After Doom, 2 new TI-Nspire ports this evening: the free zlib and libpng libraries by JayTe.

Together, we have integrated those ports in mViewer CX Edition, making it the first PNG image reader on the TI-Nspire!




Download from the TI-Planet news:
http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=8718

In a previous news, we were discovering that the TI-Nspire ViewScreen peripheral was a true TI-Nspire calculator and was including an OS, a Boot1, a Boot2, and a Diagnostic software.



Since, we have discovered that the TI-Nspire Lab Cradle peripheral a real TI-Nspire calculator too, including an OS, a Boot1 and a Boot2.




But one question remained... Did the TI-Nspire Lab Cradle include a Diagnostic software too, although they've only got one key?

And as reported in two news on TI-Planet, we have answers for you!

And the answer is definately yes according to the system strings. It should look like that:


We assume it should output/input on the RS232 port.



Next question is then how to launch it with only one key which doesn't seem to trigger anything at boot time...

And we allready have the next answer: there is probably no diags shortcut, but there is a maintenance menu in the Boot1 (yes, not the Boot2) and the diags can be launched from this menu:




But this means we've got another question now: how can we launch the Lab Cradle maintenance menu with only one key which doesn't seem to trigger anything at boot time?...

Cross-posted from TI-Planet: http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8707


I've just released mViewer CX Edition 1.0, the color BMP image reader for TI-Nspire CX.
Note that grayscale support is broken for now: it won't work on older Nspire - just use the stable classic mViewer in that case.


The Nspire OS let you view images... But mViewer let you do much more than that:
- view images larger than the screen
- zoom in/out in the images
- scroll in the images
- intuitive scroll with the touchpad



Any document can now be converted and viewed in color on your Nspire CX:



For documents which don't include photos, you should convert to 8-bits BMP (256 colors) with an RLE compression. This will be enough and will save you much space.

For photos, you should prefer 16-bits BMP (65536 colors) IN R5G6B5. Don't use more than that: it will be displayed but it's a waste of space as the Nspire CX screen won't follow.



Links:
mViewer 3.1 (for ClickPad/TouchPad Nspire with Ndless 1.7 to 3.1)
mViewer CX Edition 1.0 (for TI-Nspire CX with Ndless 3.1)

Those who are participating in Cemetech's programming contest should remember that the deadline for submission of your entries to KermMartian (do not release it publicly!) is tonight at 11:59 PM GMT-5! If you happen to have an entry in the works that hasn't been submitted yet, make sure you don't forget to do so as soon as possible, because e-mail delivery delays can occur! If you still have time, it might be a short occasion to do some minor tweaks to your program as well to improve it.

Also before submitting, make sure you make a topic about your entry (without the download) there.

Good luck to whoever is participating!

Here is a test release of nPlayer for the CX.  It is still an early version, but it does do what it is supposed to do:  play videos.  Its drawbacks are that there is no file compression (not too big of an issue with the CX memory  ) and it does not allow videos smaller than the Nspire screen.  Nevertheless, here is a video of it in action (sorry for the large size, link is below) and the file is attached!  This won't work on the non-CX models, it is for the CX only.  Both versions will be combined when I update this on ticalc, this is just a test version for those who have asked for it on the CX!  Also, I will upload the player to the Omnimaga archives!

http://www.mediafire.com/?n0bsa5dqt9yi81m

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxQoNWiNriw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxQoNWiNriw</a>
(Thanks adriweb for YouTube upload!)

I’m excited to announce that Ndless v3.1 is moving to public beta stage! This version is proudly part of the simultaneous release of tools and programs that brings the full power of native developement to the TI-Nspire CX. The release includes PolyDumper (required by nspire_emu to run the CX OS), nspire_emu, Nover, nDOOM, nRGBlib, gbc4nspire, and NESpire compatible with the CX.

Ndless combines an SDK and an OS-v3.1 patch to allow third-party native development on the TI-Nspire classic and CX. This third generation wouldn’t have been possible without the invaluable help of several contributors and testers, including adriweb, bsl, calc84maniac, critor, Goplat, jimbauwens, Levak and Lionel Debroux.

As a beta version, it should be frequently updated with bug fixes and minor enhancements until the final release. The more feedback this version gets the faster it will reach a stable state. You can either post your problem reports and feature requests to this thread or on the tracker.

Download the latest beta (SDK + installer) (temporary mirror, mirror 2). Please don’t copy the file to your own site as it is frequently updated, prefer to share the URL.

Users, make sure to follow the User Guide for installation instructions. TI-Planet also provides tutorials in French and English. If you are having trouble with the installation, use the Troubleshooting Guide.
New developers, make your first steps with the SDK.
Authors of Ndless 2 programs, upgrade them with TI-Nspire CX compatibility.

The up-to-date source code is available on the Subversion trunk (The login/password: guest/guest, you can accept the certificate).

New and noteworthy in v3.1:
- TI-Nspire CX compatibility
- Persistence: The installation is now reboot proof
- Extended libndls API: on_key_pressed(), show_msgbox_2b(), show_msgbox_3b(), is_cx, is_classic, has_colors, hwtype, IO, IO_LCD_CONTROL, lcd_incolor(), lcd_ingray(), lcd_isincolor()
- New syscalls: ftell(), truncate()

Was it hard for you to fill the 128MB of your TI-Nspire CX ?
Then today is the great day for you!



All nDoom 2.0 supported Doom games have been uploaded to TI-Planet!
We've optimized the WAD file sizes by removing sounds and musics, as they aren't supported in nDoom 2.0 yet

We've considered those files to be abandonware, but might remove them anytime if we're asked to - so you should download them as soon as possible.

According to Bsl, there are TI-Nspire Lab Cradle prototypes on online stores!

He managed to buy a DVT2 prototype:




Let's have a look at what's inside Bsl's Lab Cradle:





You can easily notice that version builds are older than the one I got on my oldest production Lab Cradle:





Those LabStation prototypes are using developper RSA keys and not production RSA keys. They won't be upgradable with any of the OS available online, which are all production OSes.
So, be very carefull!





Source: http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8682#p119969

Today, January 18th, 2012, several websites will black out to raise awareness against the SOPA and PIPA bills, including Wikipedia and Reddit. Omnimaga won't make exception and will black out its downloads section all day from midnight to midnight (Eastern time). We also installed a Stop Censorship banner over the logo on the default theme. (Yeah, it would be kinda boring if we blacked out the whole site, and we feared we would lose some users. Sorry about that.)

We won't let those bills pass, as Omnimaga, like a bunch of your favorite sites, will probably get censored because it won't met hard-to-meet copyright requirements. Act now and call your congress representative in your state, or, if you're not american, the US state department.

Read more about the whole thing here.

2 weeks ago, we revealed you the existence of what was then the oldest TI-Nspire prototype: the TI-Phoenix 1 P1-EVT1 from january 2006.




The previous sentence is not exact anymore, as we've discovered an even older prototype, one of the greatest discoveries in my life if not the greatest.



Did you know that before the handhelds are available, TI engineers are working on development boards?
We had allready revealed you a Nspire ClickPad developement board from october-december 2006 in a previous news:


This development board was coming after the TI-Nspire CAS+ handhelds (september 2006) and before the TI-Nspire ClickPad handhelds prototypes (february 2007).



So today, thanks to Adriweb, we have photos from the TI-Phoenix 1 development board!!!


And of course, it comes before the TI-Phoenix 1 handheld. There are 2005 datestamps on the board!
So you've just under your eyes the new oldest TI-Nspire prototype in the world!



An empty Nspire case with a CAS+ keypad is attached to the board:






Source: http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8673 (full resolution photos are linked from the news)

More photos and information soon on TI-Planet!