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				* TiLP-2 *
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DESCRIPTION
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TiLP is a program allowing a PC to communicate with 
a TI calculator.

It works on Linux, Windows, Mac OS-X and FreeBSD platforms. It has been
ported to BeOS (but this port is not maintained any longer).
See README.linux, README.win32 or README.freebsd according to your
platform for more informations.

All physical link cables are supported by TiLP: parallel, serial, 
BlackLink, GrayLink, AVRlink, SilverLink and DirectLink.
TiLP also support some virtual links: one for VirtualTI, the other one for
GtkTiEmu.

Note1: the SilverLink cable may not work fine TI82/85.
Note2: remote control is not supported by DirectLink yet.
Note3: certificate support has been removed because deprecated.
Note4: TI89 Titanium thru Direct USB cable does not work on LINUX.

Supported calculators are: 
	TI73, TI82, TI83, TI83+(SE), TI84+(SE), TI85, TI86, 
	TI89, TI89 Titanium, TI92, TI92+ and V200.


FEATURES
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Note: some features may depend on the OS version. Be sure to have the latest one !

TI89/TI89 Titanium/TI92+/V200:
  - remote control of the calculator
  - screen dump
  - directory list
  - sending/receiving variable
  - sending/receiving backup
  - ROM dump
  - sending/receiving of FLASH applications
  - upgrading of Operating System (AMS)
  - getting/setting time (need AMS >= 2.08)
  - certificates

TI92:
  - remote control of the calculator
  - screen dump
  - directory list
  - sending/receiving variable
  - sending/receiving backup
  - ROM version
  - ROM dump (FARGO II required)

TI86:
  - screen dump
  - sending/receiving backup (old & new ti86 calcs)
  - sending/receiving variable
  - TIGL file support
  - ROM dump

TI85:
  - screen dump
  - sending/receiving backup
  - sending/receiving variable
  - TIGL file support
  - ROM dump

TI83+/TI84+ (SE or not SE):
  - screen dump
  - directory list
  - sending/receiving backup (archived vars are not backed up !)
  - sending/receiving variable
  - sending/receiving of FLASH applications
  - upgrading of Operating System (GRAPH EXPLORER SOFTWARE)
  - ROM dump
  - certificates

Note: the TI83+ is the only calc to have a GROUP variable. TiLP supports it in
a specific way: this kind of var is saved as a single file as any other
variable. Thus, if you send it, it will stay grouped on calc.
The TI's software has a different way: it explode the GROUP variable
into a .8Xg group file and you lost the grouping on calculator.

TI83:
  - screen dump
  - directory list
  - sending/receiving variable
  - sending/receiving backup
  - TIGL file support
  - ROM dump

TI82:
  - screen dump
  - sending/receiving variable
  - sending/receiving backup
  - TIGL files support
  - ROM dump

TI73:
  - screen dump
  - directory list
  - sending/receiving variable
  - sending/receiving of FLASH applications
  - upgrading of Operating System (GRAPH EXPLORER SOFTWARE)
  - ROM dump


AVAILABILITY
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  http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tilp 
	(redirected on http://tilp.info)


COPYRIGHT
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TiLP is Copyright (C) 1999-2006 by the TiLP team <tilp-users@lists.sf.net>.

Copying is allowed under the terms of GNU General Public License.  
See the file COPYING for more details.


THANKS
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See the THANKS file, please.


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Please report any bugs, questions, ...  
(please give us your platform, your 
calculator type (with ROM version) and your link cable model).

The TiLP team <tilp-users@lists.sf.net>.
