CalgG.org News

XKCD - 1996

Barrett — 19 Jul 2010 03:56 GMT

Today's XKCD comic gives us a friendly reminder of why we should all love our favorite graphing calculator company. Or maybe not.

It should be noted that there are several inaccuracies in the comic. Points to anyone who finds them.

3D Curveball Released

Barrett — 9 Apr 2010 20:10 GMT

3D Curveball version 1.93 is now available for Android. A description and screenshots can be found here, and it can be downloaded from the Android Market; just search for "3D Curveball" in the market itself.

This game is heavily based on 3D Pong by the same author and for the same platform. The major difference is that you control the spin of the ball as opposed to the direction of the ball.

Don't have an Android device? Get one.

3D Pong for Android

Barrett — 2 Apr 2010 17:10 GMT

3D Pong version 1.92 is now available for Android. A description and screenshots can be found here, and it can be downloaded from the Android Market; just search for "3D Pong" in the market itself.

It is simply a 3D implementation of the classic Pong game. It also features multi-player support over a Wi-Fi network.

Uploading your files

tifreak8x — 13 Sep 2009 18:45 GMT

We would like to remind all of our contributors to the Calcgames.org archive that when uploading one of your fantastic games or programs, that we require a readme file to be present within the zip file.

Any good readme contains:

Contact info
Description of program functions
How to properly install your files to their calculators or computer
Controls to make the program work
Credit where credit is due

We thank you for submitting your files and look forward to continuing to be your source for your calculator needs.

Any questions regarding this can be directed to our forums.

External Website Headlines Now on CalcG.org Home Page

Barrett — 18 Jul 2009 01:11 GMT

We'll now post headlines from other websites (starting with ticalc.org) right here on our home page. This way you'll be less likely to miss great news from around the community. Enjoy.

Bluetooth Communication on the TI-84+

allynfolksjr — 12 Apr 2009 01:22 GMT

Brandon Wilson has recently been working on bluetooth implementation on the TI-84+/SE series, and today released a video showing two calculators seeing each other via bluetooth. The adaptor driver is called Blue8x.

Is that a chameleon calculator? No, just a TI-83+ running on TI-73 hardware.

allynfolksjr — 2 Dec 2008 00:17 GMT

Brandon Wilson released today a utility called Chameleon which allows a user to run a TI-83+ Operating System on a TI-73. This effectively turns the TI-73 into a 83+. They essentially have the same hardware, and using tools one can easily modify the 83+ OS to work on the 73.

The process is not particularly easy, but the instructions are straightforward and quite clear. Just a note that unless you also own a TI-83+, this probably isn't legal to do.

Unscheduled Server Downtime

allynfolksjr — 1 Sep 2008 18:54 GMT

Over the past few days you might have had difficulty accessing calcg.org and other associated domains. We had multiple drive failures and were forced to reinstall from backups on two different occasions within a 24 hour period. The raid controller was shifted to a new scheme to avoid the error-throwing drives, and we should have the problem under control. We apologize for any inconvenience you might have had. On a positive note, the server was upgraded to Fedora x86_64 from running 32-bit previously. Be sure to thank Barrett for making multiple trips to the datacenter over the past few days trying to get this straightened out.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us on IRC.

TI-84+ as a flash drive: install programs with drag and drop.

allynfolksjr — 13 Jul 2008 07:56 GMT

BrandonW claims to have created a replacement for TI-Connect, and has provided a screenshot showing his TI-84+ connected to his computer. This is nothing new, until you realize that it shows up as a flash drive. Everything is handled on-calculator, with no PC component besides reading the emulated USB drive. The key is a program ran on your 84+ that does the emulation for you. What does this mean? You can send files by simply dragging and dropping without going through TI-Connect. In fact, this could spell the end of the reign of terror TI-Connect has brought upon us for so many years.

He plans to release a beta within 24 hours.

Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny released!

tifreak8x — 2 Jun 2008 00:22 GMT

Ranman, hosted at TI-Freakware has officially released Ultima V after 4 long years of development. Ultima V is a massive non-linear RPG with an expected 400 hours of game play. This game was first introduced back in 1987 for the Apple II, and later the next year for the PC and commodore 64. Now it has graced our TI-89's and TI-89 ti's. You can find the game here.

Expect versions for the 92+ and Voyage 200 in the near future.