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Choice Votes   Percent
Yes 60 31.9%   
No 76 40.4%   
Maybe, I would have to see what sort of features the calculator would have 49 26.1%   
Speakers? What are those? 3 1.6%   

Survey posted 2005-03-08 16:41 by Jon.

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Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
ti_is_good_++  Account Info

I don't see why when you can use a cheap add-on.

Speaking of which, is there a way to control volume on current 68K calculator sound? I can't find it. I could easily build a sound card from a company schematic but I'd have to write drivers, so I'd like to know how to do it with software.

Reply to this comment    8 March 2005, 23:06 GMT


Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
tdavis07 Account Info

If you have an adapter to use regular headphones over the link port, certian headphones have volume adjust right on them. That would work on calcs with link port.

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 02:47 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
ti_is_good_++  Account Info

How can you do that from a program, though?

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 06:33 GMT

Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
cainfft008 Account Info
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This should be a no brainer....Calc's nowa days are not just calcs anymore. If we add built in speakers...it'll be a mini-pc. Now i dont think that is what Texas Instruments was looking for. Besides, if they did consider it a mini-pc(IE the TI-89/89T/92+/V200, since they are so powerful) we could not use it in school or on major tests....SAT and ACT...(NOTE: the previously mentioned calcs are banned from the ACT.) WHAT FUN IS THAT! lol

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 00:00 GMT

Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
Coolv  Account Info
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Mini PC>>Pocket PC

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 00:54 GMT


Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
jesse frey  Account Info

even the 89 it isn't on the SAT or AP exams but V200 and 92+ are

Reply to this comment    10 March 2005, 04:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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89 isn't banned from the SAT's...besides, you should need more than a scientific calculator on a test anyway. If you need a graphing calculator (and potentially the programming part of it) then you probably don't deserve a good score...I got an 800 on the SAT's math section: I had my 89 with me, and didn't use it for anything but sin, cos, tan, +, -, *, and /...

Reply to this comment    13 March 2005, 07:46 GMT

Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
Coolv  Account Info
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How about light, portable speakers attached to the link port as you can attach headphones? That sounds cool to me...

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 00:41 GMT


Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
calkfreak83  Account Info
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Why not just use the Gameboy speakers.. I think a dude in my class had some. All you need is the adapter to plug em in and your good to go.

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 02:17 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
Sam Kumar  Account Info
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true, true...

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 03:31 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
Coolv  Account Info
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Really? :o

Reply to this comment    10 March 2005, 02:57 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
jesse frey  Account Info

I saw USB speekers somewhere online. I wonder if you could use them on the 89T

Reply to this comment    10 March 2005, 04:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
ti_is_good_++  Account Info

You could use them if you rewrote the sound program to use the USB port and if the speakers were OTG, not standard USB.

Reply to this comment    11 March 2005, 02:11 GMT

Re: Do you think a calculator should have built-in speakers?
Tzazak  Account Info

Sound isn't the point of a calculator. I can tell because it doesn't have a sound card. WOW!!!!! Anyway, if you want something with sound, i suggest a different game device...yeah, it's harder to disguise in school as you play games on it, but then again so is sound...

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 03:07 GMT

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anykey  Account Info
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I currently have a 1000watt Rockford Fosgate power series amp and 2 Punch1 subwoofers attached to my 83!
Did I mention my carkit? I just plug it in and jam to my tunes in 'da car!
Bling-Bling!

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 03:13 GMT

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anykey  Account Info
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I have an AWESOME idea! Would it be possible to have an external IR transmitter?
-Teacher turns on boring video
-TV turns off

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 03:23 GMT

Re: [ ! ]
JcN  Account Info
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I do that with my PDA sometimes. I also turn the TV on when I'm bored.

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 04:38 GMT


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CajunLuke  Account Info
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One calssroom at my school has a TV that turns on at precisely 1:55 PM every day. There are no timer settings, and the school left it unplugged alll last summer. In the spring semester last year, when that was my Computer Science class, it did it, then the subsequent fall it did it in physics. Same classroom, same TV.

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 23:19 GMT

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JcN  Account Info
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Not only that, but some friends and I managed to convince one of my teachers that someone in the class has psychokinetic powers by doing that! 120d

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 04:39 GMT


Re: [ ! ]
Andree Chea  Account Info
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It's possible: you just have to build the IR link hardware first (see link)

I also remember Michael w/ an SE-only IR hardware/routine, but I can't find the link.

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 04:56 GMT

Re: Re: [ ! ]
Andree Chea  Account Info
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Found it.

He only gave receive routines though...

Reply to this comment    9 March 2005, 05:09 GMT


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tdavis07 Account Info

Can anyone out there write or port the asembly code for use on the 83+/84+. It would be helpful

Reply to this comment    13 March 2005, 02:24 GMT

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