I know this is off topic, but I couldn't think of a better place to ask this question (unless there is a general discussion forum that I'm not aware of at this site. If there is, flame on.)

I spilled coke on my 89 recently so I've got it laying here opened up on my desk trying to clean under the keys. Right next to it is my 83+, and I'm wondering... has anybody ever tried to switch the calculator innards? That is, have any of you ever switched the cases so that you have an 89 that looks like an 83+? Did it work? Back when I was in Geometry and Algebra II my teachers would never allow us to use an 89 because of its CAS capabilites, but they never get close enough to actually see what's on the screen--especially if you're sitting in the back of the room. If one knew their way around the 89 keyboard really well, this could be an excellent way to cheat in lower math classes. :P I don't need to cheat, but I think it's a cool idea anyway.

Aye, I thought about doing that for my 89 for the ACT. However, you would have to have fairly good memorization of the keys.

What I would do, is scan in the 83+ screen surround, print is out, and tape it to the 89. That way, in the way that really matters, it looks like an 83+.

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But if you had a proctor who had ever used a graphing calculator the keys would be a dead giveaway because of the purple alpha, diamond, and shift keys. Right?

Well, seeing that you want to open your calc any way, you could just switch those two or whatever buttons out. Which ones that would be a give away. I say, kep the thing in your lap, and don't use it unless you really need to.

-W-

This is on topic (for me anyway) because it concerns the TI-83+ (and now the 84+!). I am Thomas Williamson the author of that pretty "basic" language called TIPower GOLD for the TI-83, 83+ and 86. Recently I've decided to try out making another language, this time exclusively for the 83+ line, called TI-COFFEE, basically a java-type language that compiles into 83+ applications. It will include ANSI C style libraries but still be based on the class-oriented java syntax. Just letting all of you know! Any ideas or suggestions? Email me at morgythemole@hotmail.com

Off topic, I know but... Can anyone tell me what H4X0R or 31337 mean?

"Hack" and "elite", I think, in 1337.

Hacker and elite, really.

Nice program! It doesn't work with Plasma 1.4, though, probably because the program writes back on itself for the buffer system (Plasma streams info from flash) :(

It's hard to see and not very interesting and takes up a lot of space so it's not worth downloading.