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« on: October 09, 2006, 03:33:00 pm »
This is not written in 68k but rather in .876k(z80 lol) anyways to the point I was thinking of making an ebook reader for 83+ family and was wondering if anyone would use it.

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Compile book on the computer then send the program to the calculator then use ebook reader to read the stories on the go so you don't have to carry eighty books but one calculator and ebook reader would include a nifty gui like the 68K version with pages and chapters
There are 10 types of people in this world-- those that can read binary, and those that can't.

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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2006, 04:07:00 pm »
I know I would use this, catching up on my reading and such.

If there's any way I can help, I'll be glad to participate.

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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2006, 02:08:00 am »
How much text can the 83/84's hold?

I think that that would be a major problem, unless you could use lite8x(or whatever it was called) to compress the files...
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2006, 02:34:00 am »
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How much text can the 83/84's hold?  

 I don't know. I'm guessing quite a bit. Anyone here seen http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/213/21372.html ?

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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2006, 03:27:00 am »
Yeah, I guess I have alot of notefilio notes, about 3 moths worth, on there.

IDEA! Usb8x/Msd8x(even thought MSD8x is just a frontend and USB8x has the driver in it)
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2006, 09:55:00 am »
hmm would it be made with notefolio/txtview?

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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2006, 04:54:00 am »
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IDEA! Usb8x/Msd8x(even though MSD8x is just a frontend and USB8x has the driver in it)


Precisely. You could use the assembly interface (or even the BASIC one) at usb8x.denglend.net to add support for files off a flash drive. It's as simple as opening the file and reading and seeking wherever and whenever you want.

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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2006, 02:06:00 am »
I wish I had a TI-84+, that USB stuff is amazing, something I never thought that would happen on ti calc, back in 2004. :(sad.gif

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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2006, 01:04:00 pm »
Srry I haven't been here just problems anyways to answer some questions the TI-83+ can hold technically around 24000 chars in RAM but for ebook z80 it will read the programs from the archive with no need for putting them in the RAM and yes I have started on this project and a type of notefolio will be included in this APP anything else that anyone one wants me to attempt to put in please post it no matter how ridiculous cause maybe I could do it

@Cure: Thanks for the support and yes I may have something that I can't figure out!!

offtopic: If you didnt get that joke in my first post, they called the Motorola processor 68K because it has approx. 68,000 transitors and the z80 only has 876 so that's why it's .876K yea
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« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2006, 01:51:00 am »
lol i  c the joke now x.x

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« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2006, 04:28:00 pm »
So...is this going anywhere? I'd really like to see it get some legs... maybe even run a couple tri-athalons!  :lol:bounce2.gif

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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2006, 02:47:00 am »
The AI program story from WFRNG news should be made into a ebook :Dbiggrin.gif