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Post by bfr on Aug 30, 2005 17:17:07 GMT -5
Well, I know it seems dumb, but I've always wanted to make one of these. I was working on a similar program before, but my calculator crashed and it wasn't backed up so I lost the source code (of that and some of my other cool projects such as my cool image studio with animation). So, I have decided to make a new version, but instead of being called "Internet" and instead of using "WSL" , it is going to be called "Web Simulator V2" and is going to use HTML and a scripting-like type language suitable for a calculator that I haven't created a name for yet. I'll probably make a TI-85/TI-86 version in basic, then a 68k one in basic, then a 68k one in asm. The main problems about programming it on the TI-86 instead of the V200 are: 1. The screen on the TI-86 is small, making it hard to create a good toolbar that doesn't take up half of the screen. 2. The TI-86 is slow, making pages take loner to load. The hardest thing to program will probably be the scrollbar. I'm also planning on having a pre-built website that has a search engine, which might be kind of hard to program without lists with strings. Some main features of the program: Multiple browsers that let you view different calculator "websites" differently. Being able to create your own calculator "websites". E-Mail/IMing. HTML and...the unnamed script. Post any comments, questions, or suggestions.
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Post by Vladik on Aug 30, 2005 17:41:29 GMT -5
E-maing. Im-ing. Is this a joke?
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Post by bfr on Aug 30, 2005 18:05:39 GMT -5
no. -_-
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Post by Vladik on Aug 30, 2005 20:17:43 GMT -5
I don't think that there is any point to this porgram.
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Post by bfr on Aug 30, 2005 20:31:45 GMT -5
Why? I think calc-HTML would be cool, being pretty much EXACTLY the same as normal HTML. It also gives a chance for beginners to test their HTML skills wherever they are (calculators ARE portable). The chat thing is kind of useless unless you are in math class and don't want to get caught talking of passing notes.
Anyway, I'm making this program mostly because I think it would be cool. I mean, a scrollbar - how cool is that on a TI-86?
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Post by AnyKey on Aug 30, 2005 20:50:53 GMT -5
Hahahahaha! Seriously, there's no point in doing that. What are you going to do, look at your own pages? The point of HTML is to share information via a large network of computers. When you do it on a calculator, you can only have a limited number of pages. Content doesn't change unless you tell it to. In my opinion it just goes against the whole point of the internet.
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Post by AnyKey on Aug 30, 2005 20:51:32 GMT -5
Oh, and there are other places you could use similar tools. Maybe a level-editor for a level viewer. That'd be cool.
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Post by Pure on Aug 30, 2005 21:08:28 GMT -5
Wait...you're making a calculator like a PDA! Why don't people get a cell phone or a PDA? Also, you should probably just make it for 68k, and 84's. Anything else would be too slow to run it.
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Post by bfr on Aug 31, 2005 15:41:21 GMT -5
Well, I know it seems dumb, but I've always wanted to make one of these. I was working on a similar program before, but my calculator crashed and it wasn't backed up so I lost the source code (of that and some of my other cool projects such as my cool image studio with animation). So, I have decided to make a new version, but instead of being called "Internet" and instead of using "WSL" , it is going to be called "Web Simulator V2" and is going to use HTML and a scripting-like type language suitable for a calculator that I haven't created a name for yet. I'll probably make a TI-85/TI-86 version in basic, then a 68k one in basic, then a 68k one in asm. The main problems about programming it on the TI-86 instead of the V200 are: 1. The screen on the TI-86 is small, making it hard to create a good toolbar that doesn't take up half of the screen. 2. The TI-86 is slow, making pages take loner to load. The hardest thing to program will probably be the scrollbar. I'm also planning on having a pre-built website that has a search engine, which might be kind of hard to program without lists with strings. Some main features of the program: Multiple browsers that let you view different calculator "websites" differently. Being able to create your own calculator "websites". E-Mail/IMing. HTML and...the unnamed script. Post any comments, questions, or suggestions. I think it would be fun to make, especially the scrollbars. Also, since the TI-86 doesn't have lists of strings, here are the alternatives: 1. Create one long string with all of the smaller strings separated by some weird character. 2. Change letters into numbers (a=1, b=2, etc.) and then put them into a list. Like I think I already said, it can be used to test your HTML skills if you're a beginner anywhere you are with your calculator. The only problem is font colors .
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Post by Vladik on Aug 31, 2005 16:57:45 GMT -5
The scrollbars idea doesn't sound so goot in text-based.
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Post by bfr on Sept 1, 2005 16:37:32 GMT -5
What do you mean? Why? It's going to be like the scrollbar on the computer, and HTML is going to be displyed the same (except color isn't really an option)!
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Post by bfr on Sept 2, 2005 21:29:08 GMT -5
Here is a screenshot of what appears when you first run the program. I'll also probably upload the program so yuo guys can see how it is so far (ir you even care...).
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Post by Vladik on Sept 5, 2005 15:49:56 GMT -5
I guess we'll see how far you get in doing that. *Smirks*
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Post by bfr on Sept 6, 2005 17:37:27 GMT -5
I haven't been working much on web Sim V2 today or yesterday - mostly making updates for calcman and messing around with mlc (mlc is so awesome....)
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Post by Vladik on Sept 9, 2005 19:17:02 GMT -5
Are you going to make Web Simulator V2 for the Voyage 200, perhaps in C?
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Post by bfr on Sept 9, 2005 19:35:46 GMT -5
Probably.
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Post by Vladik on Sept 9, 2005 21:31:27 GMT -5
I just had an idea. If you program it in C, you could make something that converts real websites to calculator websites, for viewing on the go.
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Post by bfr on Sept 10, 2005 9:25:31 GMT -5
That seems cool. I'll probably try that. I've installed tigcc, but I still need to install vti. Is there anything else I need to install? Also, can you post a link to download vti?
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Post by Vladik on Sept 10, 2005 14:16:45 GMT -5
Just search "VTI and VTI" on ticalc.org-this will bypass the four character minimum.
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Post by bfr on Sept 11, 2005 9:16:32 GMT -5
All I got was VTRI capture.
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