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Neat...
Shame about the price and the fact you cannot use it 100% on the TI-83 Plus-that would have been very neat indeed. I think I will stick with the QWERTY app- OK, it isn't the greatest way to type, but it is quite easy. I could even try to make my own keyboard (StampII...) but it would never look quite as nice as the official TI one!

And I bet the TI keyboard works better than this PC one on this school computer- k, t and the space bar don't work unless you hit them really hard!

What next- the 'TI-Mouse'?

Mouse, or better yet a memory expander. 1.5 Megabytes on my SE just isn't enough.

What the... 1.5 MB isn't enough? I have over 20 apps and about 97 games, groups of all those games (in case they crash the calc, I can just ungroup them...) and I still have about 500k left!

I only have about 30 games, mostly asm but a few basic (you see, I don't download crap...) about 20 levels for mario, dozens of other miscellaneous programs, a 9kb LIST, and the equivilant of 30 16k apps (some of them are 32, 48 or 64k) And I actually have about 750k left. I don't need a *flash rom* expander, I'm probably never going to fill that up. What they need to make is just a normal, plain old boring memory expansion. (On a slightly different note, related to another article, more memory would allow them to compete even better with the PDA market...)

Yep! No need for more Flash memory ... just more RAM.

ONLINE PETITION FOR TI-86+!
LINK COMING SOON
SPREAD THE WORD

http://www.petitiononline.com /ti86flsh/petition.html

SIGN TO GET FLASH ROM FOR TI-86!

I SIGNED IT!

COOL

SO DID I! EVERYONE, GO TO THAT SITE!!! NOW!!! WHETHER YOU HAVE AN 86 OR NOT, SIGN IT!!!

10. Kiran Nair
Comments: KIRAN NAIR IS GAY.
Reason for wanting Flash Memory in a ti-86: CAUSE KIRAN NAIR IS GAY.
Do You own a ti calculator? if so, which?: I OWN A PALM PILOT CAUSE KIRAN NAIR IS GAY.
How much flash memory would you want in a ti-86?: I WOULD WANT INFINITY MEMORY CAUSE ME STUPID

10. Bill Gates
Comments: This is the stupidest f---ing petition on earth so I signed it anyway cause that's me.
Reason for wanting Flash Memory in a ti-86: The TI-86 sucks, so why not make it suck more?
Do You own a ti calculator? if so, which?: Yes. All of them.
How much flash memory would you want in a ti-86?: No one could ever want more than 640k.

that was supposed to be "9. Bill Gates"...

3. Sean Gearhart
Comments: Make a fricken TI-86 Plus you dumbasses! & Stop hiring people I can't understand for your custumer service!!!
Reason for wanting Flash Memory in a ti-86: Powerful & useful Apps, a data archive, and room for GAMES!!!
Do You own a ti calculator? if so, which?: I own 2 TI-83 Pluses
How much flash memory would you want in a ti-86?: Hmmmm..... 600K at LEAST!

I'm Sean Gearhart... :~p

I sign as many times as possibe

I sign as many times as possibe

I sign as many times as possibe

PLAY MEGAMAN86. ITS COOL, YO.

quiet you

SHUT UP ABOUT MEGAMAN86!
*grrr*

SHUT UP, FOOL!

YOUR BACK!

What about my back? :)

YOU'RE BACK!!! WE MISSED YOU!

YAY! EVERYONE LIKES ME!!! :) :) :)

I'm surprised that my prgmBAD is STILL in the archive queue or whatever it's called.

HHHHIIIIIII!!!!!!!!

To lsvllhs15: What if someone doesn't have an 86? Then how are they going to play MEGAMAN86?

To the rest of you: What I usually do to get idiots to go away is I ignore them. So just ignore him and see if he goes away. If he doesn't, then I don't know what will.

i agree, no more replying to him

Just thought I would point out, for a certain few people who signed this petition: this isn't the way to get TI to listen to you. If you were to write up a petition properly - using proper grammar - and had serious, respectful signatures, they would have no choice but to listen. On the other hand, what you have done - no offense intended to those involved - cannot possibly be taken seriously. I'm sure TI is well aware that some of us would like to see them continue the 86, and I'm sure they're also aware that some people view them as "dumbasses" and the rest. They just as clearly don't care. So make a proper petition - I'll support it. Just recognize that when you want someone (especially when the entity in question has money) to do you a favor, insulting them is not the way to go about it.

Obviously, this doesn't apply to those of you who signed the petition properly, which fortunately was most of you...

I'd also like to point out that whoever thinks it's funny to post rude messages in others' names - I can't fathom what you gain by it, but don't mind my opinion - you're a coward. If that's what you want to say, there's no need to be ashamed of it. Go ahead and say whatever you want in your own name; I don't care.

If you would want to re-write the petition letter plz email it to me

you guys are just bitches why not get an 89 has alot
of memory

Why don't you guys make a petition for external memory cards for all calculators???

I think PARADE! petitions would be effective :)

I think there are memory cards...
They may not be official TI products.

why is it that people like you have to say shit like "you guys are just bitches why not get an 89 has alot of memory"?

not everbody has the money or a need to get an 89.

I have an 89, 83+, and 82. When OS 1.13 came out for the 83+, over half the comments were from assholes like you. "The higher the fersion number the better you said." I say, "The higher the version number, the more f***ed up the original was."

As for the 86+ petition, take it seriosly, though I would never take an online petition seriosly, it doesn't help to insult the people you want the help from. Dont bite the hand that feeds you.

Have a nice day.

James D Eberhart
Lead Programmer
NeoVoxx Software, Inc.
http://www.voxxnet.org

My bro has one, though i use it more than him, and i really wish it had flash.

PLAY MEGAMAN86. ITS COOL, YO.

fah q!

That's my line! LOL :) w00t! p00p!

Hey, everyone! I just played doom for the 83/+ and it was great! I enjoyed it more than corridor because the sideways scrolling was smoother. (In corridor, it can be hards to hit an opponent). Ok, that's enough for todays off-topic posts.

It is a truly great game- just a few things-
The game should be a little more decisive (calling it Doom and then using Wolf3D graphics is a bit off). Other problems are the mystically disappearing walls and the fact that you can be shot when you cannot see the person shooting you as you are too far away. The walls sometimes flip (as in the lines will go from the top of one wall to the bottom of the next- I have had this problem when writing wireframe engines on my PC).
But, give the guy some credit- it is still in development and is the first of its kind for a z80 based calculator - well done that man!

The only other bad thing is that it's in French (that's bad for me, at least...)

Thanks for your comments about doom, we will probably make an english version, and in next versions, the graphics (the monsters and items) will totally change, we will take items from doom....

oh, btw, get omnicalc, and you can use the memory restoration feature instead. Takes up a lot less room, and has lots of other cool features.

Yeah, I know. However, since I downloaded, I've had major problems with my calc so I took it off. There were things where when I restored memory it would make the programs take up over 30k each, say error:memory when I wanted to edit my memory, and when I switched modes, the same kind of things happened.

hmm. That's odd. You must be defective.

I've reset my entire memory and tried it again, but the same thing happened. Of course, when you reset the mem, you still have the other virtual calc/saved RAM data...

Hmm....It works fine for me, and I consider it one of the best things I've ever loaded onto my calc for programming purposes and whatnot - I don't have to group programs in case of deletion anymore ;) And like I said - you must be defective ;)

I know, I have about 20 apps and 76 games. thats why i chose the 83+SE. It has so much space.

"1.5MB just isn't enough"

I have not yet filled my 160kB archive on my TI-83 Plus- though I have had trouble with installing apps (if you have less than 32k left, you cannot install a 16k app- I don't know why!).

Count yourself lucky- most people here still use the 83- just 27k of RAM!

Oh, to go to the 'IR-Link' page and you can find schematics for a unit that plugs into a calc and stores data (using the standard 'Link' feature of the OS) on a 1M PlayStation memory cateridge.

TI-89s have a half-meg of flash archive with ams 2.x. I personally have filled this up only once, when I downloaded about half of Ticalc.org's archives.

Geez, I'm always running out of room on my 89!

PLAY MEGAMAN86. ITS COOL, YO.

On the 89?

Darn ... I had to just verify. *makes face*
Anyway, lsvllhs15 should be added to that ban list. ANYBODY who just posts the same thing again and again should be banned.

*sob* what about PARADE! and PYRAMID! *sob*?

O yeah--I almost forgot about those. Please ban no_one_2000_ too.

NOO! Don't ban me! That would be p00p!

This is to anyone who knows:

Is anyone currently banned?

If they are, I don't think they'll tell you : )

LOL good point. :)

Does anyone who isn't banned know someone who is banned?

judging by the "updates" thing on the sidebar of the ticalc home page, there are people that are banned.

A few months ago, that is.

Yeah, I saw that. That's what made me think of it (again)

Is DepleatedUranium/FocusedWolf banned?

Not sure. I know he was banned. I think he just gave up and stayed at werewolf.com or whatever it was

NOTE: When I said *sob* in my post above, I didn't mean S.O.B. (abbreveation for something naughty), I meant i was crying. :) :(

Welcome Back, no_one_2000_ PARADE!
We were wondering about you! (And my TI-80s and TI-81s were getting dusty again)
Those are alright because they're not the ONLY things that we post.

Yeah, see? I can make an on-topic post if I have to!

Uh... TI-KEYBOARD IS COOL! Actually, I'd buy one if the price went down lower.

*cleans TI-80s and TI-81s*

My TI-83 Plus I use for math is getting dusty. It's a reconditioned 0199A model. When TI sent it to me, it had OS 1.03 on it, So TIGL wouldn't send Apps to it. Then I found a new one that had 1.12 on it & I upgraded & put games on it.

Can I dust it for you?

>>> Geez, I'm always running out of room on my 89!

What do you mean by that? I do not understand, but what's new, anyway? LOL

Geez, I'm always running out of memory on my 89!
If you install either cf or one of the 3d engine games or ctc2, that pretty much takes up all memory.

Oh, wait, I see what you mean now, never mind. When I read that, I wasn't very awake, and I read it as "I'm always running out of my room (bedroom) with my TI-89" I had absolutely no clue why you kept running out of your room, but I don't know. :):)

lol

I guess I'm just SCHTOOPID

That was about the only time that I downloaded a bunch of games. I now don't play games. <controversial>NO GAMES</controversial>
mainly_ ()
{
fre(tibet);
fre((signed) baseball);
fre(food);
Jlo[strange] = true;
no_one_2000[wierd] = true;
}

Um... that was... weird.

How about

no_one_2000_="weird";
alert("no_one_2000_ is "+no_one_2000_);

JAVASCRIPT!

Everyone who has Windows and IE 5.0 or above, press F11. Press it again to get rid of the strange effect. ;-)

its just fulscreen

ctrl+w is better (jk)

What's that?