I lvoe those TI-83s Did you know you could do some amazing stuff with them. Program them to play a limited gaem. Its true.



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Edited by - Alpha_Leader on 3/14/2005 3:27:39 PM

Yeah, you can program a TI-83 to do anything. Now only think of what you could do if you could access TLR from one?

Then I'd never get my math homework done Mine has served me well trough calculus. Back when my brother was in high school his math class had an enterprising young prankster that used the IR link capabilities that are frequently found on Hewlett Packard calculators as a TV remote in the classroom. I suppose what you suggest is theoretically possible, and would definately be the ultimate boon for those who want to 'succeed' on tests or simply have that class tetris tourniment across the room. I would tackle the problem this way: Approach it in a similar fashion to those kits you can buy in stores to make a device, say a printer, wireless. It consists of two 'ends' that communicate wirelessly with one another, and each plug into the computer, or printer. In effect, the PC doesn't have any idea that the connection itself is wireless. If you could, in the same manner, find two wireless devices, or IR that would perform a similar function, no changes in the TI operating system would be necessary. You can already send and recieve files calc-to-calc on a hard link, and some of the flash app games allow multiplayer connection. This would definately be a winning science fair project.

TI 84s are better than TI 83's. they use the same programming, it's just an improvment.

i had a TI 84 Plus, and it was stolen. $130 down the drain

Using 802.11 adapters would be a challenge, but i had an idea once to use an AM tranciever on each unit to transfer the data over a radio frequency. on a TI-83? definetly possible, provided you had the 'transmit' and 'recieve' wires from the datacable hooked up to the correct unit on the tranciever (Transmitter, reciever) and had them on different frequencies. the idea was presented to me for a wireless chat system on a casio Graphics calculator, but i dumped that idea due to the fact that i would have to design a Network Protocol for the calculators from scratch in order to transfer the data, a problem not run into with the TI's due to its being already set up with 'string' data.

My answer: Yes, but it would take time to design

I get what you're going for, Arania. Where could I get a tranciever (Radio Shack?) and how much would it cost? I'd probably be able to figure out my own plan from there.

Jeez this T1-84 and T1-83 stuff sounds like star wars battle droid huzza....

and 130$ for a calc? :O

damn...

Actually, i used 'tranciever' for convenience, in actual fact you would need 2 transmitters and 2 recievers, on transmitter/reciever pair working on one frequency for C1>C2 communications, and the other pair for C2>C1 communications. This is all working on the theory of one transmitter wire, once reciever wire, and one common neutral in the data cable. and it would only allow communications between 2 calculators.

They are graphing calculators and pretty awesome Dsqrn they are worth every cent.

Worth every cent...heh. These things are decade old tech. Probably costs TI like 10 bucks to make nowadays. They STILL charge the $100+. Its crazy!

After using it for a couple years in high school, im now not allowed to use it in post secondary (college/uni). So it was a waste of money.

it's great with those. you can make programs to do anything for you. quadratic equation, slope, y intercept, distance formula. (but it's good to still actually know that stuff) but once you know it real well, and you don't want to spend much time on it in the future, it's there in your calculator.

ok so maybe its overpriced but still super usefull.


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i think it's worth the money...until it's stolen. why me though? i know several people who left it in the same room that i did...for a whole period at school. and it was still there...why must mine be the one to get stolen?