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TI 1-Bit Pack 0.1 released

26 10 12 - 17:31

Ever wanted to play native 1-bit music on a cheaply obtainable handheld device? Well, now you can - the Huby, Music Box, Music Studio, LSengine, and ZX10 routines have been ported to TI82.

UPDATE 2012/11/02: Octode engine was added, and all routines are now also TI83-compatible.

Here is how it works:

1) Get a TI82 graphic calculator. They are easily obtained from auction sites at around 10-30$ in the US. In Europe they are slightly more rare and expensive nowadays, though there should be lots of them gathering dust on school shelves...

2) Build a link cable from parts available for less than 5$ from any electronics store.

3) Download and install CrASH (the Crappy Assembler Shell) on your TI.

4) Make some 1-bit music with Music Box, Music Studio (Beepola), LSengine, ZX10 (1tracker), or Huby (1tracker/xm2huby).

5) Use these .asm templates together with CrASHSDK and TASM to compile the music data for TI82. For details, see included manual file.

6) Get/build an audio cable with a 2.5 mm stereo jack.

7) Play 1-bit music from your TI. Your calc may occasionally hang afterwards, removing the audio cable should fix this.

For running the routines on TI83, please refer to the manual.

If you want to try things in an emulator first, install VTI (sadly, it's Windows only, but it's the only TI emulator that has sound output AND can run CrASH)

A test recording of ZX10 playing on TI82 can be found here.

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