Re: Table
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>In the TI-82, there's a TABLE function. Is there a similar function in
>the TI-85? I'm sick of using TRACE and EVAL everytime I need a table of
>values.
>
>Gary
>
>viper@catch22.com
The Table feature in the TI-82 (and the slightly improved version in the TI-83)
are special features (advantages) of these calculators compared to the TI-85.
If the idea had been available at the time the TI-85 was designed, this feature
might well have been included, but it wasn't. Various attempts to "Retrofit"
this capability into the TI-85 by means of user-written programs have been
made, but none of them really stand up to the hard use of the Table that I (and
other instructors, I am sure) make when teaching my math classes. This is
one reason why the TI-82 (nowadays the TI-83) is the preferred calculator for
_teaching_ mathematics with. It's also useful for _doing_ math, of course!
Those on this list who always answer an honest question about "which
calculator is better?" with "a TI-85, of course!" are not facing the fact that
the TI-85 and the TI-83 are _different_ calculators, for different purposes.
The capabilities of neither one are a subset of the capabilities of the other
(a good thing, in my opinion). One tool won't do it all either for calculators
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for my home workbench.
RWW Taylor
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester NY 14623
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