and a serious test mode so the testing gurus will accept this calc. (Seriously, it's needed )

I'm surprised that no one has found one of the entries ironic, so I'll give a hint: self-competition.

Thanks everyone! Nspire buying looks bleak, but one can hope.

@graphmastur: We will need one - reg. hosting won't cut it.

You guys should really use a handy online backup service, like Dropbox.

Sign up here: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEwMTYzNDA5
(Yes, that's a referral link so I can get more space... But seriously, it's a decent service. You should definitely sign up.)
The best part is that it's 100% cross platform! (Even Linux!)

And of course, if you don't mind making something open source, you can use Google Code or Sourceforge (or other source code hosting websites)
to backup code.

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That aside, I'm hoping you could also continue the Z80 emulator. It's definitely worth it to have an Nspire and a 99% TI-84 at the same time!
Also, couldn't you disassemble/decompile the ASM program?

@DJ Omnimaga: I still think that it shouldn't be a problem. "This and many more from..." doesn't really sound like "This program is by...". I usually think of newgrounds.com and the flash animations that are submitted. Sometimes, they have the website logo in it to show people the website, but it isn't considered to be staff created.

Oh wow.... I should've thought of that in the first place! :-o

I've just examined the TNS file, and surprise - a beautiful &&&&&&&&&& (censored against TI, but for those who know will know what I'm talking about),
which probably forces it to reinstall an OS.
(It's usually a dirty prank, but this turned out to be an exploit!)
I just wonder how the OS was able to open a standard zip file...

Anyway, great job ExtendeD!

@meishe91: Sorry, I should've done that in the first place.

OMNIAXE: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1016340/OMNIAXE.8Xp
OMNILOGA: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1016340/OMNILOGA.8Xp
OMNILOGO: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1016340/OMNILOGO.8Xp

Note: The AXE version of this logo doesn't have the animation. Does anyone know how to fix it?

@graphmastur: Ahh, OK I see. But why a kext? Merely detecting via libusb will work.
(Then again, I'm not sure how Mac OS X works in terms of drivers, so excuse me if I wrong.)

I'm not really good with USB devices, other than plugging them in and taking them out.
I've read a little bit of the USB specification, but that's all, and that was a loooonnnngggg time ago.
Also, I've played around with libusb before. (Also when I was looking at the USB spec.)
I wrote an iPod Touch/iPhone jailbreaker in C with libusb (mostly copy and paste functions).

I'm not really good in calc ASM either, which is why I'm waiting for Quigbo to implement the USB communication stuff into his Axe Parser. However, we can get started on that stuff first, and maybe post a POC with source code.

For me, Java is "meh"... Python's pretty powerful. You could write a C library and Python can interface with it.
For speed, did you mean the calc is faster than HTTP? That would make more sense.

My main goal in the end is just to get the calc on the internet. It's very tricky to do the remote control idea.
I'll PM you shortly.

@Quigibo: Very true... but as I've said, 1) there are security checks and such that I have yet to show; 2) This was a bad idea from the start (and I knew that) 3) My main goal is just connecting the calc to the internet.

I like your idea of a website dedicated to testing! However, there might be some kinks to work out, such as if the person should get 1 credit from the start and such, as well as reviews of the reviews. Otherwise, that definitely sounds more sensible to me.

@Lionel: Yes, we'll look at it for sure.
But before we dive into your code, a quick question: does the SilverLink and DirectLink cables (USB) allow for custom communication to the calculator, or are only files (basically regular transfers) allowed?

@Art_of_camelot: It is indeed a tricky idea. If there is a demand, we'll probably implement (or a least try to) the idea.
For now, we'll be focused on getting the calc to get on the internet.

You may allready know, but an online Flash emulator allready exists for old z80 calculators: TI-76.fr/81/82/82Stats/82Stats.fr/83/85.

Yes - I suppose you mean this one? http://www.brandonmeyer.net/projects/TI8XEmu/TI8XEmu.html
I'm just interested to see if this works though. My direct goal is to get the calc to connect to the internet via USB and another program, but I don't know how I would make a program out of that.