Re: HP48 vs TI-92
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On 29 Aug 96 at 13:14, Drew Commins wrote:
>
> Here's one for all you 92 owners...I write software for a living, I'm
> not a student so I don't care if you can't use it on a test. What I do
> care about is computer science functionality (i.e. base conversions,
> bit-wise manipulations, and logic functions). The software I write is
> Civil Engineering oriented so graphing and trig/geometry functions are
> also important.
>
> I'd like to know what sort of comp. sci. functions the TI has and how
> easy they are to use compared to the HP. I currently own a 48GX but
> find it somewhat cumbersome dealing with base conversions (I use a 16C
> emulator most of the time).
>
I don't have a TI-92, but apparently it's not aimed at computer
programming. For instance it doesn't handle different number bases.
I have an HP-48GX and a TI-85 though, and if I compare them the TI-85
is much easier and faster to work with (at least for doing base
conversions.) But of course the 85 is limited compared to the HP.
E.g. you can't change the length of an integer and you have far less
options of rotating and shifting.
Mattias Lindqvist
CS student at LTH, Sweden
E-mail: d96mli@efd.lth.se
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