Re: TI-92
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The guy said calculators that were BETTER! ;)
"This is the most logical route, Captain"
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: From: mwilson@AFIT.AF.MIL
: To: Zenon
: Subject: Re: TI-92
: Date: November 7, 1996 10:47 AM
:
:
: JWardell wrote:
: >
: > << Do you think that the TI-92 was worth the $200 you paid for it
and
: > what
: > is better about Fargo and the TI-92 compared to Zshell and the TI-85?
I
: > currently have a TI-85 with Zshell, and I think it is great. I'm
: > wondering if a TI-92 would be worth spending the $200 since I'm going
to
: > major in Engineering next year. Thanks in advance for any replies.>>
: >
: > Definately. The 92 was well worth the $200 I paid for it by itself.
With
: > fargo, it now competes with $800 PDAs, not to mention video game
systems
: > (Maybe we can get a TV tuner running on this thing? That would be
: > great...). It's great for college, if I'm not in my room or in a
computer
: > cluster, I can type papers, well, anywhere. Especially for engineering,
: > calculators that are better start at $400.
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:
: Gee, Josh, last time I checked, Hp-48GX's weren't THAT expensive;)
: Seriously, even the weak programmability of the Ti-8X series is more
: than enough for undergrad engineering courses, where a programable calc
: is mostly useful for killing large stacks of redundant number crunching
: problems. I was more than able to get my B.S. with an Hp-41CV
: (basically a Ti-85 without graphing and symbolic calculus).
:
: To the original poster, save your bucks for the girls you will soon be
: attracting when then learnyou are going to be an engineer...
:
: --
: Mark Wilson
:
: "I'm an Engineer, but they won't let me
: toot the train whistle..."
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