Haha, Who's your daddy! That's the kind of s**t I like to read!

I assume that patching a file on the PC means that:
1) the patcher decodes the complete OS file to ASM format that one can load in a disassembler.
2) If you can load it in a disassembler then you can edit the code responsible for something like... checking the signature of flash apps?

When is someone gonna release a nicely edited TI-OS and call it AMS 666. haha

Or in the about screen have it show up as "J00 H4V3 B33N R3W7'3DX0R00L0R3D3XR0RN0RD3X0R3Z B4H J00L13N M00CH3MBL3DX0R0L#!(#&*!#&"

Or something.

--BlueCalx

i think i can pull that off

Haha!
the patcher debugs the tios in VTI (he didn't disassemble it)
The code that checks for the signature is not in the file that you send to the calc, but is on the calc, in the first block of the flash rom. it is impossible to write in that block without some hardware manipulations (like desoldering a pin of the rom chip)

>1) the patcher decodes the complete OS file to ASM
>format that one can load in a disassembler.

No, I think all it means is it does exactly what it did on the calculator, but there's less chance of a freak error than on a calculator. <What I think> The author used VTI to find out what the problem is, and wrote up code to change it. He then assembled the code, and wrote a program to insert this code directly into the .tib/.89u file, without having to do any complicated deassembling/assembling. </What I think>

cool, now we can mess with ti's rom files and be able to use them. a while ago i tried to use a hex editor to mess with a tib file--to write my name in the menus at the top of the screen or in the about screen--but i couldnt send the rom because of the rsa thing. looks like its now possible. if this works itll be better than carving your name in the back of your calculator--you can have your name embedded in the rom.

I did the same thing, and ended up needing to replace my calc.

really? what did you change? i changed the text in the menu titles and the about screen, and it seems to work ok in vti and on my calculator

Finally! My Sole God! Thank you. I am now happy.

MY sole god is Nike (no mythological pun intended). I find happiness in programming, not in leaching programs from those far greater at programming than me.

Slightly off-topic question: is there such a thing as Zen programming?

e of pi at one with the unimatrix's 45.59985035114 cents

There is one problem with the TIB Receiver, though. As distributed, TIB Receiver does not support AMS 2.05, so those of you with AMS 2.05 will just have to wait for the next version to be released before you can use MaxMem or HW2Patch.

Strange. Now I need 2.04 to have full access on 2.05??? Argh!!!

what is openos?
where can it be downloaded?

yea

where can i get this????

Check the news boards from earlier this year. There was a thread or several about wormhole's departure from the TI community and about him releasing his work. I don't remember when it was, but I think it was shortly before our most recent (and most commented) fake news item.

I believe that openos is the French ROM that is under development.

The only one that has been released did absolutely nothing, but was just intended to demonstrate how to create .tib files that were in the proper (unsigned) format.

-Sean

NO!
1) there is no French rom under development: it's an international rom
2) openos is an other rom that wormhole started to develop. He released the sources when he left the community.

No: OpenOS is Wormhole's (unfinished) ROM; the International one (not French) is called LiteOS. For more information, go to the URL. (At the moment, it's just a message board, but it may change as devolopment continues)

i would like to know too!

I don't think you want the current version of OpenOS. As I understand it, it does nothing at all yet. Stick with TI-OS until a real replacement is released (you'll probably be waiting a long time).

I have just finished the uploading of the "fixed" TI-Chess version 3.01. Additionally the distributions contains now a FAQ (frequently asked questions) with all kinds of answers, links to tutorials and other related resources on the internet. And there are tips within how to thanks the authors ;-).
I don't know how long it will take until the new version is available on ticalc.org (I have uploaded other files on monday and they are still not available), but if you want to get it just now, you can download it from the TI-Chess Team HQ at http://go.to/tict or http://go.to/tichess

Aaaaaaaaaaand it's posted.

--BlueCalx

Wow. Our big brother (tm) did it again ;-) thx