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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2012, 03:30:27 pm »
The good thing is that maybe in a year or two, Critor and others will figure out how to put Ndless on prototypes. The problem, though, is that most games are made for Ndless 3.1, so I doubt many programs will run on it. Plus Ndless on prototypes must not be taken for granted, as this takes time and work to even get it to run on one OS, and could take years, if not forever, before it arrives on your OS.
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2012, 04:37:34 am »
Critor, the NSpire Color has been arrived... And it's so unstable, usually showing a blue half screen of error information... And it's really slow...
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2012, 07:41:28 am »
Did they send you a broken calculator or did TI rush out that prototype?
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2012, 08:09:52 am »
Quote from: northern_snow on November 28, 2012, 04:37:34 am
Critor, the NSpire Color has been arrived... And it's so unstable, usually showing a blue half screen of error information... And it's really slow...

If it's a software bug, I can probably deal with it.
No problem for me: you can still send it to me and you'll get your non-CAS CX in exchange :)

But could you show us a photo of the error information blue screen?


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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2012, 10:03:53 am »
Quote from: critor on November 28, 2012, 08:09:52 am
No problem for me: you can still send it to me and you'll get your non-CAS CX in exchange :)
That's great! I decide to send it via UPS. And I just want to wait for the PLT-SHH and send the two together to reduce the shipping cost, for the price of express is so high.
Quote from: critor on November 28, 2012, 08:09:52 am
But could you show us a photo of the error information blue screen?
No problem, I will post photos and details this weekend.

And if you don't mind, I want to invite you to join the Chinese calculator community, cncalc.org. As a moderator, I will be very glad if you become a member of our community. English is allowed there. BTW, helder7 may be the first and the only member from here in cncalc , I think. :P
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2012, 10:40:05 am »
Quote from: northern_snow on November 28, 2012, 10:03:53 am
Quote from: critor on November 28, 2012, 08:09:52 am
No problem for me: you can still send it to me and you'll get your non-CAS CX in exchange :)
That's great! I decide to send it via UPS. And I just want to wait for the PLT-SHH and send the two together to reduce the shipping cost, for the price of express is so high.

No problem - I'll send it to Adriweb as soon as I get it.


Quote from: northern_snow on November 28, 2012, 10:03:53 am
And if you don't mind, I want to invite you to join the Chinese calculator community, cncalc.org. As a moderator, I will be very glad if you become a member of our community. English is allowed there.

It'll be a pleasure :)
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2012, 11:39:12 am »
No problem indeed, it will save money for everyone :)

And maybe Critor will find some kind of working battery ( or at least energy source :P).
We should ask Datamath, though, about that. Maybe he has a spare one ?
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2012, 01:45:09 pm »
Quote from: adriweb on November 28, 2012, 11:39:12 am
And maybe Critor will find some kind of working battery ( or at least energy source :P).
We should ask Datamath, though, about that. Maybe he has a spare one ?

I doubt I can do anything...

Plugging an external power source would be possible but can be quite dangerous if we're not sure of the pins and specifications.


The easier way will probably be to ask your contacts at TI-Dallas to check if they've got something like that in their drawers.

http://www.datamath.org/Graphing/JPEG_PLT-SHH1.htm#battery
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2012, 06:23:01 pm »
Quote from: northern_snow on November 28, 2012, 10:03:53 am
And if you don't mind, I want to invite you to join the Chinese calculator community, cncalc.org. As a moderator, I will be very glad if you become a member of our community. English is allowed there. BTW, helder7 may be the first and the only member from here in cncalc , I think. :P
I would totally do so being Chinese myself, but sadly, I really suck at Chinese, and even more at reading it... :(
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #24 on: November 29, 2012, 03:37:49 am »
TERRIBLE News:
I opened the NSpire Color, and suddenly I realized why it is unstable.
The plastic socket joined the main board and the screen board cracked :(
And now because I opened it and the socket came off, I can hardly turn it on.
So what should I do now? Do you still want it critor?
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2012, 03:47:46 am »
Which part of the socket did break? The part on the screen PCB which is hosting NAND and NOR chips? Or the part on the keyboard/battery PCB?

If the screen PCB is intact, I just have to swap it with another non-CAS TI-Nspire CX and I should be able to dump Boot1/Boot2/Diags/OS.


Could you show us a photo of both PCB and of the sockets?

Can you still turn it on? While there is still a way to turn it on for some minutes, I can still do something with it.



While it's still possible to do something with it, yes I'd still like to receive it :)
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #26 on: November 29, 2012, 03:57:36 am »
I don't have a camera now.
Here is a photo to show where it is.
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2012, 04:07:19 am »
Thank you for your reply :)

Attachement failed, so here is the photo:
http://tiplanet.org/forum/gallery/image.php?mode=medium&album_id=63&image_id=1228

The socket is interposed between both PCB, between the two apparent screws.


So what is cracked? The top PCB?


If it's still working, and if you have another non-CAS TI-Nspire CX running Ndless 3.1, I can send you a tool to dump the OS.
Boot1/Boot2/Diags dumping will require an RS232 interface though.



But yes, I'd still like to receive it :)
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2012, 04:28:54 am »
How does one make such an interface? Using a max232 and a docking connector?
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Re: Nspire Color prototype sold in China
« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2012, 04:38:41 am »
An USB/TTL based interfaced will be much easier, as powered through the computer USB.
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