How the $^#@ do i view these e_book programs and how the $^#@ do i get them to my calc?????????

I feel it is imperative that I say something about eBook Tom.

For once I won't critize anyone (but Nick to change the url author thing instead of mailto stuff) and give you "mad propz" as someone said. I forgot who.

--Michael "^_^" Figge

Nick didn't mention it, but Bin2Var will compile under Linux (or just about anything else with a compliant ANSI C compiler).

SEE? SEEEE????

This is why you know more linux than I do! :P

--BlueCalx

I wonder where to upload the eBooks correctly. Until now they are under ASM/misc programs, but indeed they are no programs nor are they game levels. They wouldn't fit also into the text section, because they are calc type depended files.

BTW: Can anyone give me a hint what "Mad Propz" means?
That seems to be far outside my "english" knowledge ...

Hehe, if someone gives you "mad propz", that means they're giving you lots of respect. :)

It sort of means "props," only they are "mad" "props," and they are l33t "props," so they are "propz" that are "mad," thus "mad props." Hmm. I didn't think it would be possible to be that descript, but sometimes I guess I just amaze myself.

P.S. "Mad propz" can mean different things in different contexts. Say you write a program, instead of a "thanks" section, you might just give "mad propz" to these people instead. Or in the context of someone doing something not easily done (say someone writes an alternate OS for the 89 or something), it might just mean a "nice job."

I can't belive you're reading Ayn Rand, Nick!!? She's EVIL you know!!!

heh... I had to read The Fountainhead, and it was extremely painful...

Hei! just checked the link... looks very nice... my chance to read "War of the worlds" finally... :) lucky guys who check it out a century from now, since they'll read all of Asimov's work for free... snif...
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Cd_Slayer

I do not recall if Asimov's still alive. However, the law in the us states that all works under copyright in 1978 (not sure on the exact year, but sometime around then) or later are copyrighted until 75 years after the author's death. If Asimov is still alive and is for the next 25 years, then people a century from now will not have his work any more freely than we do.

e of pi and the unimatrix's 45.59985035114 copylefted cents

Hey guys...
How about someone release a converter for the ebooks, so we can convert them ourselves, this would give us a HUGE amount of books to read!
And while doing that, I had another Idea, how about someone make an HTML reader, like explorer (there was a program a while back, txtrider, which enabled text files with graphics, maybe even modify that)

Sorry I can't do it myself but I don't have the programming knowledge for such a task. These kinds of programs would make our TI rival PDA's... mmmm

Ariel

Don't be impatient! Read the readme.html file of the ebook reader first! There you can read that the book generator is scheduled for October.
Then you can make as many books as you want. I am just working on a kind of markup language which will be used to "beautify" (format) the text of the ebooks, but it will take a while to get it all working.
Its much work for just one person who has only about 1-2 hour per day left for projects like this. So once again: don't be impatient.
The 1.50 version of the reader should only be seen as technology demo.

Oh!!! :)
If it can be used on any file, it's great...
About txtrider, 1 - it lacks a converter, and passing anything, reducing the font, whatever, is boring 2 - Scrolling is way to fast...
Hope those 2 things will be solved, and that i can finally pass my classes reading smtg useful. :)
(yeah, i know, i could've done those things for myself if i tried, yadda yadda)

Not on any file, but on any text file. If you want specials like blocks which are aligned right or centered or an page break before the real end of a page, you have to insert a few tags like HTML tags into the text. Thats all.

if you noticed the books that have been released are old so there are no copyrights left on them.

i know, but if i can convert anything, i won't have to use the site, will i? anything... even ad&d books I've found on the net... OPS :)
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Cd_Slayer

I meant i can c&p (copy paste) anything i find into it without much trouble... i hope... and just put a few links so i can jump around or smtg.

For those eBooks, you should do Edgar A. Poe's works. They're shortand good and a lot of people like him and have to read his stuff in schools.

Also try going to the link above. They also have many texts in both HTML and Microsoft Reader format. Check it out.

Noll

What the hell is M$ Reader?

Oh, that's MS Reader... whatever, really