3 Mar
1998
3 Mar
'98
8:16 p.m.
Is a TI-8x or 92 a calculator or computer? I mean, a TI-92 uses a
68000 processor, has some 128k ram, and a full (if not full-sized)
keyboard. A friend of mine is making a multitasking shell for it.
At 23:10 3/3/98 GMT, you wrote:
don't
(now someone's going to turn round and tell us
that the pointy-haired
bosses in hp hack on their hp48s during meetings, and wear their hair
that way because they don't know where to find a decent hairdresser.
Pointy-haired bosses do NOT carry HP48's. They carry TI Math Explorers
that they pinch off the carpet of their eighth-grader's bedroom, and know how to use. The Math Explorer was sitting forlorn
on the kid's
carpet
because the kid saved up, bought a second-hand TI-85,
and is sitting in
the
backyard smoking a joint and hacking ZSHELL on the TI.
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3 Mar
3 Mar
8:41 p.m.
At 18:16 3/3/98 PST, Max wrote:
Is a TI-8x or 92 a calculator or computer? I mean, a
TI-92 uses a
68000 processor, has some 128k ram, and a full (if not full-sized)
keyboard. A friend of mine is making a multitasking shell for it.
That's a very good point. A TI-85 is a 6 MHz Z80, a TI-92 is a 10 MHz 68K;
they can both graph like bandits and are adequate game machines. I've
always called them computers and, though my stand-straight-and-salute
loyalty is to HP, I have harbored impure thoughts about a 92; just never
quite parted with the $160 for one. (Now, if I could hook a Kittyhawk to a
92....)
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4 Mar
4 Mar
11:07 a.m.
On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Kip Crosby wrote:
That's a very good point. A TI-85 is a 6 MHz Z80,
a TI-92 is a 10 MHz 68K;
they can both graph like bandits and are adequate game machines. I've
always called them computers and, though my stand-straight-and-salute
loyalty is to HP, I have harbored impure thoughts about a 92; just never
quite parted with the $160 for one. (Now, if I could hook a Kittyhawk to a
92....)
Wow! I never thought I was playing with such power. This baby helped me
immensely in some calculus courses I took a couple years back. I gladly
paid $200 for it as it was another cool gizmo to add to my portfolio of
techno-gadgetry. Naturally all my class-mates were jealous. Who'da known
it would be a classic some day?
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