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TI-58C/TI-59 calculator emulator for Android
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Emulate real CPU and use the original ROM #3

Open tinue opened 4 years ago

tinue commented 4 years ago

Through a discussion group I found a TI-59 emulator that is running the original ROM of the calculator. The README explains this nicely: readme. With this approach, the emulation is - almost by definition - as close to 100% as possible. The ROM of the TI-59 can be found on the internet; I can share a link if desired.

I was wondering if such an approach has been discussed or even attempted?

TurboGit commented 4 years ago

No this has never been attempted. It would be nice indeed but the code is in C/C++ and would have to be rewritten in Java for the Android platform. A project that would require quite some time!

tinue commented 4 years ago

It's actually worse than that. As far as I know the author of the TI-59 emulator never published any source code, and does not intend to ever do so (faq). Only for the TI-57 is source code of an emulator available, see pcjs.

mat-c commented 2 years ago

For the record http://bulk.rskey.org/BULK/CALCDOCS/TI/ti-5x_emul.zip emulator source code that use rom code (from https://www.rskey.org/CMS/index.php/the-library/12 )

TurboGit commented 2 years ago

@mat-c : Yes I know about this emulator, it is in C though and would require a rewrite in Java or I'll need to learn how to compile this stuff on Android.