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« on: April 14, 2011, 10:33:23 pm »
In order to become acquainted with the Lua language for the Nspire, I have decided to port Block Dude to Lua! This is in extremely early stages, and, at this point, my knowledge of Lua is still quite low. Nevertheless, some basic features are currently working:  Hopefully, this will progress quickly! 
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« on: April 12, 2011, 10:12:56 pm »
Earlier today, Texas Instruments introduced a seemingly innocent Periodic Table TNS Document for the Nspire.  At first usage of the "Periodic Table" page of this document, it is clear that it certainly could not be created with any of the existing Applications for the TI-Nspire. After more investigations by members of TI-BANK it has become evident that TI used a new, mysterious application, "TI.ScriptApp", to develop this Periodic Table. Furthermore, more searching into this tns file has shown that this language very well may be Lua. Sadly, Texas Instruments has released no indication of allowing public users of the Nspire to develop using the "ScriptApp" application. It is probably safe to assume that special SDK software is needed for easy development of these documents. Nevertheless, having the ability to program in Lua on the Nspire offers many possibilities for Nspire developers. Although it might be difficult to make an emulator in Lua, games such as simple Card Games (solitaire) and puzzle games (Block Dude) might be easily developed in this language!
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« on: April 07, 2011, 03:46:26 pm »
As reported earlier, the new Operating System for the TI-Nspire, version 3.0.1.1753 to be exact, has been released today by Texas Instruments. Most of the new features that come with this OS have already been discussed, as they were announced in the previously released Release Notes. To outline again quickly, the Vernir Data Quest App has been added, both 3D graphs and Differential Equation graphs are now possible, Exact values appear in the graphs of functions, and a new Document type, *.tnsp, has been introduced to allow online publishing of TI-Nspire documents. More interesting, however, is that TI has released different OS files for the new Nspire CX Series, with extension *.tco for the TI-Nspire CX and extension *.tcc for the TI-Nspire CX CAS. These two file groups join the original *.tno and *.tnc for the original TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS, respectively. A quick analysis comparing the *.tno and *.tco file types yields some interesting results. First, in order to save on size, the example *.tns documents are no longer included in the OS Upgrade for the *.tno file (although they are present in *.tnc). Secondly, both TI-Nspire.img and boot2.img are in fact smaller on the TI-Nspire CX OS than in the regular TI-Nspire. Finally, although the 84 Emulator has been removed from the TI-Nspire CX, the full TI-84 Plus ROM and emulator are still present on the TI-Nspire CX. Does this mean it will in fact be possible to use the Emulator, either through an actual TI feature or a later hack??? It should also be noted that a new boot 2 version is present in these files. In addition, nspire_emu will not run the OS.  As a closing note, it is probably best to hold off on upgrading the OS on an actual Nspire until further testing is done. As far as is known now, this OS very well might block downgrading/Ndless/countless other things. WARNING: Upgrading to OS 3.0 will block your ability to downgrade to an older Operating System!
Update: According to tests performed by critor, removing the new boot 2 with TNOC will allow one to successfully upgrade and then downgrade back to an older Operating System!! Be sure to remove the boot 2 before attempting to upgrade!!!Here are links to the new OS files: TI-NspireTI-Nspire CASTI-Nspire CXTI-Nspire CX CAS
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« on: March 23, 2011, 02:24:12 pm »
After a mysterious announcement that later disappeared about a month ago, TI France has finally restored both the information page and new official pictures of the TI-84 Pocket, as reported by TI-Bank. Although an appealing part of this calculator is that it carries the same functions of the original TI-84 Plus, it also has several drawbacks. First, much like the new Nspire CX, this calculator does not come with a slide-cover, thus exposing the screen to the elements and increasing the likelihood of damage. Secondly, it only has the amount of memory of a normal TI-84 Plus, not the memory of the well-adored TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, thus showing a step backwards in memory size. As of this time, the TI-84 Pocket will only be sold in France. Will it eventually migrate to the US Line? Is TI using France as a test market? Only time will tell! 
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« on: March 14, 2011, 07:01:13 am »
Today is quite possibly one of the greatest holidays of the year... Pi Day!!!!!!! I wish everyone here on Omnimaga has a great Pi Day!! Does anyone's school do anything special for Pi Day, or do you do anything on your own? As for me, my mom bought a pi(e) yesterday to celebrate with! Sadly, I don't think my school will be doing anything. 
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« on: March 04, 2011, 03:42:43 pm »
After trying twice before, I finally received this e-mail from Texas Instruments: Danny,
Thank you for contacting Texas Instruments.
We appreciate your interest in our new TI-Nspire CX technology. Since the CX handhelds do not have a removable keypad, the TI-84 Plus keypad cannot be used with a TI-Nspire CX handheld. I regret any inconvenience this may cause you.
Another resource you can use to find answers to your questions, example calculations and other information is our Knowledge Base. The Knowledge Base is accessible to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
http://support.education.ti.com
I hope that you find this information helpful. If you have further questions or comments, please feel free to send me an email.
Warmest Regards,
Doug Fincher
An interesting point. TI never states that TI-84+ emulation will be removed, just that the keypad will not be supported. What can we get from this? I assume this means that the new OS updates will still include the 84 Plus emulation, as it will still be usable on the older models, but since the keypad will not be compatible with the CX, the emulation itself will not work there. Might there be a way to activate the emulator to make it work? One major problem to this would be that since the 84 keypad is not specifically compatible with the CX, I doubt that the emulation would be updated to support the new color screen. We can only hope that the 84 emulation might still continue on the CX, as if it does not, it will be a major blow to both the Nspire Program Library and the TI-84 Plus series.
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« on: February 23, 2011, 07:37:12 pm »
Since the original news about the new TI-Nspire CX calculator was posted, some more information has come out about the calculator itself and the new Nspire Operating System, Version 3.0. We have finally been able to see a picture of this calculator!:  TI-Bank has put together a collection of the screenshots currently available of TI-Nspire OS 3.0, which should be released any day now. From the release of the latest TI-84 OS, we can predict that it will be updated with the new 84 ROM version 2.56 MP. Here are some of the available screenshots of OS 3.0:    The last of these screenshots is also assumed to be TI's first official screenshot of the Nspire CX, as originally seen in this picture:  Also, interestingly, unless I have an issue with my web browser, this image has been removed from its original page page on TI's website. Hopefully, more information will come about about the TI-Nspire CX and the new OS Version 3.0 in the next few days! We will most certainly get more information when the T 3 conference begins this Friday!
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« on: February 22, 2011, 05:25:15 pm »
I was wondering: does anyone here know an extremely rapid/simple way to change the base of a number (by hand, not through a program  )? I have used methods I read about on the Internet, but none of them are very fast for me to do. I always come across new ways to do things like this by hand, but I can't seem to find one for changing bases. Does anyone know of a way to do this? Thanks!
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« on: February 19, 2011, 03:43:50 pm »
Over the past few weeks, rumors have come out about the next Nspire OS and possibly new hardware to counter the new Casio PRIZM. Today, we have found out more about the next release: the TI-Nspire CX Graphing Calculator! TI-Bank reports the new Nspire CX Series. According to a US website "Sameeroo", the next Nspire will have: "The TI-Nspire handheld CX features a full-color, backlit screen, thin and sleek design includes TI-Nspire rechargeable battery. Use your own images Including photos. Explore real-world concepts Using The handheld's Notes, Graphs, Geometry, Data & Statistics and apps questions. TI-Nspire Teacher Sofware gold student TI-Nspire software IS required to add images Into TI-Nspire documents. Graph and rotate 3D functions. Change the color of wire gold surface your 3D graph. Clam shell."This is truly ground breaking for the Nspire. First off, it seems like we are finally getting 3D graphs, but who cares about the math stuff??? FULL COLOR Gameboy games, FULL COLOR NES Games, FULL COLOR Videos. The possibilities are truly NDLESS! It also seems as if a new TI-Nspire navigator will bring WIFI to the Nspire: More Information!TI-Bank ArticleSameeroo Link
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« on: February 16, 2011, 03:28:14 pm »
The other day, I finally got around to releasing the Nspire version of Trapped (The 68k version is still in development, see below). Trapped is a sequel to Block Dude, featuring many new game pieces, including bombs, metal walls, and ladders. This game features 5 of the original 11 levels (I can easily add more later if I feel like it!). Here is the ticalc.org description Block Dude 2: Trapped is based on Justin Shaler's "Trapped!" for the TI-83/84 family of calculators ported to the TI-Nspire calculator. "Trapped!" is a sequel to the popular graphing calculator game "Block Dude" by Brandon Sterner. New features in this game added to the original Block Dude are bombs and ladders! This game features beautiful 16-level gray scale graphics and five of the original levels!
Trapped is also in the Omnimaga archives! As for the TI-89 version, there is one bug with the graphics that I still have to fix. As soon as I do so, that will be released too! 
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« on: February 12, 2011, 09:08:08 pm »
Trapped for TI-Nspirehttp://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=629Block Dude 2: Trapped is based on Justin Shaler's "Trapped!" for the TI-83/84 family of calculators ported to the TI-Nspire calculator. "Trapped!" is a sequel to the popular graphing calculator game "Block Dude" by Brandon Sterner. New features in this game added to the original Block Dude are bombs and ladders! This game features beautiful 16-level gray scale graphics and five of the original levels!
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« on: February 12, 2011, 01:14:02 pm »
KermM of Cemetech has released Version 1.0 of globalCALCnet (gCn). gCn provides great new functionablility to the TI-84 Family of graphing calculators, allowing calculators to connect to the internet and perform various tasks, such as chatting via IRC! All of the previously released programs developed for CALCnet 2.2 are compatible with gCn, making several useful programs already available for this new release. In addition, more programs are in development that will be compatible with CALCnet and gCn, thus making the program library even larger! We wish Kerm and all of the contributors to gCn luck in future development of this amazing new program for TI calculators!
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« on: February 10, 2011, 07:50:29 pm »
Over the past few weeks, several new Nspire projects have been announced/released. Adding to this, new Omnimaga member wRieDen has recently announced his new Tetris clone, nTris, for the TI-Nspire! The game sports beautiful 16-level grayscale graphics and different graphics for each Tetris piece! Likewise, features such as a score counter have recently been implemented. More information on the development of this project can be found in the nTris thread.  It is great to see classic games like Tetris being ported to the Nspire. Hopefully, in the future, the Nspire will have as diverse a game library as is currently present for other TI calculators! We wish wRieDen luck in continuing development of his great project! The current beta of this project can be downloaded here!
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