| Author | Comment |
snoop48
Probe
Posted: 1 Apr 2004
18:09 GMT
Total Posts: 10 |
What is a better gaming calculator? A ti 89 or 92? |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 1 Apr 2004
19:46 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | V200. The 92 is no longer in production, the 92+ is replaced by an upgraded version called the V200.
Sorry. V200=Voyage 200
[Edited by Digital on 02-Apr-04 05:47] |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 1 Apr 2004
20:13 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | it kinda depends where you plan to use your calc. in most schools, colleges and all standardized tests 92+/v200 are not allowed while 89's are okay. tho, 92+/v200 have bigger screen and a QWERTY keyboard which 89 doesn't. v200 also have the most memory capacity of the three calc mentioned. i guess it depends on your particular needs but i suggest you take 92+ out from your list since its a bit on the old side. go either with 89 or v200. of course, you can also wait till summer and get a 89ti with larger memory and a usb port...
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stranded
Marine
Posted: 1 Apr 2004
20:18 GMT
Total Posts: 39 |
this is snoop48s new name
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stranded
Marine
Posted: 1 Apr 2004
20:19 GMT
Total Posts: 39 |
What time during the summer is it coming out?
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Ray Kremer
Ultralisk
Posted: 1 Apr 2004
23:08 GMT
Total Posts: 310 | If games are all you care about, get a Game Boy.
http://home.covad.net/~regaltool/tifaq/?p3.htm#5.3 |
stranded
Marine
Posted: 1 Apr 2004
23:54 GMT
Total Posts: 39 |
That is not all i care about but it is a big part of it!!!
Whats this website for then *calcgames.org* if its not to get games and talk about them.
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Ray Kremer
Ultralisk
Posted: 2 Apr 2004
20:53 GMT
Total Posts: 310 | You know what would be funny? If somebody made a device that had the gaming power of a Game Boy and the math power of the TI-81. Watch the students flock to it for the games and then be S.O.L. in math class.
Anyway, whether you're talking about math or games, there is no difference between the TI-89, TI-89Ti, TI-92+, and V200. Screen size and amount of Flash ROM is all. It's like asking which case color of Game Boy Advance plays games better. |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 2 Apr 2004
22:17 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | bigger resolution allows for drawing more graphics, it's like the extra screen room of the GBA versus GBC.
89 is best for high school use. |
Lunchbox
Carrier
Posted: 3 Apr 2004
15:11 GMT
Total Posts: 2007 | i agree with spiral, because the 89 is allowwed on the SAT's and it is smaller [for stealth :img13: ]. Also, i would recommend waiting for the TI-89 titanium edition to come out.
Specs for the 89:
CPU: 10 MHz MC6800
Memory: 188K RAM, 384K Flash ROM
Screen Size: 160x100 pixels
Link Port: Yes
CBL/CBR: Yes
comes with:
TI-89 Titanium Edition specs:
CPU: 10 MHz MC6800
Memory: 188K User-free RAM, 2.7 MB Flash ROM
Screen Size: 160x100 pixels
Link Port: Yes
CBL/CBR: Yes
comes with: Internal Clock, 16 pre-loaded apps, TI-Connectivity cable, TI-Connect (tm) software, unit-to-unit USB link port/cable
Source:
<http://education.ti.com/us/product/tech/89ti/details/details.html>
Side note: I don't have an 89, i have an 83+, so i can't necessarily tell you exactly how the 89 works, but it is essential for most AP classes, especially boring ones :weird:
EDIT: BTW, nice signature Z :)
[Edited by Lunchbox on 04-Apr-04 01:13] |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 3 Apr 2004
17:46 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | "smaller [for stealth]"
I've never seen any reason that a claculator needs to be stealthy...
and ap classes are easily survivable without a calculator. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 3 Apr 2004
18:19 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | >I've never seen any reason that a claculator needs to be stealthy...
Um...I believe that was scarcasm on Lunchboxes part, as the winking smily right after the comment would suggest. Would it be better for you Sprial if people warned you about such matters? |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 4 Apr 2004
17:38 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | Hm, I see HW1 and HW2, and new HW2 specs up there. All new 68K calcs have a 12MHz proc with hardware refinements that make them 140% faster than HW1 calcs. The newest calculators, V200 and TI-89 Titatnium, boast the 2.7MB of flash ROM, whereas the first HW2 calcs only had ~704KB. The main improvement I want Ti to impliment in their 68K is to increase that 256KB chip of RAM (Device information from TI-Connect) to at least 512KB so the platform will not be so limited. |
stranded
Marine
Posted: 9 Apr 2004
16:37 GMT
Total Posts: 39 |
Wow i have almost no idea what yall are saying. HW1, HW2?
Specs? KB? xxMB?
If you dont want to explain please tell me wher ei can read more about it. |
Lunchbox
Carrier
Posted: 9 Apr 2004
21:55 GMT
Total Posts: 2007 | Specs = Specifications [things special to the calculator]
KB = Kilobyte [1,000 bytes]
MB = Megabyte [1,000,000 bytes]
GB = Gigabyte [1,000,000,000 bytes] {just For your information}
Please do explain HW1 and HW2 though D, you got me confused as well. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 9 Apr 2004
22:59 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | Until you get a full explaination:
HW1 and HW2, *I believe* are either
1. OS
2. Shell extensions
3. Librarys...
I think it's choice 3...but I guess you can only have HW1 or 2, but not both... |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 9 Apr 2004
23:07 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | actuall kilobyte is 1024 bytes, mb is 1024^2, gigabyte is 1024^3. The belief that it's a 1000 is just the manufacturer's inventing a false definition.
HW1 has no quartz crystal, runs at lower mhz, works better in greyscale because of some screen drawing stuff.
HW2 is newer, has quartz crystal for taking time, runs a little bit faster, has a bit more rom. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 9 Apr 2004
23:19 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | Really?
Hunh...about the HW thing, i knew the MB/GB/KB thing, but I didn't catch it. |
stranded
Marine
Posted: 10 Apr 2004
13:54 GMT
Total Posts: 39 |
What exacly can you do on a HW?
Quarts crystal? mhz? |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 10 Apr 2004
19:45 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | HW isn't a thing, you can't do something on it, it's just a classification.
if you don't understand those terms...it's really not important to know the difference, you can't reguarly get HW1 calculators anymore.
and i'd advise googling/looking up the terms. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 11 Apr 2004
10:48 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | It makes sense to me, the HW1 is simply the first release of the TI-89, then TI improved the 89, without calling it a whole new calc. |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 11 Apr 2004
15:20 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | To sum up everything:
HW=Hardware. There are two hardware versions for the 68k (short for MC68000 wich is the class the porcessor in the calculators belongs too) 1 and 2. The differences between 1 and 2 is that 2 has more efficient hardware and a 20% (from 10 MHz to 12 MHz) faster processor making it ~40% faster than 1, it has the quartz crystal for the clock functionality in later OSs (Operatig systems), the Flahs ROM was extended to ~704KB and now will soon be 2.7MB, the 2 LCD has a 32:1 contrast ratio instead of 16:1.
MHz=Megahertz. This means that the porcessor can compute more things in one second the higher the number is. This is a general rule. However, clock cycles doesn't necessarily mean better performance, there's several factors.
KB=Kilobytes or 1024 bytes which is equivalent to 2^10 bytes. Don't confuse "KB" with "Kb" which is Kilobits, 1/8 the amount.
MB=Megabytes or 1024KB or 1,048,576 bytes which is equivalent to 2^20 bytes. Don't confuse "MB" with "Mb" which is Megabits, 1/8 the amount.
GB=Gigabytes or 1024MB or 1,073,741,824 bytes which is equivalent to 2^30 bytes.
there are 8 bits in a byte.
[Edited by spiral on 12-Apr-04 03:25] |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 11 Apr 2004
19:35 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | Thanks D, well said! Btw, I have when people think of megabytes as 1000 kilobytes. Just like hard drive manufacturers rip people off with their round downs...
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spiral
Wraith
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
01:53 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | why does loading this thread continuously ask for d's idisk password?
btw, stranded, post deleted, ask in a new threaed. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
07:25 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | every thread seems to ask for D's password... |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
11:46 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | must be his avatar that's messed up. |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
14:08 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | I'm sorry guys. I changed some stuff and enabled a password for writing to it. Its fixed now. |
stranded
Marine
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
16:18 GMT
Total Posts: 39 |
What does btw mean? When is the 89+ tit. edition coming out?
and how do you use spell check? |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
16:24 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | acronymfinder.com
education.ti.com
F7
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-Barrett A |
stranded
Marine
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
20:35 GMT
Total Posts: 39 |
F7 doesn't do anything if i press it. Is ther something on my comp that I change so it will do it? |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 12 Apr 2004
22:25 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | Well, it depends on the software you're using. If you're referring to a microsoft product (word, works) (NOT wordpad or notepad) then f7 should do the trick. I don't believe there is a spell check installed in Internet Explorer, if that's what you're refering to, but I could be mistaken.
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allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 13 Apr 2004
07:24 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | IEspell, I believe it is't name. I used it when I had IE, but don't use it when you're editing webpages, it think you spell everything wrong... |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 13 Apr 2004
11:09 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | lol, i guess it's nto very html intelligent. It's a little annoying there isn't any spell checking in IM/Web browsers, because some things would be a lot easier to read. And also i wish people WoUlDn'T tYpE lIkE DiS 'N mIsPelL LiK mAD. |
stranded
Marine
Posted: 13 Apr 2004
15:32 GMT
Total Posts: 39 | I see now,ha, I am an idiot. I think what you mean by using spell check is that you type it in mac. word or works. Then you Spell Check it and copy and past on to the text box.
[Edited by stranded on 15-Apr-04 00:24] |
