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Hello. I had some ideas in my mind and as a result, I successfully charged up my old Nspire and still can transfer up some files even thought the USB port is almost dead.

So I had a few questions regarding Ndless and developing for it:
- I still rock a 3.1 OS. Should I update to keep up to date with Ndless' additions (if it got any of those since 2012)?
- I suppose that if I use an outdated version of nspire-gcc to match my OS, I'll get under the compatibility layer on newer models (notably to fix the VRAM) which includes also a performance penatly. If I don't update, is there a way to support the newer models?
- Has there been any changes I should know that happened between the OS 3.1 and the current ones. Last time I played around was ca. 2014 and even then I was out of date, 3.6 was a thing.
- Is there still a way to have everything set up more or less effortlessly and program around like it was 2012 and I had time to waste on not finishing projects?

Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

Which nspire do you have?

In any case, the latest Ndless supports up to OS 4.5.0 so far.

Ti64CLi++ wrote:Which nspire do you have?

I own a 2011 Nspire CX CAS, so it predates that VRAM-related hardware revision.

Adriweb wrote:In any case, the latest Ndless supports up to OS 4.5.0 so far.

Glad to hear, I was misled by the way the page was worded, I thought you needed to be on 4.5.0 to run Ndless 4.5.0. Thanks for the precision.

You can just update to 4.5.0 and then install the latest Ndless.

Don't update to 4.5.1 or 4.5.2.

Ok, thanks. I suppose upgrading that's probably the best way around to keep a similar situation than the other users. I'm still hesitating because I don't really know if I'll lose something in the process. For instance I remember being told at one point that the transfer speed would become rather slow on newer versions for some reasons I don't remember.

Anyway, thanks for the answers, I'll see what I'll do from that in the near future.