Virtual TI

infobox Software
name = Virtual TI


caption = Virtual TI Setup Wizard
developer = Rusty Wagner
latest_release_version = 2.5 Beta 5
latest_release_date = March 19, 2000
latest_preview_version = 3.0 Alpha
latest_preview_date = February 24, 2003
operating_system = Windows 95 and higher
genre = Emulator
license = Freeware; requires one or more ROM images to operate.
website = none

Virtual TI, or "VTI," is a feature-rich graphing calculator emulator for Microsoft Windows, written in C++ by Rusty Wagner. It features a graphical debugger, a grayscale display, data transfer between computer and emulated calculator, black-link, parallel link and more.

There are currently two versions available:
# Virtual TI v.2.5 (beta)
# Virtual TI v.3.0 (alpha)

Version 2.5 supports the TI-82, 83, 83+, 85, 86, 89, 92, and 92+. Unfortunately, it is unable to properly emulate later versions of the TI-83 Plus and TI-89 series. It is also unable to emulate the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition as well as the more recent calculators like the TI-84 Plus.

Version 3.0 supports the TI-73, 83+, and the 83+ SE so far. However, it cannot retrieve the image of a TI-84+, and any file other than Apps cannot be loaded. It also doesn't allow users to save its state.

Virtual TI requires a calculator ROM image. The program itself can extract ROM images from TI calculators via Serial or Parallel connection.

This software has not been updated for a few years.

External links

* [http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/84/8442.html Virtual TI v2.5 beta at ticalc.org]
* [http://ciw.asd.wednet.edu/~jbassett/ti/ Virtual TI Instructions]
* [http://www.zophar.net/ti.html Zophar's Domain: TI Calculator Emulators]
* [http://theplaz.com/wiki/index.php?title=How-to_Create_a_TI-83_Plus_ROM_Image How to create a TI-83+ ROM image to use with VTI]