I know this is a TI website, but I was curious if any of you guys have any non-TI calculators? And more importantly, why or why not?
My mom used this HP scientific calculator. I don't like it at all. It's a HP 33-S. The way numbers are entered and the way operations are carried out is hard to learn and annoying to manipulate.
The 33s is the calculator I use for calculator tests since 1) it has an rpn mode and 2) better scientific notation. All in all, I like it better than my Ti for actual calculating, but I do enjoy my Ti for its programming language.
I have a Casio Prizm. I wanted to check out other calculators and that one was cheaper than the TI calcs, faster, and had a backlit color screen. I'm still pretty horrible at programming it and I can only do some basic things.
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A back lit screen would be nice…
Coffee + Radiohead = ^^
Hehe, a few years ago, I was thinking of modding my TI-84+SE to have one. I have two Gameboy SPs that do not work, but their backlights still do…
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Haha and since they use the same processor XD if you could get the drivers working, you could even use that as a true Gameboy emu! On the other hand RAM might be a little tight…
Actually, the Gameboy (original) and the TI-83+/84+ calcs have a mostly identical processor (with only a few tiny differences). However, the later Gameboys have much more advanced processors than the calcs. And memory would indeed be an issue XD Also, the backlight has nothing to do with the processor o_O That is just a light powered by the battery :P
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I remember playing Tetris on the original Gameboy… I would start a game and look at my watch, and then look again and two hours had passed… That was a fun game :D
Anyway, I have a Sharp EL-9600c that I got from my grandparents for Christmas several years ago. Although I just use my TI-83+SE and TI-84+SE, the Sharp is cool because it actually comes with a stylus so that you can use its touch interface.