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Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
Posted by Nikky on 27 August 2010, 06:04 GMT

Christopher "Kerm Martian" Mitchell has recently released Doors CS 7.0 for the TI-83+ and TI-84+ family of calculators. The latest version of his Doors CS shell represents the first serious competitor to the venerable MirageOS. Beginning its life as a "crude BASIC shell," Doors CS has grown to a full-featured ASM shell that supports MirageOS, ION, and Doors CS programs. Additionally, support for popular libraries such as XLib, Celtic III, and partial Omnicalc will assist developers and end-users alike. Mitchell has released a SDK to coincide with the release of Doors CS 7. A full feature list can be found on the DCS wiki.

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Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
Kevin Ouellet Account Info
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Although it took me a dozen of minute to get used to the mouse controls, it didn't take long afterward for this to become my favorite shell. The main reason why is because it packs all that stuff into one thing and I like how it can run stuff from home screen, archived, like Noshell and CalcUtil, and comes with xLIB/Celtic/Omnicalc and more BASIC libs. The only downside there could be is the file size, which could hinder 83+ users with filled archive or who are developing large games, but otherwise it's excellent.

Doors has come a long way since Doors XP. I liked it since 6.2, but I still kinda prefered Mirage.

Anyway good job Kerm taking Doors to a competitive level. I think this version deserves a feature.

Reply to this comment    27 August 2010, 05:40 GMT


Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
KermMartian  Account Info
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Cheers Kevin!

Reply to this comment    27 August 2010, 05:56 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
ztrumpet Account Info

This is a wonderful shell, and I'm glad it's been featured. For those who think, "I have Mirage, why should I switch?", DoorsCS7 has every feature Mirage has and more. Doors is as good as it gets for a calculator shell, so give it a try. Great job Kerm!

Reply to this comment    27 August 2010, 12:51 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
elfprince13 Account Info
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To be honest, it had everything it needed to compete starting with Mirage from version 6 and onwards. The version 7 features put it above and beyond.

Reply to this comment    27 August 2010, 14:22 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
schoolhacker hacker  Account Info

yes! i am sooo flag that this got featured...
this should counter act that terrible review...

thank you TIcalc.org

p.s. i love this app :)

Reply to this comment    27 August 2010, 17:09 GMT


Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
KermMartian  Account Info
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Thanks, schoolhacker, and thanks again for all your help with beta-testing and debugging. Thanks to the efforts of people like schoolhacker, Doors CS 7.0 went through countless dozens of beta-testing and bug-fixing iterations to make it as stable and reliable as possible with something this complex.

Reply to this comment    27 August 2010, 17:23 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
qazz42 Account Info

Ha, Mirage has a lot less features, it tends to crash, and it won't remember some of my programs

DCS forever!

Reply to this comment    28 August 2010, 16:11 GMT


Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
KermMartian  Account Info
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qazz, and it even works flawlessly on the Nspire, thanks to all your help, among other beta testers! :)

Reply to this comment    29 August 2010, 00:34 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
graphmastur Account Info

Great work! Love the GUI basic capabilities!

Excellent work Kerm.

Reply to this comment    29 August 2010, 13:01 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
Nikky Southerland  Account Info
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I suppose I should have mentioned that it is now in ASM instead of BASIC.

Oops.

Reply to this comment    29 August 2010, 20:20 GMT


Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
KermMartian  Account Info
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It would certainly be appreciated, unless you want to remove the phrase "crude BASIC shell". ;) That might be a turnoff for people who don't read carefully.

Reply to this comment    29 August 2010, 20:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
Nikky Southerland  Account Info
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Updated.

Reply to this comment    30 August 2010, 04:46 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
KermMartian  Account Info
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Cheers Nikky!

Reply to this comment    30 August 2010, 04:47 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
Nikky Southerland  Account Info
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diaf

Reply to this comment    30 August 2010, 05:10 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
Lewk Account Info
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Remember folks: Nikky is not a troll. Absolutely not.

Reply to this comment    30 August 2010, 07:28 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
schoolhacker hacker  Account Info

that's right!
he is a goblin!

Reply to this comment    31 August 2010, 00:16 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
ASHBAD_ALVIN  Account Info

Wow, I never thought anything could ever even stand up to mirageOS! This is pretty nice, much better. As an asm/axe designer, this is really helpful, as my asm programs can now be used in DoorsCS 7 while still using mirageOS subroutines! now that is pretty cool.

Reply to this comment    30 August 2010, 14:35 GMT


Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
KermMartian  Account Info
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Thanks! And as an added bonus to Axe developers, it displays Axe source files with a special icon, and opens them in the Doors CS editor when you try to run such a file.

Reply to this comment    30 August 2010, 15:16 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
Lewk Account Info
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I love the subtle Firetrack 2 plug. Great game. :)

Reply to this comment    6 September 2010, 03:09 GMT


Re: Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
KermMartian  Account Info
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Absolutely, and very helpful to test things like the skinned Garbage Collect message due to its size. :)

For those keeping their eye on Cemetech, CALCnet2.2 has successfully demonstrated gaming on multiple networked calculators, one of the original cornerstones of Doors CS, so look for more news on that soon.

Reply to this comment    6 September 2010, 08:36 GMT

Re: Find an Oasis in Doors CS 7.0
schoolhacker hacker  Account Info
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i donno why...
but i just felt like posting this:

THE REVOLUTION FOR DCS7 GRAYSCALE EDITION HAS BEGUN!!!

see URL...

Reply to this comment    15 September 2010, 21:12 GMT

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