so somebody would need to take off his calc's PCB??!!

good luck!!

Keep in mind that if you do have to modify the hardware to put it into "83+ mode", the regular TI-83 OS may not be able to boot properly in that mode.

Yes, I know.
I've allready tested on TilEm by pasting a TI-83 ROM in a TI-73/83+ ROM, and on a true TI-83+ by flashing a TI-83 OS. The TI-83 OSes (including the special 1.11fr7 and 1.00fr5 versions) aren't booting on a TI-83+ hardware.

So even if I modify the hardware, I won't be able to know if it's in 73/83+ mode before flashing a new OS and boot code...


I suppose the best test to be sure that the difference is inside the ASIC would be to replace the TI-82Stats.fr/76.fr ASIC by a TI-73/83+ ASIC.

If it does boot the TI-82Stats.fr/76.fr OS, then the mode is set by the PCB and we "might" be able to do something about that.
If it doesn't boot (and if it is properly soldered...), then the mode is set inside the ASIC, and we need the private datasheets from TI...


By the way, TI-73 OSes need to be patched before installing them on TI-83+ hardware, and TI-83+ OSes need to be patched too before installing them on TI-73 hardware.

Why? Are those patches needed only because of the different boot codes, or is there something different with the ports?

If there is something different with the ports, it may come from the same thing that is making thoses ASICs operate in 83 mode here...

By the way, TI-73 OSes need to be patched before installing them on TI-83+ hardware, and TI-83+ OSes need to be patched too before installing them on TI-73 hardware.

Why? Are those patches needed only because of the different boot codes, or is there something different with the ports?

If there is something different with the ports, it may come from the same thing that is making thoses ASICs operate in 83 mode here...

Mainly it's the boot code differences.  But there are some very minor hardware differences in ports 2 and 16.

Hello, Blagus, and welcome to Omnimaga! If you haven't yet, you might want to consider introducing yourself. (It's not mandatory if you don't want to )
Related to the topic at hand, it seems that flashing something would require a hardware modification, if it's even possible. I don't know whether the TI-82 Stats.fr (or the TI-83) has support for other languages, though I'm pretty sure it's a "no."
Be aware that the topic you posted in is 8 months old, and not very many people here have a TI-82 Stats.fr or TI-83, so you might have to wait a bit for someone knowledgeable.

1st big surprise, unlike TI-83 calculators they don't have a 256Kb EPROM, but a 512Kb FlashROM.
The FlashROM is either a Spansion S29AL004D70 either a MX29LV400, which are both pin compatible and used in recent TI-73 and TI-83+ calculators.

AoC, the TI-82 Stats.fr does have flash ROM

AoC, as far as TI cares it's a French TI-83 with a 256KiB ROM. They wouldn't help.
Being able to flash it is, in fact, the focus of this thread.

The TI-82Stats is just a basic TI-83 with the latest 1.10001 ROM.

Both TI-82Stats.fr and TI-76.fr are running a basic TI-83 OS translated into french on a TI-83+ hardware.
So they have 512Kb Flash.

But only the first 256Kb are connected to the ASIC: you need to solder an additional pin.

And even after that, as the ASIC is operating in basic TI-83 mode, we found no way of accessing the additional 256Kb or reprogram the Flash through software.