CodeWalrus

How is this not a thread yet? Anyways, here's my collection:
(http://i.imgur.com/qbPsbHA.jpg)

The 83+ SE isn't mine, it's my sister's, but I can use it whenever I want practically, I got the 84+ CSE, 85, and one 84+ SE all for free :D And yes, the 73 Explorer is running the TI-83+ operating system, so I can run 83+ programs on it.

Oh I didn't really create one yet because I was too lazy to take new pictures of my calcs and already had them listed above my sig. :P Nice collection, though :D

Also I like that old calc to the bottom-left, but what happened to your TI-85 screen? O.O

So I have an 83+ and now an 84+. I'm hoping to get an hp prime soon.

Just updated my collection a little bit:

(http://i.imgur.com/Wvszei4.jpg)

The TI 36x Solar isn't pictured.

The garage sale where I got the Casio also had a TI 82, but it was ten dollars, and I decided I had spent enough. His price was not ideal :P

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 19, 2015, 11:20:39 PMbut what happened to your TI-85 screen? O.O

I have phoenix running, that's the main screen.

Oh right. That explains why it's inverted :P

Need to get a new pic of mine. It still fits on one pic unlike DJ's. :P

ready for the biggest collection of alltime??
(http://imgur.com/laPFlS4.png)
Also you might wonder why my calculator is a pirate:
Me and my friend came to the idea one day to put googly eyes onour calcs.
One broke on my calc and so it became a pirate :P

Lol at the pirate calc Cumred. :P Also I have a Casio calc that looks similar to the one to the right, but it's a fx-270W Plus.

Also since my little sister has to get a calc next year, im going to try to get my parents to buy her a CE since its only like 10€ more expensive here anyway

I have a V200, 83+, and 84+ CSE

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 20, 2015, 12:30:46 PM
Also since my little sister has to get a calc next year, im going to try to get my parents to buy her a CE since its only like 10€ more expensive here anyway

But I assume that when she'll have school you won't be able to use it, right? :P That said I guess it could be handy when you want to quickly test programs (the calc supports pure BASIC, ASM and C) since there is no reliable emulator available.

I can just imagine the pleading:

It would be better for her/me! Its way faster, has more math fuctions and is in color! (and it is great for ti basic, but thats beside the point.)

Why can't she use yours again cumred?

:P

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 21, 2015, 04:16:45 AM

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 20, 2015, 12:30:46 PM
Also since my little sister has to get a calc next year, im going to try to get my parents to buy her a CE since its only like 10€ more expensive here anyway

But I assume that when she'll have school you won't be able to use it, right? :P That said I guess it could be handy when you want to quickly test programs (the calc supports pure BASIC, ASM and C) since there is no reliable emulator available.

But she probably wont use it when she's at home. Also C support? Officially or a ez80 c compiler like SDCC/KCC/z88dk?

Quote from: Unicorn on June 21, 2015, 07:07:29 AM
I can just imagine the pleading:

It would be better for her/me! Its way faster, has more math fuctions and is in color! (and it is great for ti basic, but thats beside the point.)

Why can't she use yours again cumred?

:P

Because we both need one while were at school - at the same time

Computer compiler. Not by ti though (I think).

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 21, 2015, 04:16:44 PMAlso C support? Officially or a ez80 c compiler like SDCC/KCC/z88dk?

Zilog (the creators of the z80 and ez80) have an official C compiler targeting the ez80

Oh, thats nice, I should upload a picture of my TI 36x Solar

Quote from: Ivoah on June 21, 2015, 05:09:23 PM

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 21, 2015, 04:16:44 PMAlso C support? Officially or a ez80 c compiler like SDCC/KCC/z88dk?

Zilog (the creators of the z80 and ez80) have an official C compiler targeting the ez80

Thats awesome O.O
/me wants CE more now
Shame they didnt make one for z80 though :P

Now I want to learn C. :P It would be cross compatible between systems right, Aside from display issues and such?

No. The language itself is fine but the libraries you"re using probably won't. For instance on Casio, the standard lib is not fully implemented. (So, no stdio)

My dad has a textbook on C, I should read it O.O

Quote from: Unicorn on June 23, 2015, 01:57:16 AM
Now I want to learn C. :P It would be cross compatible between systems right, Aside from display issues and such?

Quote from: Duke "Tape" Eiyeron on June 23, 2015, 08:32:49 AM
No. The language itself is fine but the libraries you"re using probably won't. For instance on Casio, the standard lib is not fully implemented. (So, no stdio)

Also with SDCC you don't even have an IO Stream. There are very few libraries for it actually, apart from some things like malloc

I want to get this (http://www.walmart.com/ip/33365606?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=42423897272&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=51320962143&veh=sem)!

Would it count as a calc :P

I have a really old calculator watch from Seiko. My wrist is too big for it though <_<

:(
would it be this one?
(http://cache.wists.com/thumbnails/a/bd/abd0a6a2412791369b90044a65af6c17-orig)

Yeah :P thats exactly the one

you could probably get a new watch band and put it on the watch, or can you not take that band off?

The casio one is water proof which is a big deal because with the watch that I have now I don't think twice about jumping into a pool (after I take my calc out of my pocket :P)

Quote from: alexgt on June 23, 2015, 05:01:29 PM
I want to get this (http://www.walmart.com/ip/33365606?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=42423897272&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=51320962143&veh=sem)!

Would it count as a calc :P

That one is cool! My uncle has a similar one, but with a touchscreen and from Casio.

I have only a few calcs actually (I had like 4 TI-83+ but they all died mysterically when *trying* building my super Raspberry Pi one).
They are a TI-84+ and a desktop calculator.

That is sad that they died :(

I want to get one of those calc watches that hp made that are gold plated or something ;D

Well, wouldn't that be a bit heavier than your regular calc?

Also if they're gold plated a bit more expensive :P

That only depends of the width of the plating. :p

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 22, 2015, 09:03:21 PM

Quote from: Ivoah on June 21, 2015, 05:09:23 PM

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 21, 2015, 04:16:44 PMAlso C support? Officially or a ez80 c compiler like SDCC/KCC/z88dk?

Zilog (the creators of the z80 and ez80) have an official C compiler targeting the ez80

Thats awesome O.O
/me wants CE more now
Shame they didnt make one for z80 though :P

Well, Zilog didn't make one, but you can always use z88dk (http://www.z88dk.org/forum/) ;)

Speaking of calculator collection, I don't have a picture of mine... But, I recently got my first 68k model, woohoo! A TI92+ it is. What a huge clunker!

I know about z88dk... but when i tried it it generated about 5 kb of code for a simple test program :P (though most of it might have been the heap)

Yeah I heard back in 2004-05 that z88dk code was absolute crap and most people recommended to stay away from it at all cost. Not sure if that was true, though.

Quite sure it was crap back then, but it has come a long way. It's just still quite difficult to use, and documentation is not always very helpful. E.g. those 5kb that Cumred mentioned are probably due to the fact that z88dk normally includes a platform-specific kernal, but that behaviour can be switched off. Somehow.

So it adds code/includes that increase the size of the file, but do nothing for the program on calc?

It depends. In some cases, having a seperate kernal is totally pointless, in other cases it can be very useful.* That is basically the main problem with z88dk - you need to know what you need and how to get it via command line switches etc, and that can sometimes be quite tricky to figure out. In terms of the actual code produced, z88dk is quite efficient - after all, they've had more than a decade to optimize the compiler ;)

*I haven't tried it for calcs actually, only played around a bit with it on ZX81. There, the z88dk kernal is indeed quite practical as it includes a full screen driver which replaces the not-so-versatile ROM driver.

So you could use Z88dk better for things like OS developement in C?

Hmm... It sounds like I wouldn't be able to understand how to set it up :P

Sorry for the late reply @Cumred_Snektron - to answer your question: Yes, it should be well suited for that.

@Unicorn yeah it's somewhat annoying to set it up, at least the betas releases (which have all the good stuff :D). The stable one build like a charm last time I tried it on Linux though.

So with the z88dk improvements, would people be better off using it instead of SDCC? I know that AHelper on Cemetech was working on GLassOS a few years ago and used SDCC and that seemed to be most people's choice back then too, but of course with Axe around, even fewer people thought about using C on Z80 calcs.

If you don't mind about an additional 5 kb, probably

On with the calculator collection, I think I'm going to do something with my Casio.... Or maybe not. :P

(http://i.imgur.com/ouQzL58l.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/ouQzL58.jpg)
:3
My brother is borrowing one of my TI-83s, so I poorly photoshopped it in.

How did you get that many calculators of the same type?

Quote from: SiphonicSugar on October 22, 2015, 02:18:10 AM
How did you get that many calculators of the same type?

Very carefully.





I looked for the early TI-82 models, with hardware revisions before 'K'. So far I found two undiscovered ROM versions (3. and 9.0), and dumped quite a few undumped versions (3. 4* 7*ish 8.0 9.0 15.0ish (Adriweb is going to steal my credit here >_> I found it first)). It's the most complete collection of the early ROM versions, with early being before the calculators started using mask ROM, missing only 1.0, 3*, and 11.0.

At one point, TI-81's and 82's used to be very cheap on Ebay and in USA you could easily get them for $1 excluding shipping, since no one would bid on them.

Also CVSoft good job at preserving all of those old TI-82 ROMs. I can't wait for the day where a 1.0 ROM will be discovered.

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on October 22, 2015, 02:53:52 AM
At one point, TI-81's and 82's used to be very cheap on Ebay and in USA you could easily get them for $1 excluding shipping, since no one would bid on them.

I bought TI-82s at such volume that the average price went up. Adriweb got ROM 15.0 for about $42, which skewed new listings' prices for a few weeks.

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on October 22, 2015, 02:53:52 AM
Also CVSoft good job at preserving all of those old TI-82 ROMs. I can't wait for the day where a 1.0 ROM will be discovered.

I found a very very likely ROM 1.0 TI-82, but it sold two weeks before I started buying TI-82s. A few thousand were made, so they should pop up at the next back-to-school pre-season.

I'm always drooling over those massive bundle sales you guys get over there. Those are almost never happening on Ebay anywhere in Europe. Also you guys get cheap TI-73 which are rare and expensive over here.

Also +1 @CVSoft for the ROM preservation effort.

Nice collection CVSoft, and good job finding those old roms.

Quote from: utz on October 22, 2015, 10:31:25 AM
I'm always drooling over those massive bundle sales you guys get over there. Those are almost never happening on Ebay anywhere in Europe. Also you guys get cheap TI-73 which are rare and expensive over here.

Also +1 @CVSoft for the ROM preservation effort.

Same in Canada. Usually, the problem is that sellers from USA will not ship anywhere outside USA and those who will will charge more than the calculator itself. Most calculators I bought from China and Australia costed me 4 times less shipping than from USA. The 73 I got back then was cheap, though, since it wasn't the Explorer model, but I wish I could get an Explorer model so that I could do this: https://www.cemetech.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=241074#241074

Also this guy has a massive collection of 83+ calcs O.O (over 100). BrandonW has like every model, though.

I just found my Prime that I had lost for a whole month that means Prime dev will resume!!!!

Where was it?  ???
Great news!

It was in the office of my school xD, they took it out of the lost and found so someone couldn't just take it so this morning I asked and they handed it over...

So it was sitting there for 4 weeks and I could have got it

Woo nice. :D

:w00t: I found you Mr Prime ;) :w00t:

- My friend says - **** yeah

Woo :D  :w00t:

MinePrime is on the way!

/me spends hours looking at poorly commented code getting headaches with no progress

Quote from: alexgt on November 11, 2015, 05:18:58 PM
It was in the office of my school xD, they took it out of the lost and found so someone couldn't just take it so this morning I asked and they handed it over...

So it was sitting there for 4 weeks and I could have got it

Glad that it was safe and that you found it. I was a bit worried that it got stolen, since that is common. Never leave your calc outside your pant pockets by the way if possible, or if that's impossible, always keep it with you when you go see the teacher and stuff.

I've told on IRC about a friend losing his calculator and buying a new one. Well, it was laying on his desk at home the whole time. So, just don't leave it on a desk at all :P

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on November 18, 2015, 06:27:00 AM

Quote from: alexgt on November 11, 2015, 05:18:58 PM
It was in the office of my school xD, they took it out of the lost and found so someone couldn't just take it so this morning I asked and they handed it over...

So it was sitting there for 4 weeks and I could have got it

Glad that it was safe and that you found it. I was a bit worried that it got stolen, since that is common. Never leave your calc outside your pant pockets by the way if possible, or if that's impossible, always keep it with you when you go see the teacher and stuff.

Yeah, when I left it I was distracted so accidents can't always be helped <_<

What surprises me P4nix is how it would disappear from his home, unless someone broke into his home or that his parents were unable to use it and thought it was a broken electronic better off in the trash bin.


Also, while some students might not steal calculators that are left unattended in classrooms, I often heard stories about people who will do a full memory reset as a prank. Bye bye your programs.


EDIT: Also I'm glad I bought this game last year: http://www.ebay.ca/sch/Video-Games-/139973/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=bomberman+64+the+second+attack&_sop=15 (it used to be $80 but I got it for $60 and now it's $130)

Update on my collection:

(https://i.imgur.com/NjJ4N2am.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/NjJ4N2a.jpg)

Notes:
- The 3 transparent ones were not physically there, so I photoshopped them in...
- I meant CM-C* in the top left
- I think I'm missing one TI-Nspire non-CAS clickpad, as well, not sure where I put it...

Nice, I only have 5 calcs (and two are primes :P)

(http://s6.postimg.org/q9csuxv29/b3b9c158_cf6c_4bc3_b500_226653a1c794.jpg)

A lot of my calculators including TI-81/82/85 went to the oblivion where I can no longer find them.
My CX my brother lost ( >:( ), my nSpire (both v1 and v2) my brother lost ( >:( ) and my TI-89 my brother sold without my permission into a freaking flea market (brain implodes once again just remembering it)

Currently I'm buying another CX from ebay, so it'll soon be seven.

You should keep your stuff away from your bro O.O. Or perhaps make him pay them back. Btw was your bro the DualBDLR/BalancedFury guy from Omni who suddenly vanished off the face of the earth around 2012?

Also, out of curiosity, do you plan to do any programming on the TI-Nspire? Since you have been gone for three years, you probably missed out on the new TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition and the TI-84 Plus CE. The CSE is discontinued now, but the CE is its successor and is much faster, so if I was you, then I would consider looking at the TI-84+CE before buying a TI-Nspire CX. It can do BASIC (with some libs coming soon, although one already exists), ASM and it even supports C. The TI-83 Premium CE is cheaper and is almost identical, but shipping fees might offset the cost and the keypad is in French.

While the TI-84+CE doesn't have the power of TI-Nspire ASM/C, it still can pull off some very good games and porting old monochrome games isn't as hard. We already have a 2D Portal game, Pac-Man, Tetris, Galaxian, Breakout, Snake, an ASCII-art RPG and if Silence doesn't use pictures, then you could probably even port it after adjusting the coordinates. The CSE predecessor even has xLIB and Celtic, but it's also coming to the CE in the near future (as part of Doors CE 9)

It is indeed him :P

I'm already getting my CX within a week so I'll probably wait a more for CE if I'm getting one. Programming on it though, I haven't thought about it yet.

P-EDIT: Silence uses "appvars" that are basically a picture files in disguise,

Yeah, when I found out about the Nspire I rushed to buy it but then found the Prime, then saved $100 more and got it xD so be careful what you buy and poke around. But I am just saying this as a general statement though, so still get a Nspire I would say :P

Quote from: GuyInFreezer on January 12, 2016, 02:36:05 AM
It is indeed him :P

I'm already getting my CX within a week so I'll probably wait a more for CE if I'm getting one. Programming on it though, I haven't thought about it yet.

P-EDIT: Silence uses "appvars" that are basically a picture files in disguise,

Ah I see. I wonder why he disappeared, although perhaps when he sold your calcs he was ashamed and left the community in case of retaliation :P (or maybe he left cuz he got bored of calcs and sold yours to piss you off or something?)

And do you mean the hacked pics vars? Because that could cause problems then. The CE supports them (via some weird BASIC program for the 83 that happens to run fine on the CE), but I don't think TI-Connect CE will let you transfer them, and unlike on the 84+, you cannot group 8xi files on the CSE/CE, because they're archived by default like apps and takes 22 KB each.

He just lost interest lol

Also it's kinda like a hacked pic file but it's in appvar format. It was made so that it is no longer a picture file but still has a same data as a picture file so that a pic loader that I made with axe can pick it up, read its content, and use it like a picture file. I could've smushed like 10 pic data together to reduce the # of appvar needed but I wanted as much RAM as possible.

Ah right. Perhaps the file could be disassembled and ported to CE/CSE ASM. But then you would need something to display the picture I guess (maybe someone could make a CE program that can display monochrome pics (or with 2 colors of your choice) that are in the same data format as on monochrome calcs, but zoomed up 3x on the color models?

As for RAM, couldn't you read the pic data from archive?