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Title: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on August 08, 2010, 03:42:54 pm
Hello,
I just finished mocking up the Castle, or the start menu-like interface, for KOS.  The image is attached.  The top row is the icons that users have "pinned," or programs that they choose to keep in the Castle for easy access.  The bottom row is the frequently used programs.  In the middle of the text near the top, the name of the selected program is displayed.  On models without a clock, it will be displayed where the time is.  Clicking "Y=" will take the user to a more condensed list of all their programs, and clicking Graph will return to the last executing program.  All icons are 15x15.  You can highlight different ones with the arrow keys.
Also, if anyone is interested, the icons are actual icons that I have made to be used for KOS programs.  On the top row, left to right: Graph, Math, Mosaic, Notepad, Calendar.  On the bottom row, left to right: Explorer, Connect, User Preferences, Settings, Terminal.
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 08, 2010, 03:47:22 pm
Nice, it reminds me a bit the TI-89 interface, except the frequently used programs part. Nice so far :)
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: meishe91 on August 08, 2010, 04:12:45 pm
That is very cool! :) Glad to see some type of GUI coming together :D
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on August 08, 2010, 04:40:31 pm
Yeah, it does look a bit like the 89, except that you cannot scroll off-screen.
Thanks meishe!
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: willrandship on August 08, 2010, 04:44:18 pm
Cool! I like the theme too!

May I recommend different selections for graphing and calculation? just a thought.
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on August 08, 2010, 10:33:07 pm
Well, the top row is user-defined.
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: yunhua98 on August 08, 2010, 10:54:05 pm
reminds me of the iPod Touch interface, but with the bottom row on top.  ;)  Nice Job.
btw, did you get the folder sprite off of DoorsCS?

EDIT:  And if I may make a suggestion, will there be an option to turn on without the castle first?  Because for quick calculations and stuff, I prefer how the calculator turns on at the math screen.  Or you could have it turn on on where it left off, like the Casio Calcs.  Just some ideas, you don't have to use them.  ;)
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: Raylin on August 08, 2010, 11:09:27 pm
That mockup is full of win. :D
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 08, 2010, 11:11:50 pm
reminds me of the iPod Touch interface, but with the bottom row on top.  ;)  Nice Job.
btw, did you get the folder sprite off of DoorsCS?

EDIT:  And if I may make a suggestion, will there be an option to turn on without the castle first?  Because for quick calculations and stuff, I prefer how the calculator turns on at the math screen.  Or you could have it turn on on where it left off, like the Casio Calcs.  Just some ideas, you don't have to use them.  ;)
Yeah that could be an idea, like on the 89T, you can choose if you want the calc to turn on on the home screen or on the apps interface
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: TC01 on August 08, 2010, 11:47:53 pm
Or, perhaps also like the 89, one key combo (ALPHA + ON instead of SHIFT + ON?) could turn the calculator off but when it turns back on, the screen is saved, whereas the other one just turned off back to the starting screen?
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: willrandship on August 08, 2010, 11:50:20 pm
Sounds like the nspire :P Not saying it's bad, just reminds me of it. we can't do that standby thing though. Probably just store a var in memory to restore the page.
Title: Re: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on August 09, 2010, 09:18:58 am
Well, sleeping from where you are would not be too hard.  ON+Alpha, probably.  ON+2nd to bring up the shut down menu.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: LordConiupiter on October 28, 2010, 05:53:08 am
shut down menu? which options will be in that menu then? there are not that many differences between various shutdown methods for calcs, right? or am I wrong at this point?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2010, 07:17:05 am
I think the only real way to turn OFF the calculator is to remove all 5 batteries (AAA+lithium battery). Besides that I think the calculator is never really turned OFF completly, it's in some sort of sleeping mode. In MirageOS, if you remove a battery while the calc is "shut down", when turning it back ON you get a RAM Clear. Same in a BASIC program if APD is triggered during Pause mode.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on October 28, 2010, 08:15:21 am
In KnightOS, when I say "shutdown," I mean clear the RAM, turn off the screen, and do a full boot when ON is pressed.
When I say "sleep," I mean halt all threads, turn off the screen, and pick up where you left off when ON is pressed.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2010, 09:43:45 am
AH ok I see, thanks for the info :D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: LordConiupiter on October 28, 2010, 05:20:19 pm
wow! that's a completely new system!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on October 28, 2010, 05:20:45 pm
Yeah, its totally different than TIOS.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: ztrumpet on October 28, 2010, 05:54:18 pm
Wow!  I really want the complete shutdown!  Nice. ;D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2010, 05:56:24 pm
Yeah I love it a lot. I wonder... since the RAM is cleared on shutdown, I assume this means we no longer need the Lithium battery, right?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on October 28, 2010, 05:58:01 pm
I guess so, but I was thinking of handling a battery related crash.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2010, 08:38:18 pm
Battery-related crash? ???
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: ASHBAD_ALVIN on October 28, 2010, 08:41:50 pm
I'm gonna buy a new calc just to use this OS :D

EDIT: are you going to have some support for existing programs for tios?  is there a converter or something to make the pograms compatible?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2010, 10:15:41 pm
Not every program, but there are plans to port a lot of them once the OS is done. Once concern I have, though, is how hard it will be to contact all authors to get their permission to port the games...
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on October 28, 2010, 11:50:59 pm
Battery-related crash? ???
If the batteries die, we should handle it :P
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: AngelFish on October 29, 2010, 12:16:34 am
Not every program, but there are plans to port a lot of them once the OS is done. Once concern I have, though, is how hard it will be to contact all authors to get their permission to port the games...

Would some kind of translator be possible with KnightOS that can run BASIC? There are a lot of calc programs out there and converting the bigger ones like Contra might be difficult.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 29, 2010, 03:36:27 am
That would be cool. I think that's gonna be left to third party, though, because if it's included in KOS, it's gonna increase in size a lot.
Battery-related crash? ???
If the batteries die, we should handle it :P
Ah ok I get it now.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on October 29, 2010, 03:20:01 pm
I just saw this thread.
/me is amazed
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: LordConiupiter on October 30, 2010, 06:10:46 pm
If you feel the call to write anything usefull for KOS, you should do it! From the beginning of course :P I'm already in!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 09, 2010, 09:04:41 pm
This looks nice, Sir!  I really should buy another calc for this...
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 09, 2010, 10:44:02 pm
Perhaps you could be convinced to put it on your primary calc?  :D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 09, 2010, 11:50:03 pm
Hopefully people will use it as default if teachers won't mind and if it got some useful math apps or something. I myself will surely have it on my 83+. I could use my Nspire for Axe dev. :)
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 09, 2010, 11:59:21 pm
Yeah, the only thing I worry about is teachers.  Will it have the same math stuff (parametric and polar graphing, among other things) as TI-OS?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 10, 2010, 12:54:52 am
It will most likely includes everything most people use in math. The problem is teachers who require students to use the latest OS version from TI, though, like they do with the TI-Nspire.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 10:48:59 am
Yeah, the only thing I worry about is teachers.  Will it have the same math stuff (parametric and polar graphing, among other things) as TI-OS?
Yes, it will have all of that and more.  It will surpass TIOS in terms of math ability, actually.
Also, Quigibo has expressed interest several times about porting Axe to KOS, and it would be quite cool if that works out.  I will also probably start working on a TI-Basic interpreter.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 10, 2010, 02:03:43 pm
Darn, Axe on KOS would really rule (providing the editor is not like the one in BBC Basic). Will the TI-BASIC interpreter remain external;?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: squidgetx on November 10, 2010, 03:22:00 pm
Yeah, the only thing I worry about is teachers.  Will it have the same math stuff (parametric and polar graphing, among other things) as TI-OS?
Yes, it will have all of that and more.  It will surpass TIOS in terms of math ability, actually.
Also, Quigibo has expressed interest several times about porting Axe to KOS, and it would be quite cool if that works out.  I will also probably start working on a TI-Basic interpreter.

ooooooooh

I already enjoy using MP in math class (yes I know everyone hates it but personally, since I only use my calc for Axe programming or for math, I find it perfectly OK) but an OS that would surpass TIOS in math capabilities would be awesome.

Oh and if Axe could be ported, then that would be...awesome...
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 05:05:26 pm
Will the TI-BASIC interpreter remain external;?
I'm not going to talk too much about this, because I haven't put much thought into it yet.

I already enjoy using MP in math class (yes I know everyone hates it but personally, since I only use my calc for Axe programming or for math, I find it perfectly OK) but an OS that would surpass TIOS in math capabilities would be awesome.
Here's a mock up of the home screen:
(http://img.removedfromgame.com/imgs/1288542602-MathWindow2.bmp)
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: squidgetx on November 10, 2010, 05:07:42 pm
^ooh nice :) I like the pi and sqrt symbols
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 10, 2010, 05:07:58 pm
Oh, well, then I might just use KnightOS without buying a new calc. :)
I'd have to finish IQ first, though.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 05:13:18 pm
IQ?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 10, 2010, 05:16:31 pm
Oh, sorry, Imagination Quest.  I have been unable to work on it for a while. Here (http://ourl.ca/6686) is the link.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: squidgetx on November 10, 2010, 05:16:39 pm
Imagination Quest

dammit ninja'd by 8s
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 10, 2010, 05:19:10 pm
Actually, just 8s. :)
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 05:22:41 pm
Ah, if my TI-Basic interpreter is made, you should be able to continue working on it under KnightOS.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: yunhua98 on November 10, 2010, 05:23:31 pm
will there be a .8xp - .kxp or whatever extension it is, converter?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 05:24:49 pm
For TI-Basic, 8xp would probably still be the format.  KnightOS can store any file your computer can, assuming there is space for it.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 10, 2010, 05:26:19 pm
Really? Awesome! /me thinks about files he can hide on his calc
...
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 05:28:06 pm
With KnightOS, you can pretty much use your calculator as a flash drive.  (I'm actually planning on experimenting with making the computer think it *is* a flash drive.)
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Raylin on November 10, 2010, 05:28:41 pm
With KnightOS, you can pretty much use your calculator as a flash drive.  (I'm actually planning on experimenting with making the computer think it *is* a flash drive.)

I love you.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 10, 2010, 05:29:12 pm
Ah, so drag and drop as opposed to issues with TI Connect?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 05:30:39 pm
Exactly.  Plug a flash drive into your computer.  That is the same experience you will get if I'm successful with this particular feature of KnightOS.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Builderboy on November 10, 2010, 05:32:01 pm
That would be amazingly awesome and so so useful!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 10, 2010, 05:33:33 pm
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
(the sound of MRide relaxing when he will no longer have to use TI Connect)
Sounds awesome, Sir!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 05:34:49 pm
You can already do it - almost.  BrandonW has gotten read-only support working for this exact thing.  http://www.brandonw.net/svn/calcstuff/periph8x/ (http://www.brandonw.net/svn/calcstuff/periph8x/)
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Eeems on November 10, 2010, 07:40:55 pm
With KnightOS, you can pretty much use your calculator as a flash drive.  (I'm actually planning on experimenting with making the computer think it *is* a flash drive.)

I love you.
Hey! Stay away! He's mine!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 10, 2010, 07:55:54 pm
With KnightOS, you can pretty much use your calculator as a flash drive.  (I'm actually planning on experimenting with making the computer think it *is* a flash drive.)

:o

That ... would be awesome. I hate how only special programs can recognize calcs right now :P
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 08:12:46 pm
I agree :) Let's hope it works.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: ztrumpet on November 10, 2010, 11:12:55 pm
With KnightOS, you can pretty much use your calculator as a flash drive.  (I'm actually planning on experimenting with making the computer think it *is* a flash drive.)
I'd love that.  That would be the best thing ever! ;D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: willrandship on November 10, 2010, 11:43:47 pm
Why didn't TI do this in the first place, especially with the nspire?

Edit: I really, really want KnightOS now *drool*
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 10, 2010, 11:52:16 pm
I'd love that.  That would be the best thing ever! ;D
Actually, the best thing ever would be sliced bread.  But whatever :P

Thanks guys!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 11, 2010, 12:51:21 am
Calc as a flash drive with KOS would be EPIC. I assume this could make it much easier to load things on your calc, right?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 11, 2010, 08:36:31 am
It would make it tons easier to get things on-calc.  I personally have never gotten TI-Connect working, and I've even considered writing a program to link with my Nspire to send files from my computer to my TI-84+.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Munchor on November 11, 2010, 09:28:31 am
With KnightOS, you can pretty much use your calculator as a flash drive.  (I'm actually planning on experimenting with making the computer think it *is* a flash drive.)

Flash Drive <3

I like it to be castle in a knights vocabulary.

Maybe Sniper for Graphs?

Hah, I don't like it to be written "SirCmPwn" there, I'd prefer KnightOS :S
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 12:09:22 pm
Why didn't TI do this in the first place, especially with the nspire?

I've wondered why too. To get us to wait an hour longer just to install software? :P

And as a suggestion, how about animated screenshots that actually work? :D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: MRide on November 11, 2010, 03:57:52 pm
With KnightOS, you can pretty much use your calculator as a flash drive.  (I'm actually planning on experimenting with making the computer think it *is* a flash drive.)

Flash Drive <3

I like it to be castle in a knights vocabulary.

Maybe Sniper for Graphs?

Hah, I don't like it to be written "SirCmPwn" there, I'd prefer KnightOS :S
I think that's demonstrating the cool login feature.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 04:00:58 pm
Will the TI-BASIC interpreter remain external;?
I'm not going to talk too much about this, because I haven't put much thought into it yet.

I already enjoy using MP in math class (yes I know everyone hates it but personally, since I only use my calc for Axe programming or for math, I find it perfectly OK) but an OS that would surpass TIOS in math capabilities would be awesome.
Here's a mock up of the home screen:
(http://img.removedfromgame.com/imgs/1288542602-MathWindow2.bmp)

I actually just saw this. It looks nice! Especially grayscale prompts and the mathprint. "Catalog" is spelled wrong, though ;)
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 11, 2010, 04:38:57 pm
"Catalog" is spelled wrong, though ;)
FFFFUUUU

And as a suggestion, how about animated screenshots that actually work? :D
What do you mean?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Munchor on November 11, 2010, 04:40:00 pm
Maybe, a GIF of KnightOS Castle, instead of a single picture
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 11, 2010, 04:44:31 pm
Well, I have to actually make the program first :P I made the screenie that is floating around with Paint.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Munchor on November 11, 2010, 04:44:55 pm
Well, I have to actually make the program first :P I made the screenie that is floating around with Paint.

:O, Hah, we all thought you'd already made the menu =P
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 04:45:29 pm
"Catalog" is spelled wrong, though ;)
FFFFUUUU

;D

And as a suggestion, how about animated screenshots that actually work? :D
What do you mean?

I meant taking animated screenshots in real time with a real calc. TI-Connect has a feature to do this, but (of course) it's broken.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 11, 2010, 04:46:08 pm
I've attempted it in order to test drawing libraries, but haven't done too much on it yet.
I meant taking animated screenshots in real time with a real calc. TI-Connect has a feature to do this, but (of course) it's broken.
I'll look into it.  It might be possible to simply save a .gif file on-calc, seeing as the file system has support for any filetype.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 04:54:47 pm
On-calc animated screenshotting? :o That's a great idea!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Darl181 on November 11, 2010, 04:56:05 pm
Wow, so you could just do a screenshot on-the-fly.../me contemplates how that would help TWHG
And to use it as a flash drive...no more waiting for periph8x or trying to make a usb8x cable..
Edit: hey, "/me" is a tag!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: shmibs on November 11, 2010, 05:01:19 pm
Quote from: sir
I've attempted it in order to test drawing libraries, but haven't done too much on it yet.
Quote from: Deep Thought on Today at 16:45:29
I meant taking animated screenshots in real time with a real calc. TI-Connect has a feature to do this, but (of course) it's broken.
I'll look into it.  It might be possible to simply save a .gif file on-calc, seeing as the file system has support for any filetype.
that would be AMAZING!
grayscale gifs would be too much to ask, i assume? XD
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 05:02:30 pm
XD

But then there's an idea: native grayscale support by the OS! It would be really useful to coders...
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 11, 2010, 05:03:10 pm
The OS will support grayscale natively, and grayscale gifs would be too much to ask, good sir.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Darl181 on November 11, 2010, 05:03:21 pm
There could be a BW→grayscale converter or something...or grayscale natively supported

edit: double-ninja'd
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 05:04:33 pm
The OS will support grayscale natively, and grayscale gifs would be too much to ask, good sir.

:D That would be awesome. How many levels are you planning to have?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 11, 2010, 05:05:28 pm
Natively, 4.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: AngelFish on November 11, 2010, 05:06:10 pm
There could be a BW→grayscale converter or something...or grayscale natively supported

It's really difficult to go from BW to greyscale, particularly with the small screen size of TI calcs. You somehow need to recover information about what varying level of greyscale the uniformly black pixels should be.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 05:06:59 pm
Natively, 4.

Including b/w or not? But either way, ROMcalls with grays would be really convenient :D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: lookitsan00b on November 11, 2010, 05:20:12 pm
what about 2 b&w .gifs? It'd then be easy to put them together & get greyscale...
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 11, 2010, 05:21:09 pm
If you really think about it, the colors will flash fast enough anyway that it would look like grayscale.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 11, 2010, 09:26:04 pm
I meant taking animated screenshots in real time with a real calc. TI-Connect has a feature to do this, but (of course) it's broken.
I thought TI-Connect only took still screenshots? Or do you mean the Mac version?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 11, 2010, 09:27:26 pm
I meant taking animated screenshots in real time with a real calc. TI-Connect has a feature to do this, but (of course) it's broken.
I thought TI-Connect only took still screenshots? Or do you mean the Mac version?

Yeah, the Mac version has tools to take animated screenshots, but once you start it, the link's broken. I'm pretty sure TI knows it doesn't work and just hasn't gotten around to add the animated screenshot feature yet.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: jnesselr on November 11, 2010, 09:41:33 pm
no, because IIRC, you can't get a screenshot while a program is running. I'm sure you could if you had a hook for it or something, and sent whatever was in memory, but that would cause a delay in your program speed.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 12, 2010, 03:39:21 am
AH yeah it might be due to what Graph said.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: AngelFish on November 12, 2010, 03:42:06 am
no, because IIRC, you can't get a screenshot while a program is running. I'm sure you could if you had a hook for it or something, and sent whatever was in memory, but that would cause a delay in your program speed.

You could probably get a BASIC program to send an animated screenshot because the OS still has full control over the calculator. There's no way you're getting a screenshot from an ASM program without a lot of fancy interrupt work, though.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 12, 2010, 12:18:40 pm
no, because IIRC, you can't get a screenshot while a program is running. I'm sure you could if you had a hook for it or something, and sent whatever was in memory, but that would cause a delay in your program speed.

You could probably get a BASIC program to send an animated screenshot because the OS still has full control over the calculator. There's no way you're getting a screenshot from an ASM program without a lot of fancy interrupt work, though.

I remember now, I couldn't send screenshots of any kind while any program was running (including BASIC). It's been a long time since I've used TI-Connect to make a screenshot...
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Munchor on November 12, 2010, 12:28:38 pm
Yeah, KnightOS could have screenshot feature, it would be perfect :D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: LordConiupiter on November 12, 2010, 01:39:54 pm
and perhaps even animated screens? that would be too cool!
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 12, 2010, 01:55:31 pm
and perhaps even animated screens? that would be too cool!

Exactly, and already stored as GIF files.

That's why 3rd-party stuff rocks :D
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Munchor on November 12, 2010, 02:55:50 pm
and perhaps even animated screens? that would be too cool!

Exactly, and already stored as GIF files.

That's why 3rd-party stuff rocks :D

All we do is better than what Texas does, right?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 12, 2010, 04:45:20 pm
Yeah, except for Quadratic Solvers :P
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Deep Toaster on November 12, 2010, 05:05:22 pm
Yeah, except for Quadratic Solvers :P

Lol...

I can't wait to make a quadratic solver for KOS! ;D J/k. I'll probably work on the WFRNG first.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 12, 2010, 05:16:23 pm
Oh, I'm actually almost done with WFRNG OS.  Does anyone have a routine to display a number in decimal?
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: Munchor on November 12, 2010, 05:34:44 pm
Oh, I'm actually almost done with WFRNG OS.  Does anyone have a routine to display a number in decimal?

Hahah, I want WRFNG to KnightOS too
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: willrandship on November 12, 2010, 05:56:13 pm
You could simply generate a 9-digit integer, and randomly place a decimal in it XD
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: calc84maniac on November 12, 2010, 06:09:30 pm
Oh, I'm actually almost done with WFRNG OS.  Does anyone have a routine to display a number in decimal?

Here is some C-ish pseudocode:
Code: [Select]
char* p = ptr_to_end_of_string;
*p = 0;
do
  *--p = (N % 10) + '0';
while(N /= 10);
printf(p);
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: SirCmpwn on November 12, 2010, 11:08:00 pm
Not *with* a decimal, I want to output in the base-10 :P
I'd like it in z80, please.
Title: Re: KnightOS: Castle
Post by: AngelFish on November 13, 2010, 12:11:06 am
Yeah, except for Quadratic Solvers :P

I can't wait to make a quadratic solver for KOS!

I can't wait to make the second one that doesn't actually solve anything! ;)