The history of native code execution on the TI-84 Plus CE and TI-83 Premium CE has been a tumultuous one. Ever since OS 5.3.1 in 2020, TI has been cracking down on native code execution on the CE series - their most popular offering. Here at Cemetech, where tens of thousands of students, teachers, and hobbyists have learned and taught STEM with graphing calculators, we see major pedagogical value in being able to create and run native (ASM/C) programs on TI calculators. However, pressure from standardized testing boards and teachers, some triggered by misleading videos, contributing to TI blocking this capability:
- In OS 5.3.1, they disabled the
Asm84CEPrgrmtoken. - In OS 5.5.1, they removed the ability to run ASM programs all together.
- A few months later, YvanTT released a jailbreak restoring the ability to run native code which exploited a bug in the CabriJr app.
- In OS 5.8.3, TI patched the bug used by arTIfiCE and a similar bug in the Python App which was exploited by arTIfi82, its french counterpart for the TI-82 Advanced Edition Python.
Today, YvanTT has released arTIfiCE v2.0, an updated version which now supports all OS versions greater than or equal to 5.3.0. Note that it will not run on versions older than 5.3.0, where it is not needed.
Unlike previous versions of arTIfiCE, this release is compatible with the entire ez80 family, including OS 5.6.5 on the TI-82 Advanced Edition Python. The new version consists of a TI-BASIC program which can be launched directly. No more faffing around with AppVars in the CabriJr & Python apps.
Download:
arTIfiCE v2.0
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