KnightOS
Dev tools
operating system for calculators
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Docs: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good getting-started assembly guide and inviting to tinker with
From 1 comment
Ah, TI-83! I wrote my first-ever programs on this thing. The 'getting started with assembly' guide is really good; the whole thing is really inviting to tinker. Excellent work!
niftich on HN
Impressive amount of work and documentation
From 1 comment
Wow OP, this is a ton of amazing work (in the GitHub organization). Your blog is great too. Do you have any advice for being so prolific? My butt can't take the sitting and my…
thesmallestcat on HN
Objections
No install guide in the wiki initially; a download page was then pointed out
From 2 comments
No install guide in the wiki. Humm.
unixhero on HNhttp://knightos.org/download
Sir_Cmpwn on HN
No graphing applications in the repos
From 1 comment
Ah, good. Thanks Drew. By the way, I didn't see any actually, you know, graphing applications in the repos. Those exist, right?
qwertyuiop924 on HN
No floating point support yet
From 1 comment
They don't - KOS currently doesn't have FP support (although the C library[1] does provide FP, it's not too accurate or fast) [1] https://www.github.com/KnightOS/libc
MaxLeiter on HN
Requests
Graphing applications
From 1 comment
Ah, good. Thanks Drew. By the way, I didn't see any actually, you know, graphing applications in the repos. Those exist, right?
qwertyuiop924 on HN
Questions
Can the calculator be used as a calculator with it installed
From 1 comment
FP?? I was asking about using the calculator as a calculator. EDIT: Oh, floating point! Now it makes sense!
qwertyuiop924 on HN
Is it safe to flash the calculator firmware
From 2 comments
I hear Drew's done some great work with this. I'd look at it myself, but flashing my calculator firmware is a bit risky for such an overpriced device. Thank you, College Board.
qwertyuiop924 on HNFWIW it's very difficult to brick a calculator without doing so intentionally. The boot sector has a recovery mode built in for reflashing in case of the worst and the boot…
Sir_Cmpwn on HN
Alternatives named
Andiegraph TI emulator on F-Droid
From 1 comment
Anyone looking to have a play without finding their TI link cable - works on Andiegraph TI emulator from F Droid
boyce on HN
WP 34s open source RPN calculator
From 1 comment
I've long wanted to try the 50g, but haven't been able to forgive HP for ignoring longstanding bugs in the 35s and for outsourcing the design of the RPN calculators that they…
cathartes on HN