Alright Pat! Great Job, I hope you continue programming awesome calculator games, it will be a very sad day when you leave us.

-- Josh Gentry
"Efficiency is just an advanced form of laziness."

UPDATE THE FILE ARCHIVES please.

yes, for God sake, when are you guys gonna update the file archives???

They are doing a pretty good job of updating the archives, considering how may programs they get per day, especially if they review them before they add them.

http://83p.tigalaxy.com/

Already off-topic...

Well, they DID manage to forget 20 of my files that I submitted... almost a month and a half or so ago.

w00t!

They need to ge some file archivers that are going to spend just a little bit more time updating the archives *cough*niklas,phil, and nick*cough* archive the ffiles plz

w00t!
--kevin

Maybe they shoud have auditions?

i would definatly try out!

Here is a quote by Thomas Nussbaumer from TICT

Another rush of changes within the TIGCC Tools Suite...

TICALC.ORG's archive staff is extremely fast these days. So the new version can be found already there:

STOP WITH THE GODDARNED w00t!!!

vive w00t!!!

vivi's a back mage in final fantasy 9

what the H*$$ is your problem!!! that has absolutly NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THE WHOLE CALCULATOR COMMUNITY!!!!

Look at all thse Re:s. Anyways I've been waiting a long time just like other people to see their programs up on this site. We've waited long enough Update pleaze Jebus Fiest son of Dod update!!!

Re:?

Say this fast ;) : Ah cheese & rice!

I was browsing through the author lists a few weeks ago, and I saw that he was pretty close. Now it has happened. Congrats Patrick!

how much do you guys spend on this site per month on average?

Your site is looking GREAT! keep up the good work Barrett.

yes... all it needs is some visitors and programmers to contribute files, or even just permission to make a page on their file and link it to ticalc.org... GO TO MY SITE, it does NOT have ANY yomama-caps!!!

well i guess will adrvertise my site while your at it. click the link! :)

p3@ )3

nice job pat!

way2go

off-topic - does anyone know why calc.org is not up, and hasnlt been for like a week

They have huge azz hosting problems. I don't know any specifics though.

How about a TI-86 section? You can't leave out the best calculator!

I'm behind you all the way!
*patiently waits for expected flames from indignant 89 owners*

No, that's not because we don't like it. If you might have notcied, we only add sections when we have some content to place into them. So far, we don't have anything for 86. You can use our Submit File form to upload your files for whatever calc they are and if the section for that calc does not exist it'll be created. What good would it be to just have empty sections? So, please add your files! It only takes two days for them to be added and we don't have any heavy restrictions like ticalc.org So, pretty much anything that ticalc.org doesn't accept, we do. Except porn and such ofcourse.

I use my calculator more than most people I know consider a sane amount of time and I only have to replace my batteries once every couple months. Perhaps you leave it running too often, with something processing (maybe graphics)??

hey what makes you think 89 owners would complain about the only reason i like my 89 better than my 86 is because of platinum (which is to my knowledge the newest version of pheonix for the 89) other than that i have to replace the batteries too often and it racks up on my non-existent supplies of cash
on my 86 i havent replaced the batteries in like a year and it has been crammed with games and played almost every day my 89 i have replaced the batteries every couple of months since i got it and well im about to just delete everything off of it and leave it at home until i get new batteries

Nah ... it's just that some 89 owners got a little more than sensitive when I commented on the fact that there's much confusion about what shell to use with the 89 for running games ...

actually we know what shell to use... its called Universal OS. :)

I don't use any freaking shell. TIGCC all the way!!!

Fine w/ me, the 86 is the crappiest calc I've used, especially compared to the 89, and even the 83+

First flame!
*patiently waits for more flames*
Although I don't see how the 83+ could be better than the 86 ... maybe it's just flame bait ...

the funny thing is, the 83+ has MORE memory than an 86 LOL. I cant believe people would compare an 86 to an 89.... its like comparing me to pat, i dont even stand a chance.

BTW, way to go pat!!!

The more memory on the 83+ than the 86 is a little misleading. Though the 83+ has a few hundred K (I don't know exactly how much), most of it is Flash memory. Though the 86 has only about 98K, it's all RAM, compared to the 83+'s 24K RAM.
The 86 has considerably more functions than the 83+. "So?" you may ask. "The 83+ can have those functions added using Flash Apps." But the Flash Apps take up quite a bit of Flash memory ... and you need several of them to achieve the functionality of the 86. There goes all of your precious memory ....
And as for comparing the 86 to 89, I don't know anybody who would do that. I accept the fact that the 89 is better than the 86 ... I just don't like it when people say that the 86 sucks, which it doesn't. There are few differences between the 89 and 86, namely different processors, screen sizes and a few more advanced math functions.

That was a very sensible response, without a reverse flame, which makes me feel guilty about my mislead comment. I wasn't tring to diss the 86, as it is an aknoledgable calculator, I was just trying to point out to you the way a person COULD compare an 83+ to an 86, which you enquired about earlier. I know for a fact that the 86 is a better calc (than an 83+). And thank you for not trying to argue the superiority of either the 89 or 86. btw, responding to a previous 89 comment, I only have to replace the batteries on my 89 about once ever 3 months, and I play it at leat once in every one of my 5 (senior :) classes. Perhaps you are using a cheap battery brand? I use duracell and I have found that if I use duracell ultra's, The last an extra month or so (I still dont spend that extra $1 though).

Thanks. :)
Regarding batteries, I use the Rayovac rechargable alkalines. They do save you money, although I tend to notice that with each recharge the time till the next recharge shortens slightly.

I use Energizer rechargeable NIMH batteries, it's $10 for four of them, but I only have to recharge about once a month, and it's supposed to recharge up to 500 times. Bad shelf life, though, but not a problem for me!!

But the nice thing about flash is, you can use it as an archive for your programs. If the RAM is reset, you still have your stuff in the archive. The 86 is all RAM & if it's reset, than goodbye drugwars. Still, it can do a lot of MATH (AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!) stuff quite well and is hard for teachers to reset. But the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition has 1.5 mb of archive, so it doesn't matter about the size. MirageOS is a FlashApp shell that unarchives programs & re-archives them after the task is ended (plus, it can block the memory menu from access). In the TI Student Center, the TI-86 is described as "no flash memory, but not too shabby." But I think TI should make a TI-86 Plus. I'm going to now buy every calculator half priced on the earth off of eBay.






PS: Wouldn't it be wierd if there was a TI-80 Plus or a TI-81 Plus? There's no linkport, so no upgrades, But I think you could hand type in the Intel Hex Code for Apps. w00t!

What you say about Flash memory is true.
The problem with MirageOS's memory lock is that it prevents access to the memory menu. Thus, as the teacher's waling around clearing memories, he/she would immediately get suspicious if the memory screen can't be accessed ... Rascall (for the 86), on the other hand prevents items from being deleted, but still allows access to the memory screen.
TI-86+? I remember coming up with that in the Omnicalc article, I believe .... I'm glad someone besides me wants one? <idea>Let's all petition TI for a TI-86+</idea>

While we are on the subject of flash mem:
I've asked this b4 and people kinda ignored me... mabye cause it was at the bottom of the string.... but anyway, I am working on (I think) a really sweet game for the 89 using FAT technology (itll be like goldeneye for the 64), and since i like to use my calculator to work on it at school, and I get in trouble running vti in the library, that extra 100k of archive mem that my 89 wont let me touch would really help me. Does ANYONE know how to use that mem? It pisses me off just sitting there smirking at me....
thanx for any help :)

install a single app

I am referring to it as archiveable memory, i have no use for any of ti's useless apps

> There are few differences between the 89 and 86,
> namely different processors, screen sizes and a few
> more advanced math functions.

One other important difference: The 89 allows user-defined BASIC functions. And local variables.

I didn't know that ... thanks for the info!

I think the 83+ is definetely better than the 86 and because of flash memory. And by the way, the 83+ does have more memory than the 86, with 183K (24 RAM, 159 FLASH) instead of 90.

I'd definetely rather have flash memory, than more functionality, and it doesn't have much more.

trying to avoid another 83+/86/89 war...

While the average student (i.e., not yet in calculus) doesn't really care about the 86's higher math features, some really like it. Also, I like the same-screen (I'm not sure what you call them) menus of the 86 better than the ones on 82 series. Plus, the 86 menus allow for more saved pictures, graphs (not sure about that one), etc.

ALthough I do think that adding archive space to the 86 would be a major plus for both TI and the community, I think that as a whole the 3 calculator series have a good balance of features so that TI can maintain (sp?) their stronghold as the leader.

...Please don't flame...

Nice way of putting it ... don't forget the 86 has a larger screen than the 83+ ...

Yeah morons the 86....89..92.. blow monkey balls no one can use them in high level classes of math and science....futhermore you cant use them in lower level classes either..so whoop-de-doo you have a calc that can do so much shit you cant even use it..way to waste money..83+ all the way baby...w00t

Thanks! Also, congrats to Pat!

Alcohol, peroxide, cocoa butter, and Vaseline

lol haha

ticalc.org does not have any operating costs, besides time. Unless things have changed recently, their hosting expenses are paid for by their provider (SolNet).

how the heck does one manage to get that kind of deal? can i get that???

I agree with the rest, very nice site! How do you do the popup menu thingy? I can't get mine to work!

webmaster@calcgames.org he's really buff, ask him... btw, EVERYONE SUBMIT THEIR GAMES TO CALCGAMES.ORG!!!

Thanks. Our menus use layers and are handled by java script. They're far from perfect, because they don't work in Netscape. If you'd like some help with yours, talk to me on AIM: beliakovk or MSN: zkostik (I'm rarely on MSN though)