It is very good that they did the freeware sig thing... now maybe they could do that for us poor 89 users who want to create flash apps that don't cost money.
Hopefully TI is turning around from a developers worst nightmare to well... something better than that ;)
p.s.
Those of you who had signatures before this could er um write a program for money, or shareware... Wonder what that market is like?

I just bought the professional one a few weeks ago and i think this is real F****** unfair to me and those who bought this.

Yea,screw all the lower level math students with 83+,Im a pissed off 89 prgmmer thats wants a free sdk,not a expensive one. More 89 apps should be made,we want free signing!!!

If you email TI they might give you a partial refund...

On the other hand, you can still make commercial apps if that interests you. But you're right, it does seem unfair to not inform people who purchased the SDK about this possibility. I know that I never thought TI would do something like this. Too bad it's just the 83+ version. A 68k version would be nice (with appropriate refunds for unused signings).

-Sean

hey,i downloaded the new sdk,except it only has a debugger in the zip,how do i convert my file to a app?

I'm not really sure. I don't have an 83+, so I haven't really worked with the SDK. I did download it once, and it seemed to be mostly command line based (unlike the 68k version that is more of an IDE). Try reading some of the included text files for help.

1) You unpack + install the debugger to a directory
we shall call %ti83plusdir%.
2) You go to directory %ti83plusdir%\Utils and copy
your .hex file there.
3) You type "appsign 0104.key [yourfile].hex"
4) Miraculously, your app gets signed

Is this Henrik's first post?

No. The previous news item (the one announcing the conclusion of the Original Five Year Mission) was also posted by Henrik (coincidentally the first Star Trek-themed news item that I can recall, and certainly the first one since NickD stepped down as news editor 10 months ago.

oic thanx

Could somebody post thq App-signing tool on his website (or Ticalc.org), I've got problems locating it (doesn't seem to be there on the European-site), and since it is free, what should they have against it?

The signing utility is installed with the simulator/debugger. To sign an app, follow these steps:
1. Copy the 0104.key file into the folder where your hex file is.
2. Go to DOS and then go to the folder where your hex file is.
3. Type appsign 0104.key filename.hex

(filename is whatever you named your hex file)

Hope this helps

What is this about the new method for creating system menus? Where is it in the download?

Can any owner of TI-83 Plus Silver Edition send me the preloaded organizer?
Please!