That looks awesome! Thanks!

Does ticalc upload files by date or by coolness? I've uploaded my file months ago but it has still not appeared yet. This command post file has been made and added to the pending list on February 15th, 2003 and is added to the archive the same day! Why?

Because there is a news item about it.

They really need to get working on the archives... I've had files in there for months. What's the queue up to now?

Has anybody heard anything about the new filearchivers?

We're working on summing up our impressions of the applications (there were a *lot* of them), and expect to be contacting people about interviews sometime this week. Hopefully.

How are the interviews conducted wiht those that applied that do not have an instant messanger?

E-mail, perhaps?

I don't know, but I do remember them saying that not haiving IM wouldn't disqualify you.

IRC is our secondary choice there.

I don't have any chatting programs... if I were to apply for something here that required an interview, then what would you use for interviews?

I have pretty much everything :) But I'm sure you could just talk via E-mail.

I signed up for the position, but still havent heard from them yet. I probally won't get the job because of an inappropriate file I uploaded.

Your Author Profile Page is rather empty right now. It is kind of odd that you have 0 files but you still have some downloads. Looks like there ae still a few bugs in the sites system.

Hey, I have the game Lights Out pending, And the game Weed4 was the Inappropriate file.

Bad games, lol :) They did do a lot of work, taking all those files out... remember that long wait?

Don't remind them! ;-)

I don't know if they'd disqualify you for that or not. I guess it would depend on how bad it was, but another drug game really isn't that bad. After all, that game Drug Wars was probably the most popular BASIC game ever made. (and I never tried it while I had the chance lol)

well, too late now. I just want the job, so I'm going the honesty route.

BTW, I have a copy of drugwars, if you would like a copy of it, and I'll even through in a copy of Weed4. (It was a big hit at my school.)

I used to have that, a kid at my school made a couple versions (they were HUGE levels). I used those programs to learn BASIC :) And I wouldn't mind a copy, just for old-times sake. Does calc.org allow those kind of files? They used to even when ticalc.org didn't...

No_one, how do you get your files pending queue to display? Whenever I click on Manage Author Information I get a page telling me to attach an author profile. I've already started uploading the 60 files I have created over the past few years that are worth publishing, and I am not receiving any sort of queue like you and others described. What am I doing wrong?

Try re-attaching your profile...

You need to first have an author profile. Which is created when your first file gets approved in the archives.

I thought it showed the queue even when you didn't have one. Perhaps it doesn't. I should probably check that out.

Thanks, Magnus. I don't have any files approved yet, but I've uploaded a few, and I'm still uploading them. I guess I'll have to wait for at least one out of 63 to be approved.

Maybe one of the new archivers will upload it!

Hopefully sometime before next year, though (lol).

Actually, I'd like to thank the archivers for all of their hard, stressful work that they need to do every day to reduce the pending queue. *applause*

It could be because none of them were actually uploaded yet. Are they all still in the archives? If you wait long enough, they'll come in and most likely your author profile should come up. I started mine a long time ago, so I really don't remember too well.

Thanks, no_one. None of my files have been approved (due to the oversized queue), but I've started uploading all 63, and I hope that in a few months at least one will be approved.

you know what, they dont HAVE to, they run the place, they can do whatever they want. And since we arent paying them, we don't really have an say.

I realize that and I wasn't trying to be demanding...

its not even like they make money of advertising, they can do whatever they like, and at what ever pace they want to.

That is, unless of course, they want to keep their userbase.

It's because our programs aren't good enough, no offence or anything

Merlijn (did I spell your name right?) has made some very good programs. It's not because of the quality, it's about if they have a news item or not. Somebody e-mails them saying "Yo, I got a cool file, bla bla bla...." and they check it out, and if they think it's good enough they make a news item about it.

quit changing what you go by. Choose angelboy (gay sounding) or your name. Stick with it.

And yes, ther are archived by a little bias, but that is ok by me, cuz it seems like the good programs get updated first. So I dont care.

I havent found this program useful yet, but I did have fun screwin around with it. Great Job.

I'm replying to Merlijn den Boer's comment, put it this way, let's say MirageOS II was released. Would you want to wait until everything else before it was added to the archives, or just have it now?

But by the time that that ever happens (if it does) the file queue should be down anyways :p

I think you missed scotts point

In fairness, I would wait for it to be uploaded, prioritized by date.

This is great, but there's only one problem, C programmers probably won't find this as useful as ASM programmers will.

Oh, well. Learn ASM.

lol, I should learn 68k sometime, but C is too nice to get away from. :) I do like z80, though.

Well, he didnt make it for C programmeers now did he.

He made it for Flash App programmers. And since the ti flash sdk uses a c compiler, he did make it for c programmers.

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whatever, I cant program ever, I was just commenting on No_one complaining...

I wasn't complaining! *cry* I think this is a great piece of software (though the payment thing is a bit odd).

that was supposed to read, I cant program either of them (being C or asm)

Woah, now. You are telling me that if I know C, then I can program an app with no problems? I have been looking for an app tutorial for some time, and now you tell me that C will do it?

Well, there's a difference between knowing C and knowing how to program an app. The ti flash sdk uses a c compiler, but you have to learn the specifics of app programming. Knowing c will be a HUGE help, but it certainly won't make it an easy ride.

so what else do I neede to know? Where Can I find this information? Like I said, I've been trying to find info on this particular topic for quite some time.

If you download the Flash SDK from TI you can also download the documentation for it. You can also ask people who have made apps like Greg. Unless you absolutely need to make an app, I suggest using tigcc for programming.

And all of you probably know this already, but just in case, there's a great C tutorial at technoplaza.net

See, I wanted to make an app similar to MirageOS for the 83+. While I could do it as a program, I'd rather do it as an app, for personal reasons.

swtaarrs, how does one make an app with the Flash SDK? Is it raw HEX code, or is it in z80 or A68K assembly?

The sdk for the 68k calcs is in C. I'm not sure about the z80 calcs, I think that one might be assembly.

Is the Flash SDK for 68K calcs different from TIGCC? If so, where can I get it?

It is different from tigcc. It's somewhere at education.ti.com. However, I HIGHLY recommend tigcc over the sdk. It has a better (imho) library, more people willing to help you with it, and it's open source :-).

Is there a way to develop Flash Apps with TIGCC?

No.

p00p.

When one writes a Flash App for a z80 calc, is it written in Assembly or HEX? (I was so confused when I tried to run the debugger, that I didn't even know which was which). Also, when one writes Flash Apps for MC68000 calcs, can they be written in C and compiled via their flash developers?

>When one writes a Flash App for a z80 calc, is it written in Assembly or HEX?

Assembly (Z80 assembly of course).


>Also, when one writes Flash Apps for MC68000 calcs, can they be written in C and compiled via their flash developers?

Their 68k Flash SDK is for C compiling, so of course they can be written in C. It's even your only practical choice.

Could I write the App in assembly, if i were so inclined?

I think the sdk might support inline assembly, but I'm not sure. You'd have to ask Greg or someone else who knows more about app programming for definitive answers.

You know what would be really nice? Something like this for the TI-83+. I've seen smaller programs but something that puts it all in one app.