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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #30 on: June 24, 2010, 01:26:51 am »
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #31 on: June 24, 2010, 04:26:44 pm »
Oh boy, choices, choices.
51) The headphone jack is used for communicating between computers.
52) Only two computer may communicate at a time
53) The computer has other ports, but they are undocumented, used by the OS only.
54) The headphone jack only supports two states, powered and unpowered. It's not even supposed to be used to play sound, but to link! (51)
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #32 on: June 25, 2010, 06:48:55 pm »
55)  The key that causes the most loss of data is located directly adjacent to the arrow keys keys.  (see 34)
56)  A maximum of 10 saved image files would be supported, without 3rd party software modification.
57)  The only internet connection possible would be via telnet.
58)  The Login Dialog can be permanently disabled by temporarily removing the power source.
59)  Cleaning the keyboard requires removal of the computer's power supply and motherboard.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #33 on: July 07, 2010, 06:14:17 am »
Ah, why didn't I see this earlier?

60: It takes 6 keystrokes to wipe out the hard disk.
61: Assembly programming requires a more powerful computer (read: made by a different company) or hand-coded hex.
62: It would run always run at one processing speed (except for certain models that allow speeding up by 2.5x).
63: Identification is in the form of a strip of masking tape on the back.
64: Filenames can be up to eight letters, numbers, or thetas starting with either a letter or theta.
65: Although file extensions are not supported, memory types are predefined, and the only real form of memory (AppVars) are inaccessible except by assembly programs.

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66: It would outsell all competition combined by 10-1, regardless.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #34 on: July 07, 2010, 10:12:51 am »
Since everyone's listed a lot of ones for the 83+/84+ already, some of these are for other calculators.

67. The first two versions wouldn't have any way of linking to other computers or devices.
68. One of the latest versions makes practically every program written for an older version incompatible.
69. Deleting an application would damage your flash memory.
70. Newer versions would have more memory, but would be cluttered with some useless applications (see 69).
71. The headphone jack, used for communication between computers, is only weakly soldered and can easily break.
72. The latest version didn't support any programming when TI first released it.
73. In order to communicate with it from another computer, you need special linking software that doesn't work half of the time.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #35 on: July 07, 2010, 08:15:23 pm »
74) Diagnostic mode would clear all memory and storage.
75) Background programs would have to be specifically not to conflict with each other.
76) Boot times would be instantaneous on all but the newest software versions.
77) All USB ports would be slightly too small, and require adapters.
78) Commands cannot be typed, only pasted from a gigantic menu.
79) The lowercase letters u, v, and w will have identical counterparts with different character codes.
80) If an exception is thrown, your computer will automatically format it's primary hard drive.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #36 on: July 07, 2010, 09:54:08 pm »
81) IT MAKES VIS
TA LOOK GOOD IN
COMPARISON

82) IT STARTS A
NEW LINE EVERY 1
6 CHARACTERS

(THIS POST WAS M
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #37 on: July 08, 2010, 01:39:33 am »
lol @80.

82) It's system restore points would often save incorrectly, reporting Err:Version on restore.
83) It wouldn't work in the dark.
84) Holding certain buttons on startup would completely disable the computer, requiring a direct usb link with another Ti PC.
85) It's user's have written more info on it than Ti has.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #38 on: July 08, 2010, 01:54:54 am »
86: There would be no directories to speak of.
87: The only form of packing data is in the form of groups, which would be buggy and provide no compression whatsoever.
88: There wouldn't be much of a technical support group except for private communities.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #39 on: July 08, 2010, 11:59:00 am »
89) BrandonW gives up in trying to fix all the bugs.
90) The only superiority it has over other computers are it's limitless third-party applications and programs.
91) >9000 of them are Quadratic Solvers.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #40 on: July 17, 2010, 02:28:27 pm »
92) When plugging in speakers or headphones, the keyboard and mouse would no longer respond except during CPU-intensive applications.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #41 on: July 17, 2010, 02:52:18 pm »
93) TI would eventually discontinue older models that are actually better than the new models that replaced them.
94) The newest OS's would be buggy and you wouldn't be able to downgrade some of them.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #42 on: July 17, 2010, 05:50:57 pm »
Not sure if this has already been listed, but
95. The shell script language would be token-based, non-expandable, and require a slow, built-in editor.
96. Scrolling to a line near the end of a script would require scrolling through everything else.
97. You can't copy one shell script to another without watching it scroll through every line of code. With ASM programs, you have to have a special 3rd-party utility.
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #43 on: July 18, 2010, 03:57:19 am »
98: There would be no copy-and-paste of any kind except for tricks using the abovementioned method.
99: You wouldn't be able to use it in the dark because there is no backlight.
100:
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Re: If TI Made a PC OS...
« Reply #44 on: July 18, 2010, 08:05:10 pm »
You forgot 100 :P
100: You'd need a special keyboard made by TI to easily type lowercase letters and common symbols such as $,%,&, and #
101: Each of those characters would be two bytes, b/c the OS is token-based and those characters aren't important enough
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