Re: TI-H: TI-86 (was "Basic $5 link question")
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Re: TI-H: TI-86 (was "Basic $5 link question")
I disagree with this in many ways. First the ti92 is not worth 70$mor
secound in the scool i goto ti92 are forbidden in the classroom because
they resemble palmtops, third you cant use the on the SATs or any
standerdised testing because of the type of key bord the have.
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> From: Jake Robb <jake@netrus.net>
> To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: TI-H: TI-86 (was "Basic $5 link question")
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 3:56 PM
>
> I (lucky me) have both the 92 and 86. The 92 is well worth the extra
> $70, and kicks the 86's ass in everything but available memory. My
> f---head precalc teacher won't let me use my 92 in class (bastard), so I
> went out and got an 86. I can say from experience (I used to have an
> 85) that the 85 and 86 are functionally very similar, except that the 86
> has built-in ASM support, more memory, and it's the new case design like
> the 83. Oh, the TEXT command for writing on the graph, and the
> high-contrast screen. It can do absolutely everything an 85 can do,
> except for run out of memory with 3 ASM programs on it. ;)
>
> The 86 can be turboed just like the 85. I've seen it done, by a friend,
> and he'll be doing mine soon. I don't trust myself with a soldering
> iron, I'm a software engineer, not an electronics one. I beleive it's
> done exactly like the 85, but with C9 instead of whatever it is you use
> for the 85. But don't just listen to me, I could be way off on that
> number.
>
> I do have a couple complaints about the 86. The 83 sports scroll-up and
> scroll-down buttons (alpha-up/down), which the 86 doesn't have. You can
> press F1 and F2, but you have to keep pressing it; you can't hold it
> down. Also, the 86 still uses the 85's format for complex numbers
> [(a,b)], rather than dealing directly with i like the 83 and 92 do.
>
> I highly recommend buying the 86, it's a great calculator. Look around,
> though, because it can be found for $10 less than the usual price of
> $120. I got mine for $109.95 at a distributor. Go to your math teacher
> and ask them where they go to get calcs when they buy them. Then go
> there yourself and ask for one.
>
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> Jake Robb Email:jake@netrus.net
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