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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #75 on: March 31, 2011, 10:25:07 pm »
We'll see in a bit, won't we :P
I'm personally hoping that it's real :)
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #76 on: March 31, 2011, 10:25:23 pm »
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Um, um um, um, hi! Um, I hope it's real because it sounds like it could have some interesting features! Also, if anybody has use Graph3 and they also have a TI-89t (or some other awesome TI calc that graphs 3D), you were probably surprised by how much faster the Z80 version of 3D graphing and rotating is... Maybe TI will include 3D graphing on the Z80 calcs at some point?
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #77 on: March 31, 2011, 10:25:46 pm »
we'll find out soon enough.  ;)  Although if it is, DJ wouldn't tell you before April 1st is even here, right?  :P  Although based on IRC, I hope this is a joke...

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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #78 on: March 31, 2011, 10:30:18 pm »
As said on IRC, I installed it on my calc and it's real. However it's OS 2.71MP, not 2.71.

I am gonna test it (mostly making sure DCS and Axe still works fine and try some games) then I'm gonna post a news with the link. I think I'm not going to restrain myself from posting a public download link after I saw this Nspire ad.

Maybe it's just a beta OS, though. (which might explain why it was removed)
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #79 on: March 31, 2011, 10:31:32 pm »
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please tell me this is a really good photoshop...  :'(  TI has sunk lower than imagined.
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #80 on: March 31, 2011, 10:32:22 pm »
Wow, an actual picture! :D
I wonder what is added (other than more bugs and useless wizards).
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #81 on: March 31, 2011, 10:33:20 pm »
There's no need for him to retouch the photo. It's trivial to write a program that displays whatever you want.
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #82 on: March 31, 2011, 10:33:54 pm »
yeah, its prbably on the grpah screen or something.  :P
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #83 on: March 31, 2011, 10:33:58 pm »
Well the stats wizards were actually useful for me >.<
TI dropped a notch in my respect meter.
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #84 on: March 31, 2011, 10:37:02 pm »
Oh, you've got to be joking.

Still, that ad is kind of funny, in a sad sort of way.

I hope TI isn't planning on stopping making z80 calculators.
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #85 on: March 31, 2011, 10:40:39 pm »
Nice try! ;D


But...
DJ, it seems you have been tricked, or that you're trying to trick us.

868 138 bytes is the size of the original 2.55MP OS
You told me the 2.71MP OS was 868 115 bytes.


The size is just wrong, 23 bytes too small.
It's the exact size you get by resigning the 2.55MP OS with RabbitSign.

Official OSes end with ":00000001FF   -- CONVERT 2.6 -- \n0x1A".
RabbitSigned OSes just end with ":00000001FF", which is exactly 23 bytes smaller.


There is no way TI would have started to use RabbitSign with the 0x0A key we've hacked. :P

That OS is probably just a 2.55MP OS with its version & welcome strings modified, and then resigned with RabbitSign.

Strangely, nobody has sent it me up to now, although I'm usually sent important things.


I can release the 3.00MP OS for the TI-84+ immediatly if you want :P
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #86 on: March 31, 2011, 10:42:24 pm »
maybe they took out features...?  Although at this point I hope its a joke.
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #87 on: March 31, 2011, 10:43:43 pm »
Weird. Could it be that some parts were optimized or bugs fixed? Because I know a bunch of people complained about the slowness of MathPrint and graphing before.
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #88 on: March 31, 2011, 10:44:29 pm »
Quote from: leafiness0 on March 31, 2011, 10:33:58 pm
Well the stats wizards were actually useful for me >.<
TI dropped a notch in my respect meter.
well, of course they got rid of stats. after all, teachers thought it was cheating :P
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Re: OS 2.71 Released
« Reply #89 on: March 31, 2011, 11:01:42 pm »
This OS seems terribly unstable. And TI still hasn't fixed the Err:Version or Err:Bad Address so I'll have to whip those up. I don't really see what they added though.

Critor: That part of the OS file doesn't actually do anything does it? Is it possible that they just left it out?
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