Has anyone here tried GEMINI yet? i did and it has the best graphics i have seen for the 83+! Also does everyone know about the emulator by ti that comes with a rom image so everyone can play games without a calculator, legally!? theres info about it at my site, http://83p.tigalaxy.com/ on the hardware.html page(link to it from downloads page). Just lettin everyone know bout it so they dont need to get rom images illegally.

oops, i put that it was on the hardware page but its at http://83p.tigalaxy.com/emulators.html sorry bout that

I'll let you live this time, but don't do it again.

Someone try the above link, I'm not sure if it's real or not but try it anyway.

Nope. It doesn't work.

What are you talking about? the address above is just text, i didnt make it a link. U have to copy it and paste it into the address bar of your browser, or u could click on my webpage link under my screenname. The reason i couldnt make it a link was cus this board wont allow it.

We were talking about Compuwiz's web-page link. He thought that www.billgatesisanerd.com might be a site.

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Why would you want to play calulator games on you computer? Don't you people have anything better to do with your time? calculator games are for class.

How do I view this new icon desktop thingy? I can't seem to find it anywhere on my calculator after installing the new OS.

There is a mode to enable it in the mode window.

I turned it on, but it looks the same...do I need apps or something?

After it is enabled on the mode menu, hit 2nd+ESC or APPS

*sniff* I wish it was for *sniff* 83+...
8^(

HA! I GET HOME FROM SCHOOL BEFORE YOU!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

So does the clock function make your batteries drain faster? Even a tiny little bit faster? I would think it would take a bit of power to keep time even when the calculator is off.

Yes... it does use more battery power to keep the time, someone on the forums on the tinews website calculated that "Every 3 months, you are using 39 seconds of battery power" for the clock...

I also have a question: If TI was to release an AMS 3.XX (hypothetically) then it wouldn't be compatible with the AMS 2.XX?

that was me :)
keep in mind that that is only an estimate, and the actual value could be as much as double my estimate!
pad posted some points under my post which help explain...

-Greg

Heh... I like the name. cybORGASM! it even has ASM in it!

w00t!
About time for a new ti89 os! (is it really for the 89?)
Sad, that he's retiring.
59th comment!
Again: Is it REALLY for the 89?
I'll have to go and check!

Will it make my ID number change? That will make my _free_ (ti did a giveaway a while ago) cellsheet thing useless! Oh well, I never use it anyway.

ha...ha..ha... keep your pants on LoL, i wouldn't upgrade if I were... Its just plain horrible, all my games don't work anymore, and it drains more batteries for the clock to be on... I'm downgrading back to 2.05 right now...

Are your games shell or nostub?
Use rechargeable batteries! The initial investment is large, but the payoff is largely larger.
Can you turn the clock off? (Maybe it's too late to ask, speaking of clocks.)

yes you can turn it off, but that makes upgrading pointless since the desktop thing is kind of retarded... 70 kb less archive available and a few k less RAM

OH DUH, SCREW MY LAST COMMENT! IT HAS INVERSE TRIG COMMANDS COT CSC AND SEC!!! EVERYBODY UPGRADE!!!

And how hard are those to make on your own?

1/sin for csc
1/cos for sec
1/tan for cot
About 5 seconds to make on my own.

yes, but when you've been out of math classes for 3 months you have trouble remembering if it's 1/sin or 1/asin bleh... this is so much more convinient, and you're less likely to mess up

I don't know where the asin came from ...
Anyway, I only have an 86, so this little update doesn't help me much. As for messing up, it's not likely to happen. The inverse functions have been hammered into my head. And they're going to stay there.

it refering to csc

Most of my games are Shell.

I dont have rechargable batteries = (

Yes you can turn the clock off

I dislike shells because:
- Many times (in my experience) the last byte in a program gets modified or deleted, turning your happy little ASM into an EXPR that is 7583 bytes long.
- You have to have the libraries, something which I cannot always do.
- I program in Nostub.
- I think that although shared routines are the answer, shells are not.

and, most importantly:
- I don't play games, which use a lot of the same routines repeatedly--the exact precondition that must exist for a shell to be of use.
Instead I use tict-explorer, which is much more suited to my needs than any shell.

The battery drain is not noticeable at all...Over 3 months it might mean that your batteries die a day sooner than without a clock.

Are you on speed?

Don't even go there.