Re: A89: TI89 ROM vs HP49 ROM

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Subject: Re: A89: TI89 ROM vs HP49 ROM
From: Adam Davis <adavis@baladyne.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 13:22:58 -0400
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HELLO PEOPLE!

Ok, let's think here for a minute.  The HP 49 is really the 48 with a
little change in HW, but the entire system has been rewritten in
assembly.

Guess what the released version of the HP48 was written in???  Are you
saying HP wasn't in a hurry?  Whether TI releases a fully asm version is
up to TI.  The fact is that we won't have to buy new hardware to realize
the change, while the HP users do.

So, let's stop dissing TI simply because other people now have a
calculator which goes a bit faster.  If you are truly dissatisfied with
it, I'll buy all your ti-89's for $100 each and make a profit selling
them to people who aren't so prideful about their calculator.

-Adam

MathWiz314@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Has it occurred to anyone that TI wrote in c just because they needed a new
> product out quickly.  TI is a big company hungry for profits and in order to
> make profits, they needed to get the 89 out quickly, even at the expense of
> quality. HP, who doesn't get many calculator sales anyway, can take the time
> to do a job properly because they don't have millions of students waiting for
> their next release.  So TI really is stupid, its just in a hurry.

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Re: A89: TI89 ROM vs HP49 ROM

From: MathWiz314@aol.com