it softens hands while you do the dishes...
and it did my homeework for me!!! ^.^

That's only the begining ....................................

Some of you have wondered why I'm holding an 89 and not an 86.

I sold my 86 years ago (2, in fact) to fund the purchasing of my 89. I have no regrets for this measure, since the 89 is much much much more A-1 Super!(TM) for mathematics. I don't play games on my calc, and I haven't for months. Possibly even years.

I only know how to code in 85/86 BASIC, and I didn't really want to bother how to learn about the 89 to write this news item. I figured I would write it for the 85, but WAAAAAY too many people would complain in that case.

--BlueCalx

I would have had no problem with you writing it for the 85. I still use mine regularly even though I also have an 83, 86, and 89. 89 BASIC isn't _that_ hard to learn. Its much easier to migrate from 85/86 BASIC than from a computer version like QBASIC or VisualBASIC.

Just master working with dialog boxes, and you're BASICally set.

Yeah, it's quite easy....it took me an hour at the most to convert from an 83+ to the 89's version of BASIC.

Dialog...EndDlog, DropDown, and Toolbar are the only quirky/difficult commands that i've found for someone used to 8x BASIC, and those weren't hard to master, at least the first two. I haven't worked with the third yet.

But with Random Numbar Generator, you no longer need to master them.

I picked up QBASIC in 10 minutes... I knew TRS-80 BASIC. Remeber the TRS-80; TV for a monitor, audio casette for a harddrive. WOW!!

Actually, I do remember the TRS-80.

that's the answer? Man, that means you don't have any photograph of you holding a TI86 !

Not upside-down with a stupid grin on my face, no.

And not with a Plastikman hat on, either. :D

--BlueCalx

This Just In: TI Has Begun Production On New Rom Images With The Random Numbar Generator Built In.

Wow, TI does something right for once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111

Shouldn't that have been added as an update on the news item?

Yeah, But I Don't Work Here...Besides, Why Update A Fake News Item? They Should Let Us Do It.

If you had actually finished the game, you would know Nick's password to ticalc.org, so you'd have no trouble updating it yourself.

I wonder where Nick logs in....

Are we bored or what?

well, of course. we are all waiting for school to start so that we can play games on our calculators for a reason (for now, we have to go without the reason).

Some of us are taking summer school. Some of this group are taking a math class, making it ideal for gaming, provided external emotions are kept to a minimum, screen is concealed, history stack edited (89/92(+) only), and correct answers given when requested. Eye contact also helps. Without these programming masterpieces, I never would have kept my sanity in APEH.

Playing games in class ?!?!?!?!?!?

What an insane idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a surprise to hear coming from the creator of several of my favorite games! I have/had several of your shoot-em-ups on my various calculators, and have used said programs extensively to maintain some shred of sanity.

I don't know what you're talking about. I only write programs for VTI, never the calculators. It's only a coincidence (a very unlikely one at that) if any of them also run on a calculator.

Then that might explain why they tend to not work well after an ams upgrade.

I don't see any connection between school and reason

neither do i