Slashdot reports that TICalc.org announced yesterday that Patrick Pelisier has released a new beta OS, called PedroM, for the TI-89 and TI-92+ under the GPL.
Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators
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I only have an TI 83 Plus.
well I would never think about placing this on my calculator, I love mine to much 🙂
to anyone who has a ti82/83 give mirageOS a try. http://www.detachedsolutions.com/mirageos/
Ive got mario, pacman, space invaders, and pong running on mine! Its a good way to waste a couple of math classes
mirageOS is not an OS, it’s just a shell…
I remember programming, in ASM, for my TI-83 when I was in high school, about 7 years ago.
I spent 180 bucks on my TI-92+, why on earth would I want to do this? Only if it kept all the functions but made things a bit easier to navigate.
Granted there have been better hacks for it out there, like overclocking it to ~25mhz, or doubling the memory in it. I know I have had it churn problems for 1/2 hour before, those things would have been nice.
Everyone knows that the best use of Programable calculators is to bring notes into engineering exams so you don’t have to learn everything.
Too bad I can’t afford one.
why, typicaly there is a sheet provided with equations or you can make one. Also the time to put stuff in a calculator isn’t worth it. Also good number of my engineering exams don’t allow calculators, so no luck there either. And besides, I want to think most people are honest, then again I do no some that arn’t. But I rather fall by trying the honest way then pass cheating. I may not have he best grades but at least i earned them and no my stuff compaired to those with better grades.
I was a Sr in HS 7 years ago, and I too remember messing around with my TI-85, playing various z80 asm games, and disking around with asm programming – I learned a lot about assembler from it
I don’t think my girlfriend would have been too happy if I swapped the OS on her calc.. :o) She has a 89, I just have my old 83.. It (almost) gives me a correct answer every time..
A while back I was a lab TA. I remember a couple of students goofing around on their calculator at the end of one lab, so I asked them what was so interesting. … I’d never seen p0rn on a TI until then.
Notes:
There have been other OS before this one running on the TI92+, some of them even with windowing and multitasking support like e.g. Prosit.
http://clapcrest.free.fr/revol/ti68k/prosit/shots.html
Also check out the website of the TI-Chess Team at http://tict.ticalc.org/
Under “Projects” you’ll find a pretty nice 3d-engine, a very good chess and many other interesting things, as well as some nice programming tutorials for the TI.
Is there anything like an alterative OS for the 83Plus? My wife has an “extra” one of those I could play with, as long as I didn’t get caught. 🙂
-Bob
Yeah i have a TI83 too. I never liked the damn thing but it was required for math lessons. I’ve found some software on the site for it. Quite a lot. But i already had software for it… anyway, perhaps you find something useful on it?
This is an expensive toy, but still, kinda cool, since it takes up so little space. I wonder if any of the BIG OSes are watching.