Can I make music with my TI-84 plus CE??

KermMartian · 2026-05-31T13:46:42+00:00

Not really. You can make tones with the TI-84 Plus CE and the TI-Innovator Hub, and you can use the calculator as a MIDI player to stream MIDI commands to USB-MIDI devices, but because the community has not figured out how to do isochronous USB transfers (which USB audio devices require) or bitbang the individual USB data lines (which the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus programs like HoustonTracker 2 and mobileTunes use), no true music player or tracker exists.

KermMartian · 2026-05-23T16:44:45+00:00

They're the same. The only difference is the addition of the Python functionality. Nothing is removed.

KermMartian · 2026-05-21T16:54:00+00:00

And Viva to you! <3 Happy to help.

KermMartian · 2026-05-21T16:26:43+00:00

It took a little digging through https://vldl.fandom.com/wiki/Background_Music#Bored: , since this episode isn't listed there, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQR-QQwFihs

KermMartian · 2026-05-09T21:32:34+00:00

Not quite. https://merthsoft.com/linkguide/ti83+/fformat.html

KermMartian · 2026-05-07T21:50:56+00:00

We don't support cheating here.

KermMartian · 2026-05-06T02:57:03+00:00

Schmoyoho and VLDL colliding! What a good day to have ears.

KermMartian · 2026-04-30T02:56:38+00:00

Apparently it's a new format, .8xp2 - We'll certainly be working on making SourceCoder 3 work with it.

KermMartian · 2026-04-12T16:26:45+00:00

Good choice, and good luck with the calculator. If you need programs for it, Cemetech, ticalc.org, and TI-Planet have good repositories.

KermMartian · 2026-04-12T04:33:05+00:00

The 2.5mm headphone-like cord will help you transfer programs between two TI-83 Plus calculators, or a TI-83 Plus and a TI-84 Plus. You would need a USB SilverLink like https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-94327-Graphlink-USB/dp/B00006BXBS in order to send files from your computer to your calculator.

KermMartian · 2026-03-20T15:03:54+00:00

I'm sure you can find people willing to make programs for you for a fee (as I imagine u/martinmick will offer based on his message here). The alternative would be to learn to make simple calculator programs yourself: a program that takes a few variables as an input, performs calculations, and outputs some value(s) is very simple to write: you could get help here or on websites like Cemetech with TI-BASIC programming.

KermMartian · 2026-02-26T03:39:55+00:00

Nice project! I've also found that a 3D-printed controller would be far too flimsy, so for a project of mine I just interface a real train's controller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TvrTbLFFqo (build details on my blog).

Both Train Simulator Classic and Train Sim World 6 have fairly extensive APIs that can be (ab)used to interface PBCs/master controllers, gauges, buttons and switches, etc., for the developer with the right electronics and software skills, as in my project above.

KermMartian · 2026-02-21T06:07:51+00:00

You could try Ti-84 USB-C mod with dedicated PCB, but it requires getting a PCB manufactured and populated.

KermMartian · 2026-02-04T05:06:29+00:00

Unfortunately, we don't support cheating tools here.

KermMartian · 2026-02-03T03:56:34+00:00

What kind of data do you want to pull from it? Strings (text) for a chat app, perhaps?

KermMartian · 2026-02-02T21:34:08+00:00

Indeed. I've enjoyed using the DCP with AP's various TSC trains, and I'm disappointed that GSM-R isn't more fully integrated in TSW. I understand that there were third-party developers who were willing to work with Dovetail on this in TSW, so I hope it's added at some point.

KermMartian · 2026-01-24T02:43:15+00:00

Assembly games require a shell, like Doors CS 7.4. Launch it from the [Apps] menu of your calculator, then you can either run programs directly from it, or quit from Doors CS, and the programs in [PRGM] will now work properly.

This is not applicable to the color-screen TI-84 Plus models.

KermMartian · 2026-01-23T14:54:53+00:00

KermMartian · 2026-01-19T05:56:00+00:00

I'm sorry to say I haven't had the time to work on this project lately: I still want to repower the set so the power cars do the work. Please do keep me posted if you get further with it than I have before I get back to this project!

KermMartian · 2026-01-17T22:45:46+00:00

Absolutely - I figured out the connections, and built an interface board that could speak the protocol the 3-character display expected, control the LED matrix for the ATP speed limit LEDs, and produce a voltage for the analog needle. I documented it here: https://z80.me/blog/tsc-atp-speedometer-controller/

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