You know, this isn't that bad of an idea.

They're going to have to hire a lot of extra staff to review all the files of authors who have left the community...

*wonders if they will make screenshots of the files while they are at it*

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Although I have a few BASIC programs in there, I think it's a good change. However, I wouldn't just get rid of all the other BASIC programs unless you were short on server space. Why not create a seperate BASIC file browsing place? Some programmers only host their files on ticalc.org, thanks to the download statistics, information, review, and search system, and a place to host it anyway. It also lets them keep all their programs together in one place.

And what about ASM? There are some not-so-good ASM programs out there. What happens if you get people flooding the ASM program section with "Hello World" programs just so they can get their BASIC programs on there?
So, I think it's a good idea, but perhaps you should think about merely storing all the BASIC programs somewhere else, while also implementing the invite-only system.

Look at the date. ;) 1 April.

:) Still think it's a good idea.... see my other post replying to your first one.

I hate know it alls who can't just let the good times roll.

Come on, I was only expecting it because we (as in the news staff) was unable to put together a good one for CG....

I think anybody who's been here for even just a year knows about Ticalc's history with April Fool's Jokes. :-D

This doesn't hold a candle to the TI-Voyager 300...

Boy that was lame...

Ummm...If I remeber correctly it was the Voyager 400 and I believe that more people believed that April fools joke more than any other I had previously seen....

If it was true, I agree that the assembly programs would need to be reviewed too (there are still some really bad ones).

Whether it's a joke or not, it's a really good idea.

I'm waiting for a directory: TI-83/84 Plus BASIC Shells. Many BASIC-shells are now stored in Miscellaneous programs, so it's hard to find all BASIC-shells together.

Err. removing the files is a bad April fool's joke and a very bad idea. But restructuring all archives isn't that bad...

A way to decrease the size of the archives without decreasing the content would be to require mandatory maximum compression on the zip files. Many files I've seen are in zip format but have no compression or 5-6% compression.

Some people dont have a computer at home and have to use admin protected school computers and most of the time crap installed on school computer so they have to work with crap so they cannot compress as much as WinRAR does

WinRAR? Is it free? Where do you get it? Is it for Windows or for Linux?

... *WIN*RAR... Come on people, how much clearer can they BE? *sigh*

But then, is it free? is it efficient? where do I find it?

Its shareware, it bugs you to buy the paid version, much like WinZip, but you dont have to buy it I think. I dunno the URL though...

I use IZarc and 7-zip

One word: Google.

BZIP2. ;-)

WinRAR is only for Windows platforms, but the normal RAR is for Linux based platforms and Dos. Beside these there's a PocketRAR, for pocket-pcs.

It's not free, it's shareware!

since when does admin protection stop a programmer, or any other "nerd" for that matter. Jeez you people are lame.

It isn't s much the admin problem as the fact that all computers at schools tend to be in places where a teacher is likely to come over and notice what you're up to before you can hack in.

Not only that but emac also have a remote desktop option so teachers can see what your doing w/o you even knowing it.

crap, I forgot about that. Oh well,

why not have ticalc's submission script recompress everything?

Does anybody really use these shells?

Some do, and most have fun when making it (like myself)

These so called shells don't even work half the time. I would load them into VTI, and follow direction, and VTI would calc crash. I think it may not be the BASIC prgraming but the ASM libs they use.

VTI has been in Beta versions for years, I think the development stopped. The latest release was in 2000 if I remember it well...

hmmmm... vti IS probably the most useless program for me cuz i have a usb link and cant get a rom image... but still i would reccomend USING YOUR ******* CALCULATOR! maybe it would WORK IF U HAD THE RIGHT RESOURCES!!!
Signed, a very mad basic shell programmer that luckily doesnt submit his terrible work to ticalc.org

I'm assuming you have a 84PSE. I do too and vti doesn't support our ROMs anyway. VTI 3.0 Alpha supposedly does but that doesn't run at all on any computer I've ever seen.

Not me. Some of them have pretty impressive graphics but I find no use of them. In basic the most useful shell would be one using program tools to show a list of programs and flash gordon to run them (even if they are archived), but still I would not use them anyway.

I liked to mess around with MirageOS 1.1 and Omnicalc 1.23 or lower to do some funny stuff with them (I can display a Blue screen of Death during 5 minutes without damaging my TI-83+SE LCD), but those are pure ASM

Never heared about MirageOS 1.2? And Omnicalc 1.25??? You're living in the stone ages I think... :S

> Ever seen Fred Flintstone with a TI calc??? Hahaha!!!

Yeah but back in 2002 (when I had fun messing withthem) MOS 1.2 and Omnicalc 1.2x werent out ;)

What do BASIC shells do anyway??? Why would anybody waste space on a BASIC prog that tells you what other BASIC progs you have???

So far I think the best idea would be to separate the BASIC misc programs into separate directories, like Shells, tools (like agenda, notepad-like program) and the ASM tools to enhance basic propgrams should be put with the others in the ASM misc programs section (I dunno what are they doing in the BASIC section if they are in ASM)

May be in a major update. For example TI-83 Plus OS v2.00, with a directory structure... WOW! It would be amazing...

And then all those DOS command prompts REALLY work hehehe...

I only see DOS prompts, but never BASH... Why???