Maybe TI wanted to fix up their first calculator with the link port. They might have thought that it would increase sales on a basic TI calc. So they added a new better looking case and a higher resolution screen. Or on the other hand it could be a mistake just like adam said above. I don't know just telling you what I think. Let me know what you think.

The TI-85 was the first TI with a link. It came before the TI-82.

higher contrast NOT RESOLUTION. PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE MAKING A COMMENT!!!

Geesh, SORRY! I got it mixed up. Nobodies perfect. You don't have to be so anal.

Has anybody else realised that the neo-82 pic on the ti site shows the right arrow key marked the same way as the left arrow?... seems dubious to me...

yeah, i saw that too.

I have no clue as to why TI is doing this. If it's basically the same (same amount of memory, no upgrades, etc.) then what's the idea? Are they trying to make it more attractive to those who need graphing calculators but don't want to shell out the cash for a TI-89? No clue here.

I know why TI doesn't upgrade the 82 beyond the case. If they upgraded the 82, you'd get an 83!

The question is, why not drop the 82?

Something like this, or like the TI-83+ "special edition", makes a lot more sense for a TI-86. Also, they probably should stop selling the 82 because the 83(+) has built-in ASM and strings for BASIC use, unlike the 82. However, there would be an outcry from teachers if the 82 was discontinued because most middle schools (where I live) have 82s and so the schools would have to replace all their calcs if they needed a new one. (Trust me on this, programming in BASIC is very hard to "non-computerish" people when introduced solely on a calculator with menus.) So TI is simply trying to make their calc earn more on the main market and attract newcomers into the world of TI Calcs (like it did for me. TI-82 onsale at Venture for $70.00. =)

ARGGGHHHH!!! no!!!
my 82 has been raped! it looks like a crappy 83 now!

face it people, you people claim that the 83 is better than the 82... but if it wasn't for the 82, then FFX4 and 5 wouldn't be here, Little Dude wouldn't be here, and Ztetris for the 83 wouldn't be here.

deal with it... programmers (well, the good ones) like the 82/5 better because it took HARD WORK to get them to do Asm...

so stop knocking the 82, you 83 users who can't appreciate the 82!

-one pissed off Goatlord

Yeah, 83 people don't seem to appreciate the fact that the majority of their games were originally on the 82, and then an 83 port was made as an afterthought. Such games include ports of FFX4, Ztetris, Boulderdash, Plain Jump, Galaxian, Orzunoid, Pac-Man '99, and countless others(yes, most of the above were originally on the 85).
Whether one wants to admit it or not, the 82 can do almost exactly what an 83 can do in terms of ASM. I can understand people claiming the 86 made the 85 obsolete because the 86 has 4-5 times the memory of an 85. But in fact the 83 has less memory than the 82 (by ~400 bytes...). So what if TI decided to make ASM built into the 83.
As for the 83+ making the 82/83, well wait for a few months when people starting making programs for it.

Back to the 82, does the better contrast mean that they switched the pixel color from blue to black?

Also, is Dimension-TI currently have the new model in stock or are they still selling the old one?

did you forget the memory limitation on ASM progs on the 86?... About 12k or so... The 85 is the root of all the TI ASM programming! Do not forget it!...

The limit is 9000 bytes, exactly ($FA6F - $D748 = 9000). However, any competent programmer can create programs up to 73kb in size.

Uhh.. no. Ever heard of YAS? Yet another shell? Daedalus never looked so good!

I'm not dissing the TI-82, but many of the games ported from the 82 to the 83 were ported from other systems to the 82 first, so they probably would have gone directly to the 83 otherwise!

I know I'm going to be really sorry for bringing this up, but the 83 is better than the 82. Much better, as a matter of fact.

There is a growing culture out there that have Graphing calculators for the simple pleasure of dicking around and playing games in class, and not actually doing their math and science, like the calculators were ment for. This being the case, why not just buy a $5 K-Mart calculator and a Game Boy? Probibly cost just as much.

In the actual calculator function (you know, what the calculator was made for,) the TI-83 was designed to be a "better" TI-82, as in the fact that it was designed to have all the features of the 82 and be able to do them better, and have more functions that the 82 lacks.

All in all, I believe the case redesign was well needed. If TI could just remake the 85's case and make an 86 plus...

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Phil K.
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I have a wonderful idea. Reset both an 82 and an 83, and then say which one it better.

Why does it matter if they don't have ASM? Who cares if there's only ~27k of RAM? Does anyone give a horse's head if it doesn't have pretty little menus? Schools are the primary market for the 82s. They like them because they have more then enough ram, they work with CBL/CBRs, they're easy to use, and they have all the functions anyone needs through Trig. Why should they spend an extra $15 per simply to get ASM, when they'll never use it? Long live the 82, I say.

Why would anyone in their right mind give a horse head? hehehe

No, that was my point.

Notice that they have also changed the design (although less noticably) on the 83. (I'm not talking about the 83+ -- the original 83 is also in a new case.)