. I was considering writing some kind of text-based shell for it, but, alas, my TIBasic coding skills aren't up to par. Then again, you have to consider whether or not a single person on this earth is ever going to use TI Basic in the real world...

Title: TI-89
Post by: choasmaster on 21 July 2002, 06:42

on the TI83's the version of basic is pretty damned basic, but the 89's, its something i wish they would port to pc, it has advanced loops, and everything one would expect in a modern language, it's not even the print 10 kinda basic, you have to call functions, i love it

Title: TI-89
Post by: TheLizardKing on 22 July 2002, 11:16

if your interested in programming any of ti's fine products you can visit my website   :)

[PLUG] http://www.ti-programmers.com (http://www.ti-programmers.com) [/PLUG]

[ July 22, 2002: Message edited by: TheLizardKing ]

Title: TI-89
Post by: ravuya on 26 July 2002, 02:30

Quote from: TheLizardKing

if your interested in programming any of ti's fine products you can visit my website :)  

[PLUG] http://www.ti-programmers.com (http://www.ti-programmers.com) [/PLUG]

[ July 22, 2002: Message edited by: TheLizardKing ]

Well, thanks for the plug, I'll check out this site. Does anyone have a link to that site that showed you how to create your own TI-Link cable?

Title: TI-89
Post by: choasforages on 26 July 2002, 08:44

www.ticalc.org (http://www.ticalc.org)


but i haven't made a sucseful link, i just bought one for like $20 at staples

Title: TI-89
Post by: Kintaro on 26 July 2002, 13:52

My brother has a cal like that, personally i would prefer a Pocket PC or somthing with Red-Hat Embedded or somthing. I have a TI 33 or somthing but its just an ordanary calc.

Title: TI-89
Post by: Kintaro on 26 July 2002, 13:54

if its x80 cpu you could port CP/M

x86 was based on 80!