EPTThis thread sorta reminds me of a politcal thread. How fun!
TI-83+ vs TI-86 - Page 3
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JoeUser
United States684 Posts
This thread sorta reminds me of a politcal thread. How fun! | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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ItchReliever
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 )86 is better if you get used to it. but get 84 since it's new! (and obviously better) | ||
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UniversalMoron
Finland426 Posts
On October 27 2004 19:31 Gene wrote: if you people need calculators to find derivatives and slopes i feel bad for you anyway..those are the two easiest things to do  That was not the point -_-. The point was to help JoeUser decide wether he should make the trade or not. | ||
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Sky101
United States1758 Posts
On October 27 2004 21:37 UniversalMoron wrote: That was not the point -_-. The point was to help JoeUser decide wether he should make the trade or not. And yet you brought it up in our argument anyway. | ||
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KH1031
United States862 Posts
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UniversalMoron
Finland426 Posts
On October 27 2004 22:18 Sky101 wrote: And yet you brought it up in our argument anyway. Ahh, here we go again. My note about the derivatives and integrals was a reply to your comment: Third, the 86 supports all Calculus funtion whereas the 83+ is very limited, heck, it can't even do derivitive, find slope, etc... But who cares, this is a stupid argument. | ||
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JoeUser
United States684 Posts
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niklasTHEfro
Sweden419 Posts
i dont have a calculator, i borrowed one from a friend casio sfx or whatever it sucks but at least i can draw graphs | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
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NoobSaibot
United States588 Posts
As for starcraft, i wouldnt put too much faith in that. Remember we are talking calculators here guys, and individuals such as yourselves making programs for them. Trust me, nobody went and converted the entire game of starcraft with all its features and capabilities to the calculator. Hopefully this game is written in assembly so at least the graphics and such move quickly, but even so, we're talkin 30-90kilobytes of memory available on these things. This is likely just some crapped up but still fun to play version of starcraft that is nothing like the original, meant to be added to the mass of games available on calcs. Lastly, there are hundreds of games for the ti82 (both basic and asm based), and many are ports of the higher calc versions, which run exactly the same (i.e. mario, doom style games, etc). Yall should really check out www.ticalc.org | ||
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UniversalMoron
Finland426 Posts
On October 28 2004 10:11 NoobSaibot wrote: Whoever said you can store programs on the 83+ in flash ROM, are you absolutely sure about that? I stopped using calcs after release of the 86, so i havent messed with the 83+ model, but typically flash roms are just for storing updates to the calculator released via Texas Instruments, and nothing else. The memory they provide you is already equivalent to a harddrive, your programs stay via a lithium battery onboard. I dont see this need to make ROM (Read Only Memory) suddenly store files apart from the regular method, but since you use it, ill leave it at that. In the case of 83+, the Flash ROM works exactly as I said. It acts like an archive (actually it's called Archive in the calculator UI). When you browse the contents of the memory, stuff in the RAM are displayed normally, while stuff in the archive have an asterisk in front of them. Pressing enter over any of the entries either moves them from RAM to archive, or archive to RAM. Generally, content in the archive cannot be used until you move them to the RAM. Also, when moving stuff to the calculator via a cable, you have the choice wether you want to move it to RAM or archive. Using the name Flash ROM to describe the archive is a bit misleading, but that's the name Texas Instruments uses, so I will too. | ||
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NoobSaibot
United States588 Posts
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UniversalMoron
Finland426 Posts
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Sky101
United States1758 Posts
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Hot77.iEy
Finland1486 Posts
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GG15-Style
Panama593 Posts
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pooper-scooper
United States3108 Posts
Ti-83 will be good for everything you'll need to do in college. Even if it isn't, you will be using a computer program anyway, so why have an 86. You will be expected to learn one of the following math Programs in college, you will not be expected to know how to use an 86: Mathematica Matlab Maple Mathcad hrmmm thats all the ones I can think of on the fly. These programs (specifically Mathematica) >>>>> calculators. | ||
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SojT
United States789 Posts
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marmistrz
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85, 86, 82, 83, 83+, 73, 83+SE Which one is the best (in your opinion) and why (if such answer can't be given, which ones are the best for particular usage?) | ||
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