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Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Posted by Nick on 25 August 2000, 01:13 GMT

After careful consideration I have decided against furthering my unsorted list-related binge. In this news item, you will find the exact same amount of creamy goodness as the others, but this one lacks 100% of the UL tags of older news items. Apologies for the wait of an entire week - simply scads of time - before this came out, but planning 34801248217348124 rendezvouses and social functions before going off to college have detained me. That and the fact that no good news has been made recently. Without further ado:

David "I Know Linux Better Than You Do" Phillips has released Bin2Var v1.20. This nifty little program will convert your binary images to a calculator-friendly format. The following formats are supported: 82P, 83P, 8XP, 85S, 86P and 86S. Unlike DevPac83 and DevPac8X, these programs will work under Windows NT and Windows 2000 (my OS of choice, may I add). Quality job.

Thomas "Mad Propz" Nussbaumer released an interesting program called TICT eBook Reader v1.50 for the 89 and the 92 Plus, along with several interesting e-books. He also forwarded me an excellent link to a collaborative effort called Project Gutenberg. I got Ayn Rand's Anthem off of this. Fantastic stuff. Now, if someone could only convert the whole archive... :)

 


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Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
ajaisharma13

I have ams 2.5 hw2 and these prgs do not work???

Also does anyone know where to get cheap or almost free calc other than ebay???

Help school will start

Bob Fillamente
Texas Instruments

     25 August 2000, 01:18 GMT


Re: Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Paul Cole  Account Info

I was wondering if anyone could help me out, I need another copy of AMS 2.03 so I can reflash my 89 so I can send my product code again(currently using HW2patch). Also, if anyone has a copy of that RPN program for the 89 that was featured about a month ago, could you send it to me? Thanks for the help.

     28 August 2000, 23:51 GMT

Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Nathan Walters  Account Info

yay. now i can read in math class, and play games in english class. When is support for pics and sound coming out?

     25 August 2000, 03:11 GMT


Re: Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Pete D.  Account Info

There is support for both sound and pictures. CHeck out www.ticalc.org/pub/89/asm/sound for sound and www.ticalc.org/pub/89/asm/programs for the images.

     25 August 2000, 04:25 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Ryan Pelletier  Account Info

no...here:
www.ticalc.org/pub/89/asm/graphics for the images.

     25 August 2000, 06:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Nathan Walters  Account Info

i was talking about doing it inside the text itself. sorta like a pic viewer, sound player, and text editor all in one, you know?

nathan

     27 August 2000, 15:27 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
calcfreak901  Account Info
(Web Page)

Then write a web browser in asm and do it in html :)

e of pi and the unimatrix's 45.59985035114 cents

     28 August 2000, 22:17 GMT

Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
monoman  Account Info
(Web Page)

What is the max page limit for the eBooks (considering you had all ram free)?

     25 August 2000, 04:21 GMT


Re: Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Thomas Nussbaumer  Account Info
(Web Page)

The size of eBooks is limited by the maximum variable size on the TI which is 65520 Bytes.
The compression used by the eBooks gives a ratio of 50% or better. So there fit about 130-150kB of text in one book. Larger texts have to be splitted in more than one eBook.
The next eBook is "War of Worlds" from H.G. Wells which is splitted into 3 eBooks + 1 eBook for the text of the original radio broadcast. It will be uploaded today.

     25 August 2000, 08:19 GMT

Re: Bin2Var v1.20, TICT eBook Reader v1.50
Joe Smith  Account Info

It seems that eBook is a rip-off of Pictionary, the latest features especially.

     25 August 2000, 05:42 GMT

Oh, this is bad...
TheWog Account Info
(Web Page)

Out of curiosity (OK OK, I wanted to play with my new DSL connection..) I clicked the college link. One of the first things I stumbled upon (and rather quickly - it's FAST) was an article on *cough* "Internet Addiction."

How can we let Nick be forced into a den of hypocrasy like this? We must act! We must prevent this! We must send letters and small heavy packages wrapped in packing tape! I will be the first!

Or maybe not. Just let me check my email *one more time...*

     25 August 2000, 05:45 GMT

Re: Oh, this is bad...
David Hall  Account Info
(Web Page)

I reckon Nick has enough to worry about without people sending him packages and letters. He may be forced into the mistaken conclusion that people are Out To Get Him. Then he may take his own life by sitting in Steve Wozniak's car and turning the ignition key before accelerating off a cliff. Knowing Nick, he may even calculate the optimum speed needed to reach the maximum chance of a quick death when plummeting off a cliff. Then we would feel guilty, and write lots of pointless words on TiCalc.org, and forever be deprived of the humor of NickD.org and of course his (irregular but interesting anyway) news postings here at this site.
This would be a Bad Thing.
But I reckon instead of sending letters, sending small gifts of prescription nasal spray or even books that you liked would be a Good Move. As Nick likes reading, but needs the spray to oil his trebuchet. Or something.

How the hell can I write so many words but say so little? Why did they let me out? I need to lie down...

     25 August 2000, 11:52 GMT


Re: Oh, this is bad...
Hexalon

i have a cable connection and i get 1.5 megabytes per second!

     26 August 2000, 02:46 GMT

Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
Michael Figge  Account Info

I can top that.

I got a 56k that does 4k a sec. Anyone want to top that? Thats what I thought. (HINT: You'll have to have a modem equipped with Nick's random number generator to beat it.)

--Michael "4k per second" Figge

     26 August 2000, 03:24 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
HydroCarbon10  Account Info

I can definately top that. I've got a 56k modem (a nice 56k modem, not a winmodem). Before I moved I got 1.2 kBps, now I get 2.2 kBps. Thanks to Sprint local telephone diservice. After 8 PM I've got to play with the phone to get a dial tone, and even if I've got a dial tone I'm still not guaranteed to get a line out (who knows what would happen if I needed 911, I'd probably just die). 4 kBps would be *very* nice for me.

     26 August 2000, 04:02 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
Joegan Account Info

I am getting about 4.66.. Using freei.. Heh

     26 August 2000, 04:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
calcfreak901  Account Info
(Web Page)

I've gotten that over a 28.8 FreeAltaVista connection
I've get marginally better over a 56k aol connection

     27 August 2000, 04:32 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
MathJMendl  Account Info
(Web Page)

Yeah, I have a cable. When using all my threads I've sometimes gotten 300k per second.

     26 August 2000, 05:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
Hexalon

what service do you have 'cause thats a crappy connection for cable? i only get 300k when i'm streeming a video or something, otherwise i get 1.5m per sec.

     26 August 2000, 23:06 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
MathJMendl  Account Info
(Web Page)

RoadRunner, but from what I've heard that's good for a cable. What do you have? It might also be partly because the rest of the net is slow.

     27 August 2000, 08:53 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
Hexalon

i have mediaone. which was recently bought by at&t. since at&t bought mediaone the service has become crappy. they go down about once a week.

     27 August 2000, 19:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
Jeff Meister  Account Info

I'm on a 56k and I get around 5.5 k/s regularly...

- Jeff

     27 August 2000, 11:59 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
Nathan Walters  Account Info

i got about 10k/s on a 56k once. (hint: get download accelerator plus)

     27 August 2000, 15:31 GMT


Re: Re: Oh, this is bad...
Nathan Walters  Account Info

i have a university connection. 10mbps in the rooms. The entire ethernet will soon be 1gbps. hehe.
"absolute power is mine!" (say that in a yoda voice)

Nathan

     27 August 2000, 15:29 GMT

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