Useful Apps?

Glen · Posted: 02 Sep 2003 08:32:50 pm Post subject:

Hello , there are endless number of games out there for TI, how about making a useful app instead of a game?

Maybe a spell checker, thesaurus , etc........

KD5YTX · Advanced Member Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 306

The problem there is that using the 83+ for word processing is cumbersome and irritating - I think we otta get together and make some schematics for a cheaply-sashioned keyboard for the calc (like the one TI offers, but that could be made from an old PS/2 keyboard). Then we could make an ASM prog that would listen for input from it and an APP that could be a really cool word processor. Maybe even have the possiblity for an external storage device built into the keyboard? Seems like it would be really cool.

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Glen · Posted: 03 Sep 2003 11:04:30 am Post subject:

word processor? why, there is already one
FYI, there has been one that you can sync with microsoft word and its free from TI

Matt · Member Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Posts: 169

Well . .here ya go . .

NETWizz · Posted: 04 Sep 2003 07:55:43 pm Post subject:

Word processing is the easy part.

Spell check would not be easy/possible on a regular 83+ because there is not enough memory to hold every word in the English language.

62 52 53 53 · Posted: 04 Sep 2003 08:03:42 pm Post subject:

Yeah, we need one that can be made with old PS2 keyboards. And an app that doesen't use shift. (caps lock would be a good alternative...or if it was customizable)

Glen · Posted: 05 Sep 2003 05:25:11 am Post subject:

no not that word processor

the official release from Texas Instrument is called Notefolio i think

Drubu · Newbie Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

There is a spell checker... Ive had it on my calc for like 5 months now. I got it from... TICALC.org. Its called DAWG. Its accually pretty cool. It can even spell check whore, bitch, penis, vagina, etc...

NETWizz · Posted: 20 Sep 2003 02:34:22 am Post subject:

I am not surprized. Do you know who wrote it?

Drubu · Newbie Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

Um... Kirk Meyer I think was his name. The Auther of Graph3 or whatever

Adm.Wiggin · Posted: 20 Sep 2003 12:14:20 pm Post subject:

it is at detachedsolutions.com it is one of their creations Smile

which is WHY it is so good... lol

Darth Android · Posted: 20 Sep 2003 04:35:19 pm Post subject:

Matt · Member Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Posts: 169

Yeah . . . but mine does: < , > , < (and = to) , and > (and = to)

So thats why I'm making it

Glen · Posted: 25 Sep 2003 06:57:46 am Post subject:

here's a cool program i made a few months ago, called probio, its biology on your ti, i just made it for a reference guide, its kinda big.....
also, i might still continue on my idea on making a math program that shows the solutions............ it depends if i have time

David · Posted: 28 Oct 2003 08:48:59 am Post subject:

I have a suggestion, an image creation program.
This is what we had for project at Cirrus long ago, but it's still a good idea. One could make a picture editor that allows you to draw things faster than the tools on the draw menu. It should also have the opportunity to save the pics as compressed appvars.

John Barrus · Member Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 131

Yeah, there are plenty of basic versions out there (all crap) but I haven't seen any in asm (let alone app format). That'd be an interesting project.

b__ · Member Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 173

It should be able to draw in 4 or 8 level grayscale too.

Justin W. · Posted: 28 Oct 2003 07:56:10 pm Post subject:

4 level grayscale would be a viable option as there is a great 4 level grayscale routine out there. (Diederik Kingma's grayscale dev kit)

As far as I know there are no good 8 level grayscale routines. They are just a flickery mess. Also 8 level grayscale would not be an overall good decision as the mass space it would take for each picture.

4-level grayscale in itself requires 2, 768 byte buffers (1536 bytes). Even with a good compression routine that results in huge files.

A paint program would rather easy to achieve in an app. Yet you would need to double buffer it. (2, 768 byte buffers for balck and white) (4, 768 byte buffers for 4 level grayscale)

This would be so that routines wouldn't mess up the picture.

ex.drawing a line from 2 points on the screen. Placing the first point then dragging the line overtop of the rest of the pic to place the second point. Like you would in a windows paint program.

I say this because it helps to see the exact layout of the line whiel you're drawing instead of choosing two points and hoping it works.

JacobdeHaan · Member Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 165

Micheal Vincent worked on that job of making an old ps2 keyboard plug into a Ti-83 plus. I've actually been planning on doing it for a while, but I can't figure out how to follow the schematic on his website (i'm not too good with them). Anyways I've got all the parts. Unfortunately, the keyboard doesn't work in the OS (i think), and the word processor he wrote is only for the silver edition 83 plus. That is why I haven't been motiviated to finish it. If any of you guys could check out the schematic, and if someone could get the word processor to work with the plain old 83 plus, I would appreciate it.

Glen · Posted: 13 Nov 2003 10:42:04 am Post subject:

here's the perfect educational app.......
why not make flashcards, i know they have one in Ticalc... but why now make flashcards on TIcalc

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