Survey posted 2004-01-07 23:30 by Henrik.

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A USB port, that has some interesting possibilities.

Hmm, a new 89. Nifty.

I'm satisfied with my current, but I wouldn't mind getting a new calculator ;-)

I'm satisfied with my current calculator too. I have a TI-89 (all hacked up inside), an HP 49g (not the new kind, whatever they're calling it now), and I got a Pickett slide rule for Christmas.

Well, the usb is handy, i have my old black cable, and my mobile (PC) only have USB...
I hope that the transfer is more fast too :)
How much go the TI89TI cost, anyone knows?

you can buy a silver link cable like the v200 one which has an usb output to the pc

I know that at the URL above you can get a USB/DBx adapter so you can use the midnight gray cable with your PC.

89Ti will probably cost about $200 retail, $160 on the net.

ooh, the new 89 will be the Ti-89-Ti...

Actually it will cost $150 retail.

UPDATE?
Hey, anyone on the ticalc.org staff here going to add 84+/SE & 89T to the Basics and Archive sections??? *just a thought* ;-P
If anyone can get better (close up, all angles) screenshots of the 84+/SE and 89T, it'd be much appreciated if you could post some.
Might pass on the 84+/SE if it's just a fashionable update with just (contrast/memory/speed) updates.
89T sounds tempting, seeing how I don't have an 89.
It'd be great if TI could make memory drives for the USB ports to expand the memory...
*I can always dream* >=P

Well, the 84+(SE)/89Ti hasn't come out yet, so the answer to your first question would be no. You could email ti-cares@ti.com, though.

Well, though the 89T has the same amount of memory as the V200, is there a processor upgrade? If not I'm not even going to consider gettting it.

but it can be used for the SAT's...

...that's why it seems like the most powerful calc TI's made for SATs.

...I'm in college...

And I can pass the SAT wint about 600 on math with only a slide rule. Not that I have tried it, but it's really all you need. Not even something as complex as my log/log rule.

Yeah, well, I passes with a 780 using a TI-86
LOVE THE 86!!!

I feel the same. I have a 89 and 83+, but I wouldn't mind having better versions of them. However, they cost money that I don't have. Oh well.

ATTENTION!
USB capability now! Just need someone to make USB-FLASH-DRIVES work with the 84+'s. Probably need a program to act as a driver, that is ofcourse that the USB port is right or an adapter/power source will work... The endless amounts of MB...

i think u mean GBs...

...MB seems a little more accurate for me, I don't plan on spending $AU500 for a 1GB Drive any time soon. Unless I can get one for $AU200 wholesale or something. ;-D
Then again, with USB HD's someone might take the time to make an 84+/SE/89T support them. (89T, yay)

I just realized, you could stick a USB dongle on there with the right drivers. My MP3 player is already mass storage, all I would need is a larger memcard. THIS IS WICKED!!!

-W_

muff. there is no such thing as endless amount of MB

TRUE no endless amount of MB but if you consider the amount of memory a game takes up like (i.e. phoenix [83+] is usually about 8000 BYTES) SO if you put a USB memory expansion then the amount of games that you would be able to put is ENDLESS. SO even though there is no endless amount of MB, a 64 MB expansion would probobly be enough to hold almost all of the games in the 83+ archives :-)

Yes, but impractible for a calculating device. I'm sastified with my current.

'impractical'. Why would it be? It'd be a lot faster than the 57600bps maximum that the TI-89 can do with the current USB link...

I've only seen it go up to 36600 baud. Are you using TiLP?

i was thinking that with a usb port i could find a way to connect with my dell dj mp3 and have a 15gig hardrive of games for a ti89 titanium...

let's port linux to it, with that much space! the flash is minus the OS, so i'ts about 5 megs actually. that's plenty of space for a microkernel.

OK...Lemme know when you finish it! lol...

Well, other than the hardware specific parts, it would be easy. Minix would be a better candidate, I think, but it's different....

I was actually trying to restart an old debate from ticalc. It was before my time, so I wanted to participate this time.

Picking nits is my specialty, so here goes...

A "microkernel" is a kernel whose purpose is solely low-level jobs (e.g., task-switching, virtual memory), and user-land processes live above it which provide most of the services.

I imagine you just meant a really small kernel that can fit in a small space. That probably wouldn't be a problem for Linux; I've estimated that the Linux kernel could be trimmed down (remove unnecessary drivers, abstractions, and other capabilities) to only a few hundred kilobytes. Keep in mind that the original Unix ran on a PDP-7 with only (IIRC) 28K of RAM!

maybe...but i would prefer a new line totally...a TI-96. With a resolution 20x that of an 89, color, 5MB RAM and 16MB ROM, ability to run Z80 and 16K programs and APPS, 10x faster than an SE, custom fonts, customability, the best PW protection...all built in. the again, im probably dreaming...

probobly not I read somewhere that there is a calc (by TI) thats called voyage 400 (which is color) cool ehh. BUT I havent seen one yet. I read that it was supposed to come out august 2003 but nada yet.

You do know that that is fake, don't you?

MWM

lol, no its not angelboy made a program for it, check the screen shots in the aquarium folder

Then the screenshots and program are fake!!!! The V400 doesn't exist!!!! :-)

shhhh! u ruined it! JK

MEANIE!! *crys*

You actually believe that! Wow!

-TrumpetMan

Because it's true!! Duh!

muff muff.

MUFF! *gives you a muff on the back of your head* *muffs you for that* muff muff.

but there is alread an handeld device!!! a Pocket PC, a palm.... lol, ok that was an idea only, the price is other question...

Didn't he openly admit that he was probalby just dreaming...? of course it's not real.

That's why I'm aready statisfied with my normal TI-89: I already have a Sony CLIE PEG-NX80V! It does everything my TI-89 can't do, so I have no current need for a TI-89TI. Besides, they will probably have a new version of AMS (3.xx?) and developing for it may prove more difficult (unless the TI-Chess Team is able to make compatability changes in their next version of TIGCC).

TICT is not respomsible for TIGCC, but i agree with u otherwise

FINALLY!!! A fello soul that agrees with me that they will but a new OS out there! I really hope. Maybe it will even look different. I just hope that those annoying problems like the history and clock are fixed. I oubt it.

-W-

The screenshot shows the exact same menus as the old calcs...

Well, of course, that's because the screenshot is from a concept version, they have until summer to make a new OS. But, either way, I doubt they'll make a new menu system.

What's wrong with the clock? Or the history, for that matter?

They both have some quirks

16k??????? Would that be 68k? I sure hope so, other wise, "What the hell are you talking about?"

-W-

sry! ive been lazy for a while, so i guess i just forgot, also i havnt thought of the 89 in a long time. been absorbed into fixing MathStuf v.8 :)

Yeah, but how much will it cost?! I wish the 84+SE would have more speed and memory! Geez! I think TI should hire me as a consultant!

Does anyone actually know what the number designation stands for? You would think a 92 is better than a 89 because of the higher number, but it isn't. I was just wondering.