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Calculator Community => Other Calculators => Topic started by: Spyro543 on September 15, 2011, 02:23:27 pm

Title: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Spyro543 on September 15, 2011, 02:23:27 pm
Yes, mine is always crashing, failng, and just plain not working right.

I've had to force RAM clear it 5 times already.  :mad:

I feel like returning my TI-Nspire and getting my money back and buying a TI-84+SE.
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Yeong on September 15, 2011, 03:02:37 pm
did you try reinstalling OS?
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Munchor on September 15, 2011, 04:28:23 pm
Seriously, I don't understand. I use and abuse mine and never had any issues. My only problem is not being able to play thepenguin77's Chess, because it uses crystal timers, but no more problems.

Did you try any programs that don't work on it, such as thepenguin77's Chess?
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 15, 2011, 04:34:07 pm
When I first got my TI-Nspire Clickpad with OS 1.6, at some occasions the calc would reboot even if it did not go in sleep mode nor crashed, then the entire RAM and archive would be gone. I did not have this issue with OS 1.7, but Illusiat 13 development took a long while before moving to my TI-Nspire because of this.

Also MirageOS as well as some older games won't work on it, because they use undocumented ASM opcodes.
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Ashbad on September 15, 2011, 04:35:22 pm
I feel like returning my TI-Nspire and getting my money back and buying a TI-84+SE.

Sounds like a plan.  If you're using it primarily for that purpose anyways, might as well get the real thing; the real thing will be able to work with all programs (I know, someone will pretend to be smart and mention missing RAM pages but...) quite nicely.
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 15, 2011, 04:38:08 pm
Unless a 84+SE is actually more expensive than the Nspire+84 keypad (like me when I bought my Nspire in 2009) :P

Hopefully, however, maybe someone will create a new emulator for it, although I bet it will be an issue fior those with newer OSes, due to the lack of Ndless. X.x
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: runeazn on September 15, 2011, 04:39:31 pm
yeah true i already made a request thread but  nothing yet :(
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 15, 2011, 08:13:33 pm
Yeah sadly this is a project that requires lots of effort, skills and time, even for someone like Calc84maniac, who is also busy with school.
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Spyro543 on September 16, 2011, 02:04:17 pm
-OR- I could just return it, get the money back, and use the money to build a prototype dreamCalc!
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Ashbad on September 16, 2011, 03:24:03 pm
-OR- I could just return it, get the money back, and use the money to build a prototype dreamCalc!

It'll take a *lot* more money than that to build a prototype of pretty much anything. :P.  Plus, old NSpires sell cheap, they're considered rather useless how.
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Lionel Debroux on September 16, 2011, 03:26:17 pm
And they're wrongly considered rather useless, since their math capabilities are the same than those of the CX series, and their programmability is higher than that of the CX series. Of course, their horrible screen remains.
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: AngelFish on September 16, 2011, 03:26:53 pm
/me remembers a prototype generator he built. It cost him $300 to machine the parts for the thing.
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: Ashbad on September 16, 2011, 03:28:48 pm
And they're wrongly considered rather useless, since their math capabilities are the same than those of the CX series, and their programmability is higher than that of the CX series. Of course, their horrible screen remains.

Plus considering the fact they're ugly, and TI didn't do a great job teaching teachers how to use them.  Just about no one bought them in Fairfax or Loudon, where people actually had money to buy it, which says a lot.  I personally also think it's rather junky :P
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: AGVolnutt on September 16, 2011, 03:52:11 pm
Here at my school, the teachers only use the 84 keypad.

One teacher was stunned when she found out about the functionality about the nSpire. XD

My CAS reboots sporadically, too. The keypad (for some reason) sometimes loses touch with the contacts. :/
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: apcalc on September 16, 2011, 06:08:34 pm
When I used to play with the emulator often, I constantly had to resend my Nspire OS to take care of these emulator issues.  I wish TI would have done a better job coding it in the first place. :/
Title: Re: TI-Nspire 84+ emulator - hate it.
Post by: XVicarious on September 16, 2011, 09:58:32 pm
I on the other hand, have 0 problems with Nspire OS, and 0 problems with teh emulator