Application:VTi
Category:Education
Description: The popular TI calculator packaged to go as a portable app. Please realize that if you do not have Administrative rights, the application cannot function, and will alert you. The source is included, so if you could manage to fix that, we'd all be really really rea... thankful
You will need roms. Two LEGAL roms available for download from the Ti Education website. Note: I know these work, if you wish to use the other roms, you will need to dig up older versions then are currently on the website. If I find them, I'll link them. Place the roms under Data\roms\
- TI-92 Plus
- TI-89 OS Do not use the Titanium rom- it will not function.
- I was able to get ahold of the TI-83+ by emailing. Ask for TI-84 Plus OS 1.03
- I found this online. It or the TI-83+ ROM image
I located the source for the project and included it under Other\Source\vtisrc.zip
Download VTi Portable 2.5.0.5 Development Test 2
Download VTi Portable from Nascent Project Mirror
[1.32 MB download / 1.5 MB installed]
(MD5: 9a72d4d1e6eb89ce0c9f946b125d22dd)
Release Notes:
Development Test 1 (2008-09-30): Initial release
Development Test 2 (2008-10-2): REQUIRED UPDATE!
any reason why the needed legal ROM's are not included in the application?
To stay away from licensing issues- I'd rather not worry about them, plus then I'd have to get permission from TI. You can actually just download the Operating Systems for the calculator, then put them in data\roms.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
Can one use the TI-83 or 84 ROMs with this? Also, how would I install apps or programs (if it's even possible)?
You would need to get the roms for those. If you can find a TI-84 operating system versions 1.03 or somewhere, put that under Data\roms. Any OS's/ROMS should be placed in that directory.
Installing apps requires older linking cables. Right click anywhere on the calculator and you'll get a display of the options.
I'm working on the getting the launcher to allow multiple luanches, so that you can also do the virtual link.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
If I download a ROM from the TI web page, then what do I do? Those ROMs are for uploading to a calculator. Any help?
I'm going to assume that its installed to the PortableApps Directory and has been run at least once.
You will have the following folder directory style
PortableApps
---VTiPortable
------App
---------DefualtData
---------VTi
------Data
---------settings
---------roms
------------TI-89.89u
------------(Whatever other os's you managed to find)
------Other
Download the OS/roms. Put them in the roms folder. Yes, they are for uploading to the calculator, however, VTi will use them for the calculator.
I hope this answers your question.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
Thank you.
No Problem.
General Announcement: Be looking for a update in a couple of hours
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
I had actually written a launcher for it awhile back which allowed for a roms directory, a settings directory, and a skins directory. It would be nice if you could also have a folder under the data directory for the skins too, it makes the program much more usable. If you want I can post my launcher here, it's pretty rough so I'm sure you can find a better way to do it. Let me know.
Sure, go ahead and post the source code.
Right now, there's no file movement, something I'd prefer to keep.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
It's pretty rough, and the code could probably be cleaned up a bit, but here it is:
I had the skins in the DefaultData folder since they're included with the zip file from the ticalc.org website. I have found other places that have modified skins, but those were the default. TheEnd section needs to be cleaned up, as I've just thrown all the movement of files back to the Data directory there.
NEW VERSION
This is a required update- the template I was using missed some code, and I didn't think about it, so for me.
Also, this removes the limit that you can only run of of the programs. I thought, and there was no good way to get around it. You have the option of a virtual link, so the new version allows you to run multiple VTi instances.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
VTI is a great TI emulator, but for the TI 68k [TI-89, TI-92 Plus, Voyage 200 and TI-89 Titanium] the best is TiEmu. VTI does not emulate newer models, I mean TI-89 Titanium and Voyage 200 and TiEmu does. Making it portable will be very good for TI users and programmers (a big community).
This is the request post: https://portableapps.com/node/19458
What do you think?
FRO1L4NDR35
Thanks for making a decent reply, stating how yours is a better option.
I have a lot of things that I have promised to work on, but perhaps someone else would be willing to work on it.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
VTi is actually really great O:!
but I do have a few problems.
I can't run mah TI84+SE
D:
As I bought one of those cheaper than I could get the 84+ required at my Uni....
I also (accidentally) signed up as an educator and am receiving all sorts of update announcements for both OS and computer software - if these will help contribute in any way to the project, please do not hesitate to let me know....
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JG
Will this be updated for all the newer calculators? Like the Ti-nspire, ti-nspire CAS, ti-84 plus silver, and the ti-89 titanium.
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