Re: TI-H: ti-turbo


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Re: TI-H: ti-turbo



On Mon, 21 Oct 1996 19:01:00 -0700, you wrote:
>Tim Gilbert wrote:
>>=20
>> Does anyone know what the effects of ripping C9 out of the TI-85 are =
other
>> than acceleration.  Certainly C9 was put in the TI for a reason and =
cannot
>> simply be taken out without other side effects to the calculator
>> (miscalculations, other components getting hot and buring out, etc.)  =
I
>> would like to accelerate my calc but I am hesitant because there may, =
or
>> will be other negative effects.
>
>It's not necessary for the calc to be so fast. IIRC the battery are
>worn out much faster also, which may be a reason. And if you're about
>the rip out the C9, make a switch! Else most (90%) ZShell games will
>be to fast and you have to slow them down with a program (turboslow
>or GWiz, but they don't always work although the latter works more
>often :-) ).
>
>I will never understand why ppl make their calcs faster. Is it to be =
able
>to run basic games faster och just to be cool? Especially since the
>batteries are worn out much faster, it's just so unnecessary.
>


When's the last time you tried to graph a numericial integration or
derivative?  It can sometimes take like 10 minutes to graph certain
functions.


-Mel


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The TI Memory Expansion Homepage
http://pilot.msu.edu/user/tsaimelv/expander.htm
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