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SymCE

An AI generated CAS application for the TI 84 Plus CE calculator.
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An AI generated CAS application for the TI 84 Plus CE calculator.
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SymCE

DISCLAIMER: This application was written using Claude code. I have little to no actual coding experience, and this was created as a side project for fun. I cannot guarantee this code works or does as described below. Use at your own risk.

A computer algebra system for the TI-84 Plus CE (OS 5.8.4), living inside the home screen. Type 2X+2X and press ENTER: the stock OS says 0 (it plugs in X), SymCE says 4X.

(X+1)^2                 -> X²+2X+1
(X²+5X+6)/(X²-4)        -> (X+3)/(X-2)
FACTOR(X^4-1)           -> (X-1)(X+1)(X²+1)
SOLVE(√(X+1)=X,X)       -> X=(1+√(5))/2
INTEGRAL(√(X+1),X)      -> 2X√(X+1)/3+2√(X+1)/3
MIDPOINT((1,2),(4,7))   -> (5/2,9/2)
  • Exact answers: fractions of polynomials in lowest terms, square roots, abs(, several variables; MathPrint answers drawn 2D.
  • ALPHA + DOWN opens a TI-Nspire-style menu with three tabs: Algebra (solve, factor, expand, polynomial tools, complex), Calculus (derivatives, integrals, limits, sums, series) and Geometry (distance, midpoint, lines, triangle centres, transformations). The same tabs sit in 2nd MATH.
  • Anything SymCE can't answer exactly is left to the OS, unchanged.

Full command list, install steps and known limits: docs/USAGE.md.

Install

  1. Download SYMCE.8xp and the SYMCE#.8xv files from the latest release, or build them (below).
  2. Send SYMCE.8xp and every SYMCE#.8xv to the calculator's Archive (together they no longer fit in RAM).
  3. Run prgmSYMCE through an ASM launcher (OS 5.8.4 blocks Asm(; AsmHook works). It installs the SymCE flash app, about 230 KB, and needs about twice that in free archive while installing. Later upgrades: APPS → SymCE → 5.
  4. APPS → SymCE opens the settings: 1 CAS on/off, 2 insert or TI cursor, 3 Evo or TI font, 4 the GRAPH key (SymCE's full-screen grapher or TI's own), 5 run prgmSYMCE (upgrade with no AsmHook2).
  5. The GRAPH key now opens SymCE's own full-screen grapher; CLEAR or 2nd QUIT leaves it for the home screen. It has TRACE, ZOOM, 2nd CALC and 2nd DRAW, in Function, Parametric, Polar and Seq mode, and draws the stat plots; what it leaves to TI is in docs/USAGE.md. APPS → SymCE → 4 switches the key back to TI's graph.

Build

Needs the CE C/C++ toolchain (CEdev, expected at ~/CEdev) and fasmg:

tools/get-fasmg.sh          # fetches fasmg into tools/bin
make -C symce               # symce/bin/SYMCE.8xp + SYMCE1.8xv, SYMCE2.8xv, ...

Tests

make -C symce check         # host: engine vs sympy, hook bytes in an eZ80 simulator (python3, sympy)
make -C symce emu           # real ROM in CEmu: crashes, end-to-end keys, install, engine on-device

make check fuzzes the engine against sympy (and against its predecessor, byte for byte) and runs the assembled hook under tools/ez80sim.py. make emu needs CEmu and a ROM dumped from your own calculator: see tools/rom-setup.md and tools/emu/README.md. No ROM or TI OS file is in this repository.

Layout

Path What
symce/src/engine.c The CAS: parser, polynomial/rational arithmetic, roots, calculus, geometry, printer. Plain C, compiled with ez80-clang.
symce/src/hook.c, mhook.c Home-screen hook bodies, inline eZ80 assembly.
symce/src/graph.c, graph_draw.c, graph_stat.c The full-screen grapher: Function/Par/Pol/Seq, TRACE, ZOOM, CALC, DRAW, stat plots.
symce/src/menu.c The ALPHA+DOWN popup and the 2nd MATH tabs.
symce/app/ fasmg sources for the flash app and its installer.
tools/ Host tests, the eZ80 simulator, relocs.py (turns the engine into relocatable app code).
tools/emu/ CEmu-driven tests on a real ROM.
docs/TI84CE-KNOWLEDGE.md Reverse-engineering notebook: OS 5.8.4 addresses, hooks, flags, traps.
docs/history/ Original design spec, plans and research notes (their symcore/ is the PineappleCAS prototype, since removed).

Credits

  • The first prototype was built on PineappleCAS (MIT); the current engine is a from-scratch replacement.
  • Factoring and rewrite ideas from KhiCAS; no code copied.
  • The optional Evo-style font (symce/font/) is derived from Roboto (SIL Open Font License 1.1, symce/font/OFL.txt).
  • symce/app/include/ holds files from the CE toolchain under their own licenses (see each header).

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Texas Instruments.

License

MIT, except the third-party files noted above.

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Scan report · 2026-10-12
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  • ✓ slopscore.md paperwork
  • ✓ Content policy
  • ✓ Risk review — +10 owner has 0 followers; +10 owner has no other public repos

From the balcony · 3 of 4 clapped

  1. Crusoeclapped
    No vulnerable dependencies, local-only calculator app with no telemetry or credential requests, and transparent about AI generation and limitations.
  2. Schnitzelclapped
    A delightfully weird AI-generated computer algebra system for a graphing calculator that actually does cool math tricks—exactly the kind of playful, niche project that makes SlopScore fun.
  3. Cap'm Slopclapped
    Clear README explains what it does (CAS for TI-84), how to run it (download files, send to calculator, use ASM launcher), honestly discloses AI generation (Claude code) with light human touch, and pro

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