TI Bans all Assembly Programming, Casio Limits Add-ins. Please don't follow suit HP.

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(05-24-2020 03:44 PM)TheLastMillennial Wrote:  SammysHP: Yes! We've been brainstorming potential 'unlocked' calculators in a thread here. Personally, a separate calculator with different hardware doesn't sound too profitable for TI. However, an 'unlocked' OS that disables test mode sounds more reasonable. Neither are ideal though, it's so annoying this whole situation is completely unnecessary.

A different hardware is not necessary. Just one model that uses signed "locked" firmware and one model without that restriction. AFAIK the bootloader can be configured entirely by a firmware update (at least relevant parts to require signed firmwares). So it would require only the maintenance of two firmware versions and a production run with a differently colored case. Both should not be that expensive and a small increase of the retail price is probably OK if you want an unlocked model.