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A86: Fw: dumbest guy alive
> dhp178: hey
> ComAsYuAre: who is this?
> dhp178: u don't know me but i got ur sn from this TI-86 program that
i
> am trying to get
> ComAsYuAre: ah
> dhp178: yea
> dhp178: all the ones i find i have to unzip and it doesn't have what
to
> put on the calculator
> ComAsYuAre: do you have the ti-graph link software?
> ComAsYuAre: and a cable?
> dhp178: i have the link cable
> ComAsYuAre: do you have the software?
> dhp178: i am not sure about the link software
> ComAsYuAre: do you have a computer->calc link or a calc->calc link?
> dhp178: i have a computer and a cable link
> ComAsYuAre: alright good
> ComAsYuAre: <A HREF="http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/link.htm">TI-GRAPH
LINK
> </A>
> ComAsYuAre: get the software from there
> dhp178: isn't the link the cable where u can hook it up to another
> calculator?
> ComAsYuAre: no
> ComAsYuAre: you need a computer->calc link
> ComAsYuAre: you have to buy those separately
> dhp178: ok i don't have that
> dhp178: damnit!
> ComAsYuAre: well then you can't send stuff from the computer
> ComAsYuAre: you can get a link at staples or office depot for about
$20
> dhp178: but where can i get the programs?
> ComAsYuAre: at that link
> ComAsYuAre: http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/link.htm
> dhp178: yea but it doesn't have the games
> ComAsYuAre: oh you can get games at www.ticalc.org
> dhp178: ok thanks
> dhp178: well i gg but i will be back in like 5 min.
> ComAsYuAre: ok
> dhp178: hello i am back
> dhp178: how do the programs look like
> ComAsYuAre: what?
> dhp178: does drug wars start out like this?...
> dhp178: 2 squaresDRUGWARS2quars
> ComAsYuAre: umm
> ComAsYuAre: i really have no idea what you're referring to
> dhp178: i don't know if the one i am looking at is the stuff that u r
> supposed type in my calculatoe
> dhp178: i want to program a game on my calc but i need to do it
myself
> and i don't know how the stuff i am supposed to write look like
> ComAsYuAre: well i dunno
> dhp178: how do they usually start out?
> ComAsYuAre: what kind of a program are you trying to write?
> ComAsYuAre: asm or basic?
> dhp178: i don't know the difference
> dhp178: i'm sorry
> ComAsYuAre: well then i would say read the manual on programming
> dhp178: just got it
> dhp178: k
> dhp178: how can u tell if it is asm or basic
> ComAsYuAre: the manual explains basic programming
> dhp178: ?
> ComAsYuAre: asm is something very complicated which you don't have to
> worry about
> ComAsYuAre: the manual explains basic
> ComAsYuAre: you can only do asm programming on a computer anyway
> dhp178: ok so then it is basic
> ComAsYuAre: yes
> dhp178: no i just have to figure how to program pool and drug wars
> ComAsYuAre: well you can do that in basic
> dhp178: yea i know
> dhp178: but i have to figure out how to do pool and drug wars
> dhp178: and i can't find a place where it just shows it
> ComAsYuAre: shows how to write the games?
> dhp178: yea
> ComAsYuAre: dude you have to write them yourself
> dhp178: there isn't a place where it shows it and then u just copy it
> bye typing it urself and the calc
> ComAsYuAre: no of course not
> ComAsYuAre: ti doesn't endorse drug-dealing!
> dhp178: probably not
> dhp178: what about pool
> ComAsYuAre: of course not
> dhp178: so u have to do it all by urself
> ComAsYuAre: yes!
> ComAsYuAre: ti made it programmable so people could do it themselves
> dhp178: noo!! i will never know how to do it!!!!!
> ComAsYuAre: then buy a graph link and download them
> dhp178: then it is 20%
> ComAsYuAre: what is?
> dhp178: mean the link is 20$
> ComAsYuAre: yes
> dhp178: do u know used?
> ComAsYuAre: and the gov't wrote drugwars
> ComAsYuAre: so all you have to do is request DOD Document #20987G,
> DrugWars
> dhp178: where?
> ComAsYuAre: it's a branch off whitehouse.gov
> ComAsYuAre: i'll look for it
> dhp178: ok
> ComAsYuAre: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/about_pubs.html
> ComAsYuAre: you have to request "DOD Top Secret Document #20987G
> DrugWars for the graphing calculator"
> dhp178: do u put that under the search thing?
> ComAsYuAre: no you have to write to the email
> ComAsYuAre: dpcintrn@osd.pentagon.mil
> dhp178: oh ok
> dhp178: so i should be like hi i would like to request "DOD Top
Secret
> Document #20987G DrugWars for the graphing calculator"
> ComAsYuAre: exactly
> dhp178: ok
> ComAsYuAre: start with "Dear Sir:"
> ComAsYuAre: since you're addressing a government official
> dhp178: yea
> dhp178: Dear Sir,
>
> Hi i would like to request "DOD Top Secret Document #20987G DrugWars
for
> the graphing calculator"
> dhp178: thats all i put
> ComAsYuAre: sign it with your phone # & address. otherwise they
won't
> do anything
> dhp178: oh ok
> dhp178: do u have the game?
> ComAsYuAre: no, they have that too, it's another document
> dhp178: have u played it?
> ComAsYuAre: yes, the government gave it to me
> ComAsYuAre: after my name and address and phone number
> dhp178: and for pool i have to program the game myself
> dhp178: and they send it to u via email
> ComAsYuAre: yes, but the document from the government will help you
with
> that also
> dhp178: what is in the email
> ComAsYuAre: what do you mean?
> dhp178: what do they send u in the email
> ComAsYuAre: they will send you confirmation of the document, but the
> actual docs they send by postal mail, so you must provide an address
> dhp178: k
> dhp178: i still have to write pool on my own right?
> ComAsYuAre: after you learn about drugwars, pool will be a piece of
cake
>
> dhp178: ok thanks
> dhp178: have u played any of the 2 games?
> ComAsYuAre: i played drugwars because i got it from the government,
but
> i haven't gotten pool yet
> dhp178: oh
> dhp178: is drugwars good?
> ComAsYuAre: it's awesome
> dhp178: good
> dhp178: how long did it take till they anwsered u?
> ComAsYuAre: i figured on a day, but it's the government, so it took a
> week.
> dhp178: ok
> dhp178: thanks
> dhp178: what r other good games?
> ComAsYuAre: just look at pool first, the others will come to you
> dhp178: ok thanks again
> ComAsYuAre: glad to help
> dhp178: see i just got it so i am kind confused about this stuff
> ComAsYuAre: after you get the document it'll all make sense
> ComAsYuAre: sorry i have to leave
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