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  3. Posted

    My guess is Scott Foresman educational titles... Probably not very desirable.

     

    I noticed a couple of interesting cartridges, but even with processing the graphic I was unable to discern which ones they were...

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    This might be a great source of cartridge shells for SOMEONE CLOSER than me, because shipping alone comes to $93.70! :-o

  6. Posted · Edited by unhuman

    I've been buying soldering kits on ebay for work with my daughter (12, my 14 year old has different interests). It started with a clearance soldering kit (organ) from Radio Shack. After that, we built an alarm clock (ebay, $2.50) and we have an AM/FM radio $9 waiting to be built.

     

    Since I like to solder, but don't know beans about electronics, this has been a fun introduction for both of us.

     

    Just found out the local radio shack is closing (9 days left) and they have some stuff. The other 2 close by are gone.

     

    -Howie

     

    I was reading up on how Radio Shack is going under and I got to thinking back to my middle school years when I frequented Radio Shack and the Hobby Shop next door.

     

    Magical times...

     

    Anyway, I am really wanting to teach my son the basics of electronics and how circuits work, etc. If he enjoys it, we may continue down that path and he and I can learn alot together.

     

    He is young, so I want to start off with something extremely simple.

     

    You guys have any ideas for us? We probably aren't microcontroller-ready yet, but maybe some neat switch lighting with LEDs or something?

     

    Any thoughts are welcome. It has been probably 15 years since I played around with a breadboard and I remember how cool it was to have some success. :)

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    Yeah - that'd be ideal (for me, not that I'm coding anything lately) because it would drastically increase the development cycle in emulation... The entire flow could be scripted (and fast):

     

    Write code in TIdBiT, push output to compiler, then run from emulator.

     

    But, I suspect that it's just not in the cards.

     

    You know I really am amazed that NO ONE has written an JAVA script program to compile TI programs yet. All you would have to do is upload the Extended BASIC program and seconds later download the compiled version. I think it would encourage more lower level programmers and introduce them to another lever of programming... and the community might have more goodies as a result.

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    So, I would like to present a different way of calculating defense.

     

    Rather than absolute, think of defenses in terms of effectiveness.

     

    So, an effective defense could block 75% of damage, so it'd be equitable regardless of attack type, and every attack would generate some damage (although potentially tiny), which is a more realistic approach.

     

    An attack with a feather would have a very low attack score, and a defense of paper mache shield would have a very low effectiveness.

     

    An attack with a missile would have a higher score and armor plate would have a higher effectiveness.

  14. Posted · Edited by unhuman

    If you're going to do that... Why not get a cheap but effective MP3 player and use that instead of a cassette player? It'd be tiny, easier (maybe?) to find stuff and more reliable.

     

    Or, use a CF7+ :) My TI doesn't live with my TV, but it's pretty easy to get it out and connect to the dangling audio video cables I have in the cabinet. When my daughter and I code, that's how we do it.

  22. Posted · Edited by unhuman

    Can we get TidBit linked here?

     

    Just noticed Owen requested it a while ago:

    Posted Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:07 PM

    Hey Filip--- I'd like to suggest adding TIdBiT to our resources thread. There is a thread about it entitled "BASIC/XB Translator". I made a small video about it's use and posted it to that thread.... It is a very nice program and makes BASIC/XB development more fun. For me anyway. icon_smile.gif

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