1. Introduction
1.1 What's TiEmu
TiEmu is a program allowing a computer to emulate a hand-held:
TI89, TI89 Titanium, TI92, TI92+, V200PLT.
At the time being, it works on Linux and Windows platforms.
It uses GTK+ (The GiMP ToolKit) for the GUI and for the
display.
All link cables supported by the TiLP-II framework are available:
- home-made parallel cable,
- home-made serial cable,
- Black TI Graph Link,
- Gray TI Graph Link,
- and now the SilverLink cable.
TiEmu was based on XTiger,
the original TI emulator for Linux which uses the m68k emulation core
from UAE (The Ultimate
Amiga Emulator).
It also uses the TiLP framework
(ti* libraries). See the AUTHORS file for more details.
TiEmu is provided with a default and free OS : PedroM.
1.2 Features and limitations
Features:
- support TI89, TI89 Titanium, TI92, TI92+ and V200PLT hand-helds
- nice assembly-level debugger (disassembly, memory, breakpoints,
traps, vectors,
stack contents, trace, ...)
- assembly-level debugger supports: run, step in, step over, step
out, run to
cursor
- nice source-level debugger (source, GDB console, stack backtrace,
watches, ...)
based on Insight
- ability to load/save the emulator state
- file linkport emulation (direct loading of files)
- works with 1/2/4 MB ROMs, 128 or 256 KB RAM
- emulate HW1, HW2, and HW3
- can run from ROM dumps or FLASH upgrades
- automatic ROM version/model detection
- contrast emulated (try [Alt] + [+] & [-])
- pretty fast emulation code
- sreenshot of LCD and/or calculator in several images format
(JPG/PNG/ICO)
- TI keyboard useable directly from PC kesyboard or with the mouse
on the skin
- archive memory support as well as ghost spaces
- full emulation of HW1/2/3 protection (stealth I/O)
- full emulation of HW2 & HW3 clock
- no buggy MC68000 SR & nbcd (TiEmu can't be detected as VTI:
you have
true emulation)
- 4-level and 7/8-level grayscale support (thx Kevin !) for both
HW1 and HW2/3
- the letter keys are aliased to produce their respective
letters. No need to press the Alpha key, just type (TI89).
- full-featured
graphical debugger
- keyboard mapping and menu shortcuts are fully VTI-compatible
- keyboard mapping can be customized
Limitations:
- linkport emulation has not been tested with USB cable yet
- no debugger while sending/receiving a file to/from the virtual
calculator
- no linkport logging capabilities
1.3 System requirements
In order to run TiEmu, your computer must meet one
of the following sets of requirements, depending on your operating
system:
Linux:
- any personal computer (a 386-compatible PC
(Pentium or higher
strongly recommended) or a Macintosh (PPC G4 or higher strongly
recommended)) or
workstation (Sparc, Alpha, etc.) with any Linux distribution installed
- 64 MB of RAM (most part is used by GTK and
GDB/Insight)
- an X Window System (X.Org X11 is the most common)
- GTK+ 2.6 libraries
- still no USB support (SilverLink
cable)
Windows:
- a Pentium PC @450MHz or better with Microsoft
Windows
95/98/Me or NT4/2000/XP
- 64 MB of RAM (most part is used by GTK and
GDB/Insight)
- GTK+ 2.6 libraries like 2.6.8 (it is
recommended
to use an NT-based version of Windows: NT4, 2000 or XP)
- the SilverLink driver v3.5 for Windows (if you
intend to use a SilverLink cable)
Mac OS-X:
FreeBSD:
- same requirements as Linux.
All systems must have an available port that will support your cable
(see section 3 below).
1.4 Installation
Linux:
- install the TiLP-II framework
- install TiEmu either by compiling sources, either
by installing a package from your favorite distro
Windows:
- execute the InnoSetup installer