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Choice Votes   Percent
z80 38 19.6%   
68K 56 28.9%   
I would like to see a different CPU 70 36.1%   
It doesn't really matter to me 21 10.8%   
Calculators have CPUs? 9 4.6%   

Survey posted 2005-04-19 18:01 by Jon.

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Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Jonathan Katz  Account Info
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Survey idea by me.

Reply to this comment    19 April 2005, 18:02 GMT

Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
tricksterbomber  Account Info

I wonder what processor ti would use if it wasn't z80 or 68k

Reply to this comment    19 April 2005, 18:46 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Shawn Zhang Account Info

Hmm... Apple G5!

Reply to this comment    19 April 2005, 18:49 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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Too hot (unless you want to have to use heavy-duty fiberglass oven mitts to hadle your calc).

G3 (or older PPC) would be better. Apple's already written a very nice 68k > PPC emulator, and they aren't too hot. Also, they come in speeds up to 700 MHz (G3).

Or maybe use Motorola's 88000 architecture.

Or go the way of HP and grab an ARM.

Reply to this comment    20 April 2005, 01:32 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Jiaqi Wu  Account Info

There is no way that a full desktop cpu can be used in a calculator like a G3. It would drain your puny 4 AAA batteries in like 10 seconds plus hundreds of other reasons that I'm not going bother to think up right.

Reply to this comment    20 April 2005, 03:06 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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Hence my suggestions of viable alternatives.

Anf the first calculators had battery lives of six hours. We are, in effect, spoiled by our months.

Reply to this comment    20 April 2005, 13:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Shawn Zhang Account Info
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heck, we might be able to get years if we used LI-ion :)

BTW, check the link and tell me if it works :)

Reply to this comment    21 April 2005, 18:59 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Shawn Zhang Account Info

crud, it doesn't work. Oh well...

For newbies, type the following into your address bar:
about:mozilla

If it doesn't work, then you have a mac :)

Reply to this comment    21 April 2005, 19:01 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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about:mozilla works perfectly in Firefox and Camino on my Mac. It doesn't work on IE on the school's computers (no surprise, there).

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 17:45 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Shawn Zhang Account Info

Come on? How many (normal) Mac-heads do you know that have anything besides safari? Although normal mac-user is an oxymoron...

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 22:27 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Warrior Rocker  Account Info

maybe there is a reason that a a mozilla command 'About:mozilla' wont work in ie. :whistles to self: thats like saying ur cd wont work in your tape player...

Reply to this comment    26 April 2005, 10:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Num Account Info
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Or get a 64-bit AMD Athlon!

Reply to this comment    15 April 2006, 20:12 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
elfprince13 Account Info
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that would be awesome...except they'd have to use LiIon batts, and add a port for an AC adapter, which they should do anyway. hey, you never know--XBox next's going to use a tri-G5 processor. Macs only use a dual-G5. Mac 4evr

Reply to this comment    20 April 2005, 15:25 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Shawn Zhang Account Info

Non-windows PCs forever!

Reply to this comment    20 April 2005, 20:19 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
elfprince13 Account Info
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didn't we do this last time 2? Unix OSs 4evr

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 16:10 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Uh, "Non-windows PCs" and "Unix OSs" don't necessarily contradict each other...

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 19:24 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Shawn Zhang Account Info

LOL, three G5s?
A) That's unneccesary
B) The current Celeron processor in XBOXs seems to work fine
C) Since Microsoft makes XBOXs, the tri-G5s are probably gonna be as fast as a z80 ;)

Reply to this comment    21 April 2005, 19:03 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
anykey  Account Info
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My calc is running 3 z80's, and could beat an xbox any day!

Reply to this comment    21 April 2005, 22:03 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
elfprince13 Account Info
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how'd you do that?

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 16:09 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Warrior Rocker  Account Info

he is just bs'n you, there is no way to interface 3 z80's, im sure the z80 dosent even have the ability to dual proccess anyway

Reply to this comment    26 April 2005, 10:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Of course there are ways to interface 3 Z80s and make them work together, with the right software! The reason it hasn't been done is because it's not worth it - it's 10x as easy just to replace it with a Z380, or overclock it, or something like that. :-p

Reply to this comment    26 April 2005, 22:14 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Michael Marley Account Info

Three G5's????
Even Apple is moving away from PowerPC chips because IBM and Motorola can't manufacture them fast enough!

Reply to this comment    26 February 2006, 11:51 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
outdoneti  Account Info
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uhh... Microsoft doesn't use the PowerPC processors; they write for x86 (for games anyway... there is vpc and office for mac)

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 00:28 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
elfprince13 Account Info
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they are for XBox next

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 16:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Warrior Rocker  Account Info

thats stupid, ms has only ever written software for x86, thats like expecting mac to start releasing mac os for x86, i dont think the xbox will actually use a g5 proccessor, show me some proof, otherwise its just spectulation

Reply to this comment    26 April 2005, 10:39 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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What's more likely is that MS will use IBM's 970 core in the XBoxes, not the G5 proper.

Reply to this comment    27 April 2005, 21:04 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Possibly an ARM or one of those other non-standard ones made by Hitachi, Atmel, ST, etc.

Reply to this comment    20 April 2005, 21:26 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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Actually, the 68k chips are manufactured by Hitachi, not Motorola.

Reply to this comment    20 April 2005, 22:15 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Do you mean all 68Ks (as in Motorola sold the processor line to Hitachi) or 68K equivalents used in the 89/92/v200?

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 19:26 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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all 68ks (yes, they sold the line) and the 68ks used in TI calcs are real 68k processors, not equivalents

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 19:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
blauggh Account Info

Motorola has sold off virtually all of its semiconductor business. Freescale Semi owns the intelectual property on all of Motorola's microprocessors and DSPs now. Including the 68k line. Perhaps Hitachi is a licensed 3rd-party manufacturer of 68k CPUs. I don't really know.

But this is hardly anything new. The PPC core (from which the G3, G4, G5 are derivatives) was a co-production of IBM and Motorola. (btw: Apple has never designed its own CPUs.)

Calling ARM CPUs 'nonstandard' is anything but accurate. It is the de facto standard for Palm and PocketPC PDAs. And, several companies produce their own flavours of ARM CPUs. (Including: Samsung, Intel, Atmel, and... wait for it... Texas Instruments!)

I say TI should start making new caluclators using their own in-house ARM CPUs. TI already has the best OS and CAS of any graphing calculator out there. It's about time they got their act together, and produced something whose hardware can compete with HP again.

Reply to this comment    23 April 2005, 18:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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Actually, Apple, Motorola, and IBM got together to design the PPC processor, so, technically, Apple has designed a processor.

Reply to this comment    25 April 2005, 17:42 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Spencer Dubya  Account Info
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Perhaps use an Intel XScale (i.e. PXA255) processor with a lithium ion battery and a Linux-based OS. Almost like a PDA :).

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 00:33 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Agghhh...when are people going to stop suggesting powerful processors that eat up batteries??? (I know the XScale line is used in PDAs, but it still uses a lot more power than the Z80 or 68Ks in calcs). Just buy a PDA. ;-)

Reply to this comment    22 April 2005, 19:28 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Warrior Rocker  Account Info

yea, even the old velo's which couldnt proccess their way outa a wet binary paper bag, they still could go through a set of batteries in a matter of days's, a day even if u use the backlight alot..., lets just go w/ the z80 or 68k, they work, tons of software etc...

Reply to this comment    26 April 2005, 10:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Michael Marley Account Info

A Pentium D 3.00 GHz!

Reply to this comment    26 February 2006, 11:47 GMT


Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
theruudstar Account Info

Let's use Relais Logic!!! It isn't just slow, power consuming and huge, it also clicks!!!

Reply to this comment    25 April 2005, 18:43 GMT


Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Joey Adams  Account Info

I think they might use a 60Hz PowerPC processor, and they might make the calculator in color. I would like to see an increase in memory as well, too. I like memory.

Reply to this comment    26 April 2005, 01:34 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Uh...did you really mean "60 Hz"?

Reply to this comment    26 April 2005, 22:16 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Which type of CPU would you like to see on a new TI calculator: z80 or 68K?
Joey Adams  Account Info

Well, the HP49g+ calculator has a 75Mhz ARM processor. However, an ARM processor has a reduced instruction set, and the TI-89's 68k processor is very much a complex instruction set, thus making the 10MHz number a bit more and the 75Mhz number a bit less. It's a significant boost, but not a 7.5x boost. Oh, and by the way, PowerPC is also a reduced instruction set processor quite similar to ARM, but with fewer registers among other things (I'm not sure on this; correct me if I'm wrong).

Reply to this comment    1 November 2005, 02:23 GMT

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