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Voyage 400 Leaked
Posted by Michael on 1 April 2003, 05:57 GMT
 Update: Please note that this was a joke. Please do not contact Texas Instruments or any of their resellers asking about this product - it does not exist.
TI is developing a new calculator, the Voyage 400. Leaked specifications and photos from TI have been floating around since Saturday. It appears to follow the tacky case colors of the existing calculators, but what really matters is that it has a 256-color LCD! It also features a 66 MHz ARM processor (presumably with 68k emulation?), 16 MB of flash, and an IR port with a "teacher select" to disable for testing. The scheduled release date is in August. Unfortunately I don't think there is sound, but this definitely is a nerd's dream. Update (Henrik): New information received from an anonymous source indicates that there is no sound output, but there is a link port that could possibly emulate sound output, like we have seen on other calcs. Further, there is an emulation layer so that Flash applications compiled for the Voyage 200 will be able to run unmodified. We will disclose further information as we get it. Update (Michael): ph33r my 31337 9R@pHIC5 5kilL5! Update: Again, please don't contact Texas Instruments regarding this non-existing calculator.
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Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
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GeneralCYT 
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This really does have to be a joke, I mean this supposed "Voyage 400" is better than some PDAs out there. It seems ridiculous that TI would make such a quantum leap, especially within such a short time of introducing the still new Voyage 200.
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1 April 2003, 06:30 GMT
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Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
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DHC015
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Hehehe, ticalc.org always has the BEST April fools jokes :) I love this day!
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1 April 2003, 07:11 GMT
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Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
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rmohr02
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Kinda funny how many people don't immediately realize ticalc.org's April Fool's Day jokes. BTW, gentoo is switching to using RPMs (see link).
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1 April 2003, 07:46 GMT
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Joe Pemberton
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d00000d!!!! this r0x0r3s!!!!!!!! h311 y34!!! port FINAL FANTASY 10 TO THE CALC, YO!!!!
All kidding aside, this is a very nice april fools joke. Got me for a second, until I saw the date :)
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1 April 2003, 08:03 GMT
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Pooner278
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I doubt that TI would ever give that good of a calculator, I mean they barely give you a meg of flash ram in a $200 calculator, when I could buy a 128mb flash card for about 40 bucks.
Anyways, what other sites have some good April fools jokes?
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1 April 2003, 08:15 GMT
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Boggy_B
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This looks pretty fake to me. Sure it would be nice, but I doubt it. Also, today's date doesn't really make the story all that credible.
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1 April 2003, 15:25 GMT
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Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
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Oberassi
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Ha Ha Ha1
That's a cheap april joke!
TI would never develope a calc with colors!
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1 April 2003, 15:29 GMT
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