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<h1> General Information about TiCables library </h1>
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The TiCables library is a part of the <a href="http://www.tilp.info">TiLP</a>
project and constitutes with the other libraries a complete framework for
developping linking and/or TI files oriented applications.<br>
<br>
<h3>Overview </h3>
The ticables library is able to handle the different link cables designed
for the TI's graphing calculators (also called handheld) in a fairly transparent
fashion. With this library, the developer does not have to worry about the
different link cables characteristics as well as the different platforms.
<br>
The library provides a complete API which is very easy to use and makes things
easier.<br>
<br>
The library is completely independant of the Operating System and can be
used on several platforms such as:<br>
- any flavour of Linux (i86, Alpha, Sparc, iPAQ, ...),<br>
- Windows 95/98/Me,<br>
- Windows NT4/2000/XP,<br>
- Mac OS-X.<br>
<br>
The library supports all the currently available link cables:<br>
- the home-made parallel (aka $5-cable),<br>
- the home-made serial (aka $4-cable),<br>
- the TI's BlackLink,<br>
- the TI's GrayLink,<br>
- the TI's SilverLink,<br>
- the AVRlink.<br>
<br>
The library supports also some 'virtual' link cables for connection with
emulators:<br>
- Virtual TI (VTi),<br>
- (Gtk)TiEmu.<br>
<br>
This library has already been used by various projects (such as TiLP, TiEmu)
and by other developers (the Ti Winamp project, for instance). The list of
developers/users can be viewed on the TiLP web site (Developers section).<br>
<br>
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<h3>Requirements </h3>
In order to work, the library may need some external drivers:
<ul>
<li>the PortTalk driver [Win32] : is needed under NT machines for using
the home-made parallel & serial cables as well as the TI's BlackLink.
</li>
<li>the SilverLink driver [Win32]: is needed for using the TI's SilverLink
cable (USB) under Windows 98/Me & 2000/XP.<br>
</li>
<li>the tiusb module [Linux] or the libusb [Linux]: idem. The module
is included in kernels >= 2.4.21 & 2.5.43. </li>
<li>the tipar module [Linux]: is needed for the home-made parallel link
cable, as a normal user. <br>
The module is included in kernels >= 2.4.20 & 2.5.3. <br>
</li>
<li>the tiser module [Linux]: is needed for the home-made serial link
cable or the BlackLink one, as a normal user.<br>
<br>
</li>
</ul>
<h3> Bug Reports </h3>
There may still be some bugs in the library, please send an email to
<a href="mailto:roms@tilp.info">roms</a>.<br>
<br>
<h3> History </h3>
This library is a part of the TiLP project. I have been working for 3
years on TiLP as well as on some other projects (TiEmu, TiGCC).<br>
I wroten this library for several reasons:<br>
- split code,<br>
- share code between my various project,<br>
- provide source code to others.<br>
<br>
As most of Linux programs, I maintain a file which lists modifications.
This is called a ChangeLog that you can find <a
href="ChangeLog.html">here</a>.<br>
<br>
<h3> Disclaimer </h3>
Copyright (C) 1999-2002 by Romain LIEVIN, Mac OS-X port by JB (Julien
Blache, jb@tilp.info), MinGW support by KK (Kevin Kofler, Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org) <br>
<br>
The library is released under the <a href="gnulgpl.html">GNU Lesser General
Public License</a> :<br>
<blockquote>
<pre><var>ticables library - link cable library.</var><br>Copyright (C) 2002<var></var> Romain Liévin<var></var><br><br>This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or<br>modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public<br>License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either<br>version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.<br><br>This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,<br>but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of<br>MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU<br>Lesser General Public License for more details.<br><br>You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public<br>License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software<br>Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA</pre>
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<h3>Contact </h3>
As I wrote this documentation and most of the parts of the TiLP project,
surely the most of all questions will be addressed to me. So, if you have
any questions, suggestions, problems, corrections, bug reports, ..., please
mail me at: <br>
<br>
<strong> <a href="mailto:roms@tilp.info">roms@tilp.info</a> <br>
<br>
Romain Liévin <br>
Voiron, France</strong><br>
<br>
Please, inform me about any noticed problem with the library and the
documentation (including wrong links in the documentation). This will help
me to correct the problem in a next release. <br>
<br>
If you have a general programming question, it is a good idea to see
whether it is already answered on the <a
href="mailto:tilp-devel@lists.sf.net"><strong>tilp-devel</strong></a> mailing
list. If not, you can post your question there. <br>
<br>
NOTE: Before asking me a question, please check whether this question
is already answered in the <a
href="faq.html"><strong>Frequently
Asked Question</strong></a> list: I have a job now. Thus, I have less time
to give to questions.<br>
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