Survey posted 2005-04-26 22:23 by Jon.

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Survey idea by Tim McMahon, choices for the survey by me!

2nd post i feel special i said 85/86 because there the bridge between 83&89 and i thing the two should stay sepatate but i dont really care

EVIL! EVIL! EVIL! OK, sorry, I'll stop.

I wish death was included in the choices because the question did say life or death! But, since I couldn't pick that I went with the 73 mainly because I've only seen it once and it never struck me as much more than a scientific calculator, and its features are so limited I wouldn't think of using one after junior high.

Speaking of destroying scientific calculators...a TI-36X Solar makes a really cool pattern on the screen when energized by a Van DeGraff generator (mine is about 100KV). :)

No life or death situation was necessary...half its screen was already blacked out due to some previous accident.

Oops...that should have said 250KV (at least when working properly on a dry day).

I would have to destroy a TI-73, because i know (by experience) that the TI-73 explodes if you open up the back and screw around with the capactitors, and then fir e roman candles and bottle rockets at it.

Don't throw firecrackers/sparkly-fireworks at the feet of drunk people while they're sitting down. It takes them about 5seconds to realise people are shouting at them to get out of the way and then 3seconds to stand up. By that time they've lost some hair on their legs. ;-P

Does the 73 have basic programability? At least it can run some applications, unlike the 80/1/2.

I would have picked the 80/81/82, but then I realized that at least those didn't have "fraction mode" and a % button...

The TI-80 does have a fraction mode, accessible by using the fraction bar.

I love it Tim!

It just came to me one evening whilst in #tcpa ;-)
Hmm, I wonder if anyone would want to be burried in a coffin shaped like an 83+ (when they die). It would be a body sized calculator-coffin, not some cremation thingy. O.o

I cremate my batteries after they die.

*WARNING: do not try this at home. Go to a friend's house instead*

120d, great warning. But seriously, do you really burn them??? What about toxic fumes from the nasty chemicals inside?

what's a 120d?

lol = 101 = 5d (binary)
people usually add a factorial (!), making it 120d.
Geeky? Yes.
Cool? Very.

I chickened out. I really couldn't bring myself to break a calculator. I don't know why, I just couldn't. :-P So I picked the last option.

However I think I like the TI-73 the least so if it were any of them, it would be that one.

Hopefully nobody voted for the 80/81/82 option with the TI-82 in mind. Cause everybody knows the TI-82 is the best. Right? ;-)

TI-80/81/82. They're fairly worthless ;)

If you have one of these, get yourself a better calculator!

:)Just kidding of course, they can be useful sometimes.

Can the TI-73 do more than the TI-80/81/82?

I'd destroy a TI-73 before I'd destroy a good ol' TI-82!

The TI73 is a stripped down TI83+. The TI83+ is an enchanced TI82. TI73 has strings, but far less math functions. ASM wise, they are the same, except the TI82 has the most user ram among those 3.

Last time I checked the 73 didn't have ALPHA included in the keyboard layout, which suits many Basic Programmers needs.
I can't say I prefer the 83+ over the 82 on the basis that it has APPs. Most APPs are just useless, but there are a few that can atleast extend the functionality of the calculator for mathematic/scientific uses. Elements is always handy. :-) </plug>
I'll always remember the 73 as the calculator TI produced for the sole purpose of selling some extra hardware as it's only half the calculator the 83+ is (so to speak).

You have to use a menu to get letters on the 73. PITA, I know.

Yup, I've used that SDK thingy once or twice. ;-)

Wow, that makes me wish I had voted for the 73 instead of the 80/81/82...

Same here. Oh well...

No useful apps? BAH!
Have you ever tried OmniCalc? MirageOS? Krolypto? Graph^3? (insert any other DS programs here)
Those are all essential apps!
Oh, and don't forget Sketchy. Nothing beats stickfigure violence in math class. :)

He was referring to 73 apps.

"Most APPs are just useless, but there are a few that can atleast extend the functionality of the calculator for mathematic/scientific uses."
I was just refering to the 73/83+(SE)/84+(SE) in that there aren't enough benifits currently with apps to choose a 73 that has APPs than an 82 with no APPs. I didn't say there are no useful apps (as is evident in the quotes above).

Well, you can download all of those awesome BasicBuilder warez. :)

Actually, a TI-73 is 87.9518072289% of a TI-83+
I'd destroy a TI-108.

Yeah, an 80! Down with proprietary processors!

I used a TI-80 on the SAT test. Its fraction capabilities came in handy (there are times when the >Frac thing on the others will not work but the TI-80's fractions do work). Of course, my TI-92+ does the same thing, but they do not allow it on the SAT test.

So does my TI-89, which IS allowed (no QWERTY keyboard)! :)

I know. I have a TI-89 Titanium, but I did not at the time.

Yep... TI-81. Been there, done that. See the link. --^

120d, that came to mind when I saw the survey. I still have that video clip saved on my computer.

I agree, 81s have no link port. All programs have to be manually typed. That stinks...