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What might be possible would be something like an installer to install an 8xu from a flash drive. I think I suggested that a while ago.SirCmpwn did not plan on making such a thing, though.
In my country, teachers tell us: "PUT ALL IN YOUR CALCULATOR". Really, they almost force us to put things there to make it easier.Oh and they never reset calculators, since it's illegal.
Hi - I'm pretty certain that some of these questions have been answered before, but I'd still like ask them all - just in case I misread or missed something.0] Developers version by 2011 - what can be done with it? What can't be done?1] Is there any way to alternate between running KnightOS and TIOS? I know that you can't double boot, but will there be some kind of feature that allows me to start a conversion between them? Could I plug in a mini USB containing both OSes and run a sort of app to load which one I want? Or do I have to use the computer and a connecting program to switch? In essence, will there be any way at all to convert between KnightOS and TIOS without a computer? If so, will it be quick/easy?2] What kind of math features will be added? I'm fairly certain that at one point, you said it would have all of the math functions, and more, of the TIOS. Will this have symbolic manipulation (where '(X+3)(X+4)' displays 'X2+7X+12')?3] How compatible will KnightOS be with Basic games, hybrid Basic games, normal assembly games, Axe assembly games, MirageOS/DoorsCS/Ion/etc. games, apps? I think you said that Basic games would have to be ported, but how about a computer converter that transforms Basic games into KnightOS games? And in converse, something that transforms KnightOS games to TIOS assembly/Basic?4] Will trees be possible? I don't know what they are, but apparently they're cool, so it'd be interesting to be able to muck around with them.5] Will the font be the same, or will you switch it?6] The programming language: will it be similar to Basic, or will it be a varient of C, or will it resemble another programming language?7] Will graphing be faster? Will it allow 3d? Possibly 4d?8] How safe will the built-in programming language be? Will it be more like Basic or more like Axe? Or will it try to compromise and try to have the best of both (safety of Basic, speed of Axe)?9] How large will I be able to compute numbers? Like TIOS, do I have to switch to scientific notation after a while (1.337 * 10^13), or will that output 13370000000000?A] Will KnightOS come with support for programming 3d graphics?B] Could I use my calc as a USB device? Could I attach it to the computer, transfer, say, a Powerpoint document, take it to school, then run it directly from the calc? Could I transfer something on the size of Word documents? Could I secretly have a web browser tucked away somewhere in my calc?C] How easy will it be to transfer files to and from KnightOS to the computer? Could I just hook the calculator up and treat it like any other USB device, or will I have to use a special program?D] Will KnightOS have usb support built in? What about support for that little circly thing that I can play music out of? E] Could I play music with KnightOS? How good will it be? If I have music running on one program, could I switch over to another program and play, say, Tetris while listening to the original running in the background?F] How compatible will this be with the lab instruments you can hook up to the z80 calculators? For that matter, how compatible will this be with other calculators running TIOS? Could I transfer data/games between the two?
PPT would take up like the whole archive of an 84SE, wouldn't it?
Hmm, should KOS include some sort of test mode (for actual tests, as in exams, not death mode) so that teachers'll be more willing to accept it?
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(?))
Hmm, an idea: having the kernel itself allow dual-booting between two Knight FS-based OSes.
lol, SirCmpwn's going to have a surprise when he next logs in - 2 pages spawned out of nowhere.
What might be possible would be something like an installer to install an 8xu from a flash drive. I think I suggested that a while ago.
With KnightOS, users will have just under 4MB of storage on a TI-84+SE.
FFFF I always screw that up. 2MB is correct.
That would be cool. Maybe a built-in compressor?
Yeah, it actually expands your flash chip beyond its actual capacity.
umm, someone missed the sarcasm bb codes
Quote from: willrandship on November 13, 2010, 11:13:21 pmThat would be cool. Maybe a built-in compressor?Hmm, how about OS support for compressed prgms?