If they
released info and a few test calcs to the ticalc.org community, a better, more
efficient OS could be made. I still think that TI would have to write the
actual math functions. But at least the people will have a say in what how
the OS in ROM interacts with the user, such as Philip Gossling's WinCE 86
shell/OS. If would release a way to call all of their math-related
functions from an OS, and store the OS on a Flash BIOS, the user could have the
OS of their choice. The WinCE 86 would be an excellent OS, because of it's
scalability. The user could dump as many OS 'features' as is his desire
into the Flash BIOS. Or, on the other hand, add as many TI math
functions to the Flash BIOS as is his content. This would lead to
diversity. Competition breeds quality.
-Miles Raymond
Miles Raymond wrote:
Has anyone evry
thought that TI would one day stop making their calcs with an OS, and just
bundle a 3rd-party ASM OS instead? -Miles Raymond
They'll probably never do that. The calculator is made for calculating
and there aren't
enough programmers that it'd be a good deal for them.
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