Re: TI Output Rate
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Re: TI Output Rate
The Brain wrote:
>
> First of all, I respect the opinions of others who have commented on the
> output rate of TI and HP graphing calculators.
>
> Second, I would have to disagree in most part about the argument
> regarding the quality of TI calculators. Producing a new product each
> year does not mean that previous calculators are "bad," but it shows how
> well TI responds to teachers and students about making a product
> suitable for their personal needs.
>
> A TI-81 was a very simple, but powerful (at the time it was produced),
> however some of the more advanced students probably needed a more
> powerful calculator. Therefore, TI probably came out with the TI-85 to
> respond to this need. The 81 may seem too simple and the 85 may be too
> complicated for middle school or high school students. Thus came the
> 82. Then comes the 92 and 80, for more advanced uses and less advanced
> uses, respectively. Finally we have the 83, 86, 73... the
> "replacements" for the 82, 85, 80 respectively, and soon the 89, an
> alternative to the TI-92+.
>
> I hope you get my point. TI develops calculators to meet the needs of
> certain students. Personally, I think TI has done a wonderful job with
> these educational products. They basically covered a large age group of
> users... from Middle School to College... and beyond. Hey, I am not
> complaining, we have a wide variety of choices... not a bad thing...
> it's nice to be able to have lots of choices.
>
> My predictions about future TI calculators are replacements for the 83
> and 86... "FLASH" versions... with a lot more memory and maybe an
> improved TI-73... for more advanced middle school students...
> I hope that TI will produce many "FLASH" applications... it would be
> cool to have all functions of the TI-8x for the 92+ and 89... such as
> finance/stats stuff... what would be really nice is a little program
> that can run 82/83/85/86 programs on an 89/92+, an emulator... sort of.
> Another cool idea is an "organizer" with calendar, todo list, contact
> list, etc... ah, I'm just dreaming... oh well.
>
> Thanks for reading all of this. I hope you agree, but if you disagree ,
> no problem, just let me know how you feel... but please be respectful.
>
What would really be neat would be a way to use the spacious memories of
the 89 and 92+ to store stuff from earlier calcs. Since I've seen
programs that let you link an 82 and an 85 and such (actually I tried
one and it didn't work), I know it's [theoretically] possible. This
way, you could store all those dozens of, say, TI85 games in the Flash
ROM of an 89 and then transfer whatever game you feel like playing.
This is certainly a lot more convenient than using a Graph-Link and a
stationary computer.
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