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2011-05-23T17:49:22Z

J.a.upchurch: Added KnightOS

[[Category:83Plus:OS_Information|TIOS Alternatives]]

== Introduction ==

The TIOS is the official, standard operating system for the
TI-83+ series of calculators (including the TI-83+ and TI-84+ and the respective Silver
Editions of each). The vast majority of programs for such calculators run on top of the
TIOS, or on top of some subsidiary program that runs from the TIOS, and thereby implicitly
depend on its functionality. However, some people have researched writing alternative
operating system code and sending it to the calculator to replace the TIOS.
Several such alternative operating systems are available on the Web, though most of them are
not yet at a production stage of development.

== List of alternative operating systems ==

*[http://michaelv.org/programs/calcs/ceptic.php CEPTIC], by Michael Vincent: a Control and Execute Program for TI Calculators. The current version of CEPTIC only runs on the TI-83+ SE, but can be modified to run on the TI-83+. Assembly source is available, but actually using the OS in its present state is considered non-practical, and the project has been discontinued for various reasons.
*[http://pongos.sourceforge.net/ PongOS], by FloppusMaximus: a simple, proof-of-concept system whose namesake feature is an embedded Pong game. Some other system utilities, mostly inspired by Dan Englender's Calcsys, are also available in PongOS, including a hex editor, memory mover (with flash capability), flash sector eraser, and port monitor. Link support is not provided.
*[[Vera]], by several members of different programming groups: dubbed the "true calc lover's OS". Vera is intended to consist of a very basic kernel which can be easily extended to include desired features. The original Vera project has been abandoned, but it has been picked up again in a different form, and seems to be progressing nicely.
*[http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/349/34973.html CSX], by Sean McLaughlin: a command-line-based operating system with a screen layout similar to that of the TI-89 calculators. CSX provides a simple filesystem, send and receive of files over a link cable, hex editing of memory, and running of Z80 machine code programs.
*[http://forum.reaktix.com/viewtopic.php?pid=11 Nostalgy], originally by [http://katpro.xiondigital.net/ XDG Kat-Productions], now developed by [http://reaktix.com/ Reaktix Software]: an unofficial project started by XDG Kat-Productions, abandoned when the two main developers became involved in other projects, and later resumed by [[User:Saibot84|Saibot84]]. A pre-alpha working demo is available. Development is still underway, albeit extremely slowly. It currently features a task-switching environment inspired by [http://www.radicalsoft.org/ Radical Software's] TSE, although linking and a file system are not yet implemented.
*[http://lifos.sourceforge.net/ LIFOS], by Peter Marheine: a similar project to Vera, designed to offer minimal functionality (linking, memory management, and machine code execution) in its basic incarnation but meant to be easily extended into a near-seamless infrastructure of various functions. Currently (5-28-07) in early alpha stages. The name comes from the memory allocation system (LIFO OS, or LIFOs).
*[http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/398/39863.html BAOS], by Erik van 't Wout: Basic Assembly Operating System. (excerpt from the ReadMe:) Being developed "to be a real Operating System for TI-83+ based calculators. It should turn your calculator into a real computer, which can be used for mathematical purposes, but not as main target. Additional functionality should be easy to implement trough the use of libraries."
*[http://www.brandonw.net/calcstuff/OS2 OS2], by Brandon Wilson: OS2 is "the TI-OS done right", a from-the-ground-up re-implementation of the TI-OS, designed to do everything the TI-OS can do and run everything it can, but with fewer restrictions and changes not normally possible due to the TI-OS' structure, such as being able to run BASIC programs directly from the archive. It also supports dual-booting with the TI-OS so a user can continue to use the original TI-OS while more and more is added to OS2. Currently only dual-booting and a basic system monitor are supported.
*[http://code.google.com/p/8xpos/ XOS] by Luc Bruant aka fullmetalcoder, XOS main targets are SE calcs (those with 128kb of RAM). It aims to provide a lot of power to application developer, larger storage capacity whenever possible and a minimal emulation layer to ensure a certain level of backward compatibility of TIOS programs and Apps so as to ease the transition for users.
*[http://knightos.sourceforge.net/ KnightOS] by SirCmpwn: a completely different OS designed loosely around Linux. KnightOS has no compatibility with the TIOS and completely clobbers the TIOS's filesystems. KnightOS uses its own filesystem, KFS, which uses the ROM for storage and uses RAM entirely for program execution and the heap/stack. The kernel, KnightKernel, also has thread support. However, KnightOS has not been released. It is still under development.

Notable programs

2011-05-23T17:41:17Z

J.a.upchurch: Added authors and updated TI-Boy entry

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Here is a list of notable programs released by the TI Z80 community.
If you think a program has been forgotten, just add it.

For each program, please indicate: author, last version and release date, ticalc.org (or other if not available) URL, 1 or 2 screenshots, and a few words about it.

=Games=

==Puzzle==
* Ztris 1.3.2 ~ by Tijl Coosemans ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/207/20791.html
* Crates3D 1.1 ~ by Badja ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/192/19293.html
* Orzunoid ~ by Patrick Davidson ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/110/11033.html

==Action==
* Acelgoyobis ~ by CoBB ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/355/35586.html
* Bubble Bobble ~ Dan "dwedit" Weiss ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/235/23536.html
* Invaded ~ by James Vernon ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/206/20692.html

==Adventure or RPG==
* Desolate ~ tr1p1ea ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/348/34879.html

==Racing==
* Tiny Carz ~ Léo Ducas ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/391/39185.html

==First person shooter==
* Gemini ~ Hans "Coelurus" Törnqvist ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/247/24743.html
* Wolfenstein83 ~ Peter Bucher ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/277/27767.html
* zDoom 0.12 ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/360/36062.html

==Platform==
* sqrxz ~ by Jimmy Mardell ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/144/14494.html
* Super Mario 1.2 ~ Sam Heald ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/192/19225.html

==Others==
* TI-Boy v0.1.04 ~ Brendan Fletcher ~ http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=7880.msg157069#msg157069

=Shells=
* Doors CS ~ Christopher "Kerm Martian" Mitchell ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/430/43068.html
* Ion ~ Joe Wingbermuehle ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/130/13059.html
* MirageOS ~ Dan Englender | Jason Kovacs ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/139/13949.html

=Utilities=
* Emu8x v1.00 ~ Michael Vincent ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/377/37796.html
* Omnicalc ~ Michael Vincent ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/226/22626.html
* USB8X ~ Dan Englender ~ http://sourceforge.net/projects/usb8x/files/
* MSD8X ~ Michael Vincent | Brandon Wilson ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/390/39064.html
* Real Sound v1.0 ~ James Montelongo ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/385/38513.html
* Axe Parser ~ Kevin Horowitz ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/428/42813.html
* Calcsys ~ Dan Englender ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/97/9781.html
* ALCDFIX ~ James Montelongo ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/366/36608.html
* Rom8x ~ Andree Chea ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/373/37341.html

=School (Math and others)=
* Symbolic ~ Brandon Sterner ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/228/22851.html
* Omnicalc ~ Michael Vincent ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/226/22626.html
* Graph3D
* ZoomAlgebra (shareware) ~ Jeff Hatch ~ http://www.zoommath.com/Products/
* Cabamap v1.02 ~ Michael Vincent ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/323/32326.html
* DAWG v1.0 ~ Kirk Meyer ~ http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/258/25844.html

=External links=
* Ticalc.org's Program Of The Year : [http://www.ticalc.org/community/awards/poty/2003.html 2003] [http://www.ticalc.org/community/awards/poty/2004.html 2004] [http://www.ticalc.org/community/awards/poty/2005.html 2005] [http://www.ticalc.org/community/awards/poty/2006.html 2006] [http://www.ticalc.org/community/awards/poty/2007.html 2007] [http://www.ticalc.org/community/awards/poty/2008.html 2008] [http://www.ticalc.org/community/awards/poty/2009.html 2009]
* [http://wikiti.brandonw.net/index.php?title=83Plus:OS:TIOS_Alternatives TIOS alternatives]

Compilers

2011-05-23T17:32:03Z

J.a.upchurch:

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== z80 ==
* '''SDCC''' is an open source C compiler for microcontrollers. It can output z80 assembly. However, as the compiler is retargetable, the code is very bloated and inefficient.
* '''z88dk''' is a derivative of SDCC. It is targeted specifically at the z80 line of processors and even has dedicated TI file format outputs. Again, the code is still very bloated, because the compiler is based on SDCC.
* The '''HI-TECH Z80 C Compiler''' is a very old and unsupported compiler by HI-TECH that produces much better-quality code than the two compilers mentioned above. However, HI-TECH has discontinued this compiler and it is very difficult to obtain a copy. Furthermore, it is a commercial, not open-source, compiler, so using it without a license is of questionable legality.

== 68k ==
* TIGCC