TI-89 driver series isn't clickable and should be
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 3:23 am
Hi, still the weirdo who uses MAME for calculators.
Most TI graphing calculators work fine and are made significantly more usable with clickable artwork by Mr. Do, but any of the 68k series (89, 92, Voyage 200) seem to have that disabled in their driver.
It's definitely not the artwork itself, since the default.lay file includes all buttons, and swapping the 89's artwork with the 83's artwork still isn't clickable.
The driver is the only culprit left I can think of, unless there's a way to absolutely force a GUI mouse cursor on a MAME machine. I've tried windowed mode and looking through all available video options to no avail.
As a second question that isn't worth another post (maybe that's not the custom here, don't hit me): does anyone reading this know if it's possible to send files to a TI calculator in MAME? Not exactly convenient compared to other emulators, just curious since there's so much work put into peripherals it seems like someone had to have tested it.
Most TI graphing calculators work fine and are made significantly more usable with clickable artwork by Mr. Do, but any of the 68k series (89, 92, Voyage 200) seem to have that disabled in their driver.
It's definitely not the artwork itself, since the default.lay file includes all buttons, and swapping the 89's artwork with the 83's artwork still isn't clickable.
The driver is the only culprit left I can think of, unless there's a way to absolutely force a GUI mouse cursor on a MAME machine. I've tried windowed mode and looking through all available video options to no avail.
As a second question that isn't worth another post (maybe that's not the custom here, don't hit me): does anyone reading this know if it's possible to send files to a TI calculator in MAME? Not exactly convenient compared to other emulators, just curious since there's so much work put into peripherals it seems like someone had to have tested it.
