Wow! This is so cool. I've been looking for info for using a mouse with my 86 for a long time, but a keyboare would be even cooler. I plan to build this tonight, I'll post my results later if anyone's interested.

Wow this looks cool, I really want to try it when the 89 version is available, so I'm interested in how it goes if you build it.

I have it built and running now. It works, but it isn't very reliable (i.e. doesn't get all characters, misinterprets keypresses, or displays characters for no reason). But, on the whole it's pretty cool, and faster than the built in keyboard. With future updates, I think it could be very usefull. Keep up the good work, Cullen!

I just got a Great Idea
What if Ticalc.org used Cnet Cathup so you could update all of your old calculator programs with the click of a button. I know Symantec and various other companies use this software for the same purpose.


-JD

I have a question for you, what is the point of oyur idea. It makes no sense, what do you mean by updating the programs witht he click of a button?

I have a question for you, what is the point of oyur post. It makes no sense, what do you mean by not spell checking it witht he click of a button?

Go to http://catchup.cnet.com
Try it out on your computer
Come back
Read my comment again
Then tell me what you think

-JD

Three words: Woot.

I'm illiterate, and I can't count.

LOL!

Reliability....yeah I have had some problems. :( the 86 is just too slow. The 83+SE text editor beta is out now just go to my page and follow the link on the keyboard page.

Hmmm. I wonder how hard it would be to use the device to read mouse signals. Probably lots more complicated, and you'd have to have some kind of resident interrupt to make use of it in other programs. The actual would be to get negative movement to trigger left arrow, etc, and left click to hit 2nd and right click to hit diamond or alpha or something. It would make c2c easier to play :) \/\/007

Wow! This is so cool. I've been looking for info for using a mouse with my 86 for a long time, but a keyboare would be even cooler. I plan to build this tonight, I'll post my results later if anyone's interested.

Wow! this is neat! third post!?

This is too cool. Anyone know where to get a female 6-pin Mini-DIN (PS/2) so that I don't have to cut up a keyboard cable?

~Andrew

RadioShack

im confused. how do you use a keyboard with a calc?

never mind. i was being stupid

How Do You, Cause i'm confused.

Plug it into the link port (I'm assuming), and type, kinda like with VTI.

There's also a TI-83 Plus Silver Edition driver I've been working on with Cullen. It's faster than the TI-86 driver and has more features such as lower/upper case support with the shift key as well as a rudimentary text editor.

This keyboard/calculator thing is kind of weird...does having one serve a purpose? Programming BASIC Faster? or is making one just "because"?

Never mind...

Well now you can type notes or whatever on your calcs *much* faster than on the built-in keypad. Yes, I am a nerd; but I can type only around 33 wpm on the 83+ keypad and I can type 119 wpm on a PC keyboard. Unfortunately the calc can't handle 119 wpm but it does let you type at a decent speed.

I can type almost as fast as I talk. That's about 200 WPM. On a TI-89, I can do about 80WPM.

Um....whatever. 200 wpm = 3.33 words per second. right.

80 wpm = 1.33 words per second. On a TI-89?!. OK...

I vaguely remember reading somewhere the world record speed is 160 or 180 wpm or something...

That sounds about right. I can do about 60-70 accurately (sp?). I think nightrose was being sarcastic.

I am wondering why I am posting on an old news item...

I c4n h4xx0r j00r b0xx0rs f+s+3r +h4n +h4+, w00t.

what the crap is woot?? have i been hiding in a deep dark hole in the ground with my eyes closed, or is this something you made up just for the sake of having your own crazy word?

no, it's a semi-real word, used buy 'l33t h4xx0rs' everywhere. I have no idea what it means, but I know it's some sort of general exclamation denoting happiness or a sense of victory.

A quick Google search turned up an article on the subject. The link is listed as my web page.

ok I exaggerated... more like 120 WPM typing and about 40 WPM on a calc...

w00t.

w00t

btw, i thouht is was only h4x0rz