Catching up with Ndless

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **Eiyeron** » 16 May 2020, 11:46

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- I suppose that if I use an outdated version of nspire-gcc to match my OS, I'll get under the compatibility layer on newer models (notably to fix the VRAM) which includes also a performance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 Last time I played around was ca. 2014 and even then I was out of date, 3.6 was a thing.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.

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **Ti64CLi++** » 16 May 2020, 14:52

Which nspire do you have?

My calculator programs · by **Adriweb** » 16 May 2020, 17:13

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

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **Eiyeron** » 16 May 2020, 18:12

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.

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **critor** » 16 May 2020, 18:18

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.

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **Eiyeron** » 16 May 2020, 22:35

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.