Because I wanted to send some SID register dump files from my pc to my calculator for my TIMID soundchip I needed a way to convert a large amount of data to an appvar. I had to make a computer program to do it for me.

Syntax: to8xv [sourcefile] [appvar.8xv] [name(8 characters max)]

Source and executable included in zip file.

New python version with some additional options:

UPDATE:
Python version with some more commandline options. The ti83f.py module can be used in your own custom tools.
https://github.com/keoni29/to8xv

Planned features: multiple variables per .8xv file.

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I started porting the cartreader software to the eZ8 microcontroller. It is already possible to read cartridges.

Because the eZ8 has 29I/O pins I don't have to use latches to expand the address bus. This means I only need two IC's for the entire build: A max232 for serial communication and the microcontroller! This greatly reduces the cost of the entire thing. It also makes it much easier to build than its arduino counterpart.



The cartreader V2 has a renewed communication protocol. Instead of dividing the cartridge address range in pages you can have random access to the cartridge via the pc and do block transfers. Every block has a header like this:

mode = [0x00..0x01] (0x00=read, 0x01=write)
size = [0x00..0xFF] (0x00=1byte, 0xFF=256bytes)
addrH = [0x00..0x0F](12 bit start address)
addrL = [0x00..0xFF]
If write mode was selected [size] bytes will follow. These are buffered and then written to the cartridge starting at the 12 bit start address.

In the next couple of days I will modify the romclient.exe pc software so it works with the eZ8 version. I will rename it to romclient2.exe to avoid confusion.

I already made this for the PC in 3d but for the calculator I settled with a simpler look.
Started programming this evening. I'd say I'm halfway done already.

What the boardgame looks like:

The objective it to get your man to the red crate by walking on top of other crates. Tip crates over to form pathways.

Make a slideshow from an url:
http://83.128.153.131/random/imgviewer.php?pre=https://bite-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/you-had-one-job&id=7&ext=.jpg&lim=47&auto=1
http://83.128.153.131/random/imgviewer.php
?pre=http://www.url.com/image
&id=1
&ext=extention.jpg
&lim=10
&auto=0You get a slideshow ranging from: http://www.url.com/image1extention.jpg
to: http://www.url.com/image10extention.jpg
that does not play automatically.

Retro Game Experience 14-15 sept 2013 in Hilversum the Netherlands. I am going there! Is anyone coming too? It's €15 for one day or €22 for the entire weekend.
http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/retro-game-experience


Gamelist: http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/gamelist
Console list: http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/consoles

DJ requested this. I was bored and decided to make it

Effects used: scanline pattern, vertical color bar pattern, de-interlacing, ntsc colors, motion blur, about 4 layers of the same image slightly shifted relative to eachother. Original pixelart was made in paint.

Got it for €4. The screen has 3 horizontal missing lines in it. How do I fix it?

RWBY

Watch it on roosterteeth.com! http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=7872&v=more

An anime about a girl called Ruby who wants to become a huntress and fight evil monsters. The head of an elite combat training academy sees her fight and asks her to join his academy. Ruby has to make new friends here. Just watch it. You will not be disappointed.

Large melee weapons that are also guns, magic, motorcycles, crime, futuristic aircrafts.


Edit: season 1 is over. You can watch all episodes right here!