Re: TIB: Digital Assignment Book: CAN IT BE DONE?


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Re: TIB: Digital Assignment Book: CAN IT BE DONE?




boy, thats a mouthful


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>  PROGRAM IDEA:
>  DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT BOOK:  FOR THE TI-83
>  "Keep track of ALL your assignments.  Never again hand homework in late or
>  forget about a test/quiz/assignment!"
>
>  ABOUT/DESCRIPTION:
>  This is what I have in mind:
>  On the main screen, you choose from a list of 6 (hopefully more) classes:
>  [CLASS]   [ASSIGNMENTS PENDING] [EARLIEST DUE DATE]  [GRADE]
>  1. History          7                                        2/14/99
>  89.3
>  2. English          3                                        2/15/99
>  98.9
>  3. Math              2                                        2/18/99
>  84.8
>  4. Science          5                                        2/19/99
>  74.3
>  5. Latin              8                                        2/11/99
>  91.0
>  6. OTHER         2                                        2/31/99
>  86.1
>
>
>  Then, you are asked to choose a from a list of types of assignments:
>  WHAT IS THE ASSIGNMENT TYPE:
>  1. homework
>  2. quiz
>  3. test,
>  4. oral report
>  5. research paper
>  6. essay
>  7. lab
>  8. other
>
>  Next you then input a name (used as the identifying description) for the
>  assignment and the respective due date.
>
>  All the  assignment are stored in the order of their respective due date.
>
>  If possible, there should be, built into the program:
>  A calendar: keep track of long term assignments visually. (I already have a
>  TI-Basic program- for the 83!)
>  A date to calendar day:  Help remember the weekday of the assignment due.
(
> I
>  have two, very good, versions in TI-BASIC. Again, both are for the TI-83)
>  A gradebook:  keep track of the grades for each of the classed. (I already
>  have an outstanding program written in TI-BASIC for the TI82.  However, I
> have
>  ported this program to the TI-83)
>
>
>  NOW, THE CHALLENGE!
>  That's a very rough draft of what the program should have...I am sure there
>  are many others on the ti-basic and ti-assembly mailing lists who are
>  interested/have attempted to make such a program.  Before we begin coding,
> we
>  must ask the public for what their dream digital assignment book should
have.
>
>
>  I personally have attempted, with my very limited knowledge of ti-basic, to
>  make the program described above.  However, the file quickly reached about
>  4,000 bytes - with little end in sight.  I am aware that programs written
in
>  Assembly are much more efficient and compact - and most importantly this
>  programming language provides the means for a better graphical user
> interface.
>
>  With all that in mind perhaps it would be best to approach the programming
> of
>  this revolutionary program using ASM.
>
>  As those who are daily readers of this message board know, I have
absolutely
>  NO knowledge of ASM, so I am not qualified to do any programming.  I do,
>  however, have many ideas for this program, and I have a personal goal of
>  owning a copy of this program by January 1, 2000 (yes - it really is that
>  close to the millennium!).
>
>  If approached and done correctly, this program has unlimited potential for
>  success.  Demographically, the overwhelming majority of TI83 (and TI82
users
> -
>  the calculators are fairly compatible) are high school/college students.
>  Remember:  ALL students have assignments!  Just by the very nature of the
>  calculator's users, this program already has an outstandingly large user
> base
>  (hmm…exactly how many TI83/82 calculators exist?! Thousands?  Millions?)
>
>  With the complexity of such a program, and the problem of code efficiently
> and
>  size, the best approach to completing this program is to do so via a
>  collective project, by the most elite programmers.  Only through co-
> operative
>  programming can we write this program in a reasonable amount of time, and
>  create a program like non-other!
>
>  I am willing to organize a group  (excuse the lack of better noun) of
>  programmers with similar interests, and most importantly advanced
> programming
>  capability.
>
>  I AM CALLING ON EVERY PROGRAMMER WITH ASM ABILITY, AND INTEREST IN THIS
>  PROJECT, TO EMAIL ME [SDSW@usa.net] AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>
>  Let's work together, and create the best, most useful, program ever written
>  for the TI83/82
>
>  Please send all emails directly (and promptly) to:
>  SDSW@usa.net.
>
>  If you are interested in seeing such a program, but are not capable of
>  personally taking part in the writing part of the project, please help by
>  distributing this message to message
>  boards/discussions/webpages/newsletters/etc.
>
>  Note:  www.ticalc.org is THE portal site for TI-Programming...let's try to
>  spead this message to that site!
>
>  Remember:  The more programmers who are aware of this project, the sooner
> this
>  program will be completed!
>
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>  In a message dated 2/10/99 8:21:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, jody1@alaska.
> net
>  writes:
>
>  >
>  >  I wouldn't mind writing a program like this.  Is there anything specific
>  >  that you wanted it to do.  Like, how do you want the thing layed out -
>  >  anything like that.
>  >
>  >  Jody Snider
>  >  jody1@alaska.net
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