Let's see, given the size of the average powerpoint...  Yeah, we would need some mega compression.  Also, come to think of it, how exactly would you play it off the calculator?  It would just be pointless with the computer right there... Unless...

* King Grapmastur starts to think which is usually a very bad sign...

For the record, I purposefully skipped the discussion of the offtopic part.

Quote from: graphmastur on November 13, 2010, 11:21:13 am

Let's see, given the size of the average powerpoint...  Yeah, we would need some mega compression.  Also, come to think of it, how exactly would you play it off the calculator?  It would just be pointless with the computer right there... Unless...

* King Grapmastur starts to think which is usually a very bad sign...

For the record, I purposefully skipped the discussion of the offtopic part.

I think Michael_Lee's original question was whether or not a computer could open it directly from the calculator, essentially treating it as a flash drive. Though a presentation program would be nice...

I think the whole PPT idea is just a beg for a slightly more fancy looking notefolio. NoteFolio was pretty good (though slow) and it would not allow drawings. If in this PPT-like program we could have pictures between the text then that would be very helpful already!! Just needs some special computer software so that the picture fits on the page but that should be no problem at all!

About the teacher/test-mode, I would not do that...it did give me an idea for a new command though, something like 'Hide(<objectname>)' and Unveil(<objectname>)' (I used 'objectname' as a generalisation for strings, matrices, programs and other vars). Those commands should just hide or show the object in the file manager. See it like the option in windows where you can decide whether or not to show hidden folders...

ooh brings me to a other (obvious) idea, password protected folders(??). Altough honestly I have no clue wether KOS uses a FAT like file system? (I believe it's intended to do so but I am not sure(?))

Edit: @graphmastur, if that was his original question then I would say: don't try it. It basically then breaksdown to using the calc as a USB-stick which is cool but far from practical...(ok, WFRNG is not practical either but...you get the point)

Hmm, an idea: having the kernel itself allow dual-booting between two Knight FS-based OSes.

well graphmastur I ment it wasn't practical seeing how limited the calc is in memory. Being able to D&D some junk on the calc would be great but, well, seeing the memory constraints...

Quote from: matthias1992 on November 13, 2010, 02:18:07 pm

well graphmastur I ment it wasn't practical seeing how limited the calc is in memory. Being able to D&D some junk on the calc would be great but, well, seeing the memory constraints...

Three words: No TI Connect

Quote from: Deep Thought on November 13, 2010, 01:26:23 pm

Quote from: graphmastur on November 13, 2010, 11:21:13 am

Let's see, given the size of the average powerpoint...  Yeah, we would need some mega compression.  Also, come to think of it, how exactly would you play it off the calculator?  It would just be pointless with the computer right there... Unless...

* King Grapmastur starts to think which is usually a very bad sign...

For the record, I purposefully skipped the discussion of the offtopic part.

I think Michael_Lee's original question was whether or not a computer could open it directly from the calculator, essentially treating it as a flash drive. Though a presentation program would be nice...

^ This.
Although from looking at TI-Connect, data transfer looks a little slow, so executing anything directly on calc might not be the best idea...

Also, clarification to question 1: is it possible in any way, shape, or form to alternate between KnightOS and TIOS without having to use a computer?
(Edited the question w/ the clarification).

lol, SirCmpwn's going to have a surprise when he next logs in - 2 pages spawned out of nowhere.