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I'm still not sure about that though. We actually need to mimic TI to get the calculator to sell. If it's cheaper but doesn't look like a TI-8x, people will think it can't do anything.As for screen size, I still think the 96x64 is a good size to work with.Since we want the old TI programs and others to still run, how are you going to do that with a bigger screen?Centering it isn't exactly interesting, nor is scaling it up.
Quote from: alberthrocks on August 07, 2010, 12:12:25 pmI'm still not sure about that though. We actually need to mimic TI to get the calculator to sell. If it's cheaper but doesn't look like a TI-8x, people will think it can't do anything.As for screen size, I still think the 96x64 is a good size to work with.Since we want the old TI programs and others to still run, how are you going to do that with a bigger screen?Centering it isn't exactly interesting, nor is scaling it up.What old TI programs? I thought we were making a new calc here, and we're worried about compatibility with TI-83+? You heard xkcd, we need a bigger screen resolution for sure. Remember, we're going for better than TI.
And you guys are missing my point. We can do a bigger screen, assuming we just enlarge pixels.But you still have 2 things to consider:1) Teacher/student friendliness. We need to make it so that teachers can accept it, students can buy it without complaints, and the testing board can allow it. Having a super big screen isn't going to really help. I'm not against enlarging the screen a little bit, but don't make it into an iPod Touch. 2) TI compatibility. That's something interesting, eh? Although we are more or less trying to be better than TI, are we really going to throw years of ASM, Basic, and other TI-8x stuff away? This calc has the potential to run over TI's calcs. If we ever want to see some good stuff from TI-8x programs and applications without endless porting, we need to create a compatibility layer. Of course, programs designed specifically for KOS will do MUCH better, and will even look better too.
Quote from: alberthrocks on August 07, 2010, 02:49:29 pmAnd you guys are missing my point. We can do a bigger screen, assuming we just enlarge pixels.But you still have 2 things to consider:1) Teacher/student friendliness. We need to make it so that teachers can accept it, students can buy it without complaints, and the testing board can allow it. Having a super big screen isn't going to really help. I'm not against enlarging the screen a little bit, but don't make it into an iPod Touch. 2) TI compatibility. That's something interesting, eh? Although we are more or less trying to be better than TI, are we really going to throw years of ASM, Basic, and other TI-8x stuff away? This calc has the potential to run over TI's calcs. If we ever want to see some good stuff from TI-8x programs and applications without endless porting, we need to create a compatibility layer. Of course, programs designed specifically for KOS will do MUCH better, and will even look better too.Ok, agreed with the compatibility. How about 188x124? (more or less) Something that is in the 3:2 ratio but definitely >100 in both width and height.
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