RE: TI-H: About the new calcs

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: RE: TI-H: About the new calcs
From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:24:50 -0700
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I realy didn't like your idea you told TI about the better link.  If they
actually put that in then it would automatically be incompatible with
everything we've done!

>        well, I think the 89 is missing a couple of features, which can
>explain the price.  Then there's the screen, which is a lot smaller.  The
>deal is that TI had probably not counted on so many high school students
>buying the TI-92.  Then again, when will you need that on a test?  The
>Math IIC was surprisingly simple, the SAT 1 won't even need a calc (I did
>it all in my head and aced the math), and in AP Calc, you can easily get
>by with an 85/6.
>        And as long as we're mentioning superior designs, try the HP48GX.
>Better programmability, built in Periodic Table, and who knows what else.
>It's not as simple to use for some people, but it's just about as capable
>as the 92, down to 3-d graphs and the display algorithms (with an add-on
>program), also, all 128K is available, and it's upgradable.
>        What we should be worrying about is why TI didn't do this sooner,
>and also, why TI hasn't re-evaluated their design philosophy yet.
>Christopher Kalos
>raptorone@geocities.com
>VirtuTech Developer's Group
>AOL IM: Raptor1CK
>
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>From:   Noah S Zoschke[SMTP:nzoschke@juno.com]
>Sent:   Saturday, March 14, 1998 9:06 AM
>To:     ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject:        TI-H: About the new calcs
>
>
>This new calc (89) really makes me wonder. Why should a calc that is
>exactly the same as another (almost) be allowable on SATs, just because
>it has a different type of keyboard?  Is that really fair to those of us
>who recently (or ever) bought a 92?
>Also, the 92, with a 92+ will end up costing around $300 depending where
>you got it... (200 for the calc, 80(?) for the plus)
>But this new calc with all the same features is only around 150?  There
>is a little price difference there...
>Oh well.  I guess complaining about it wont do much...
>
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