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« on: November 13, 2010, 08:39:10 pm »
Yay, someone else giving out Tao peanuts! Welcome, I'm sure you'll adjust to life here eventually.
1877
« on: November 13, 2010, 06:20:02 pm »
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.
I know I suggested adding that when I got the dev version, though.
1878
« on: November 13, 2010, 06:00:41 pm »
Okay, so here goes.
The LCD is backed by a memory buffer that is 768 bytes. If you change even one of the 768 bytes, you "dirty" the screen. A pixel in axe is done by the pxl-on command if I recall Correctly. There is an LCD and memory, but in axe, there is another backbuffer. The three can be separate, but as soon as you update the screen, what was on the buffer becomes what's on the LCD.
As for Labels, it essentially is a location in memory. Its an address holder, so that you can jump to that address with goto or call it as a subroutine with sub(.
1879
« on: November 13, 2010, 05:53:45 pm »
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.
Well, you might be able to switch with a flash drive, but no, KOS and TIOS cannot coexist on the same calc.
1880
« on: November 13, 2010, 02:25:06 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...
True. I also want to get the USB working with ports so that I can access flash drives and stuff natively. Eg, Directly with KnightOS.
1881
« on: November 13, 2010, 02:12:26 pm »
Hmm, an idea: having the kernel itself allow dual-booting between two Knight FS-based OSes.
Technically possible. Not sure how well though, and it would probably limit memory a bit.
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« on: November 13, 2010, 02:10:13 pm »
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)
Let's see, yeah, we could write a powerpoint like thing. Yeah, I'm thinking there could be a status bit, but don't know if this is implemented. I'm pretty sure there's one for like archived/unarchived, but I can't recall atm. As for the password protection. Not sure, but I doubt it. How is it not practical? Drag and drop? With the file system he has set up, it would work very very well.
1883
« on: November 13, 2010, 01:39:21 pm »
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...
Oh, yes, I know SirCmpwn talked about having the calc basically be a flash drive.
1884
« 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.
1885
« on: November 13, 2010, 10:32:47 am »
Please don't quote huge bodies of text unless they are in Spoilers or something. Or if you have a specific question about one of them in this case [1] and delete everything else. KK, just more OCD than usual today for some reason. Maybe I should put mine in a spoiler...</offtopic> 1] No dual boot. I thought about the option of putting in a flash drive to save all files of KOS/TIOS to a flash drive and reinstalling the os from the last backup of the other one.
My great question is: Can we keep the files we used to have in the normal OS (Apps, Programs,...) or we have to backup them?
Anyway, no, you can't keep them, you would have to back them up.
1886
« on: November 13, 2010, 10:28:08 am »
Just keep in mind that you dragon won't grow if you host it elsewhere. (other than dragcave)
That has nothing to do with the pictures, only the links, though. @ScoutDavid Basically, with every dragon you get this: [url=<URL to dragcave.net>][img]<Image url that should be replaced>[/img][/url]
1887
« on: November 13, 2010, 10:26:22 am »
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhthegamehh crap.
Try quoting this. 
Very nice. Also, what if we were in space, Netham45? Can't shoot us down there!!!
1888
« on: November 13, 2010, 10:24:44 am »
It used to, which is why we switched to using the RFG Image Uploader.
Great, so save images and then upload to RFG or some other Image Uploader.
Nice idea. Is there punishment or just warning for the ones who don't?
Don't go upload all the images. There is a thread with a bunch of them already uploaded and we hate to do duplicates. There is no punishment, because they are completely disabled. Any image from dragcave.net will simply not work.
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« on: November 13, 2010, 10:22:44 am »
Note, that I am not SirCmpwn and that he can probably answer these more accurately. This is what I have gotten from what I know about the project:
0] If you are a dev like I am, you can get the dev version of the kernel to create things with it. Basically writing utilities like text editors, etc. is our job.
1] No dual boot. I thought about the option of putting in a flash drive to save all files of KOS/TIOS to a flash drive and reinstalling the os from the last backup of the other one.
2] It depends on what we add. I'm thinking about simple manipulation like multiplying polynomials, but not hard-core math stuff. I don't know about derivatives/integrals, but maybe. That would add a lot of code, though.
3] ASM games must be ported if they use b_calls and such, and be ported to use .org $0 and so on. Basic games need the full TIOS, and I don't see reason for a converter. It would most likely make inefficient code. Not sure how the language of KBasic is just yet.
4] In ASM, maybe. Not sure about native structures just yet.
5] I don't know on the font.
6] The main programming language is Z80 ASM. Not sure about KBasic just yet.
7] No idea. That depends on if we add it. I'm thinking that it can be faster, but I'm not sure. 3D will probably be allowed, but probably not 4D.
8] Not sure. ASM will have the speed of ASM, except for when you first run it, because it adjusts all the calls, but other than that, the asm speed throughout the program is the same.
9] Again, not sure. I don't know if he is using 9 bytes Floating point or what.
A] Not sure. Probably not unless some lib is made for it.
B] I know SirCmpwn is working on that. I doubt you could just run Powerpoint or word. C2I is a project by me and alberthrocks to get Internet to the calc, so not sure about KOS in this respect. I doubt it, though.
C] I know SirCmpwn is also working on getting the calc to look like a flash drive. So, drag and drop. Also, by "any other UDB device", I'm assuming that you mean flash drives.
D] Yes. And by "little circly thing", I assume you mean the I/O port. And maybe. I know you can still mess with the port itself, but I don't know about built-in routines.
E] See [D] But yes, multitasking is implemented already in the kernel, so theoretically, yes.
F] Not very. We don't know much about those instruments at all. So, I doubt they would be compatible Simply because we don't know how they work.
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« on: November 13, 2010, 10:09:08 am »
It used to, which is why we switched to using the RFG Image Uploader.
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