Re: Should I exchange my TI-82 for a TI-85?
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Re: Should I exchange my TI-82 for a TI-85?
The TI-86 has plenty more features! More memory is a BIG feature; you get
over 3 times as much. BASIC programs do not run at 25% of TI-85 speed. I
estimate about 66%. Although it is slower, it doesn't really matter; any
games you'll play are in ASM, and math programs usually don't take long
anyway. There are lots of little things in the TI-86 here and there that
make a LOT more than just 4 more features, such as multiple last entries,
DelVar, text on the graph screen, etc. Also, the finance and advanced
statistics ASM programs are integrated write into the TI-OS and seem like
they are built into the calc.
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Jeff Tyrrill
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From: 82nd Deer [SMTP:eviljim@MEGSINET.NET]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 1997 11:27 AM
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Subject: Re: Should I exchange my TI-82 for a TI-85?
>TI-86 instead of the '85. For just a little bit more money, you can get
>a lot of features the TI-85 lacks, such as the list editor from the 82
A lot of more features? Try 4. List editor, f(x) value chart, more
memory, and built in asm. That's it. Plus, programs run at about 1/4 the
speed (from what I've been told) - a BIG negative.
>Since so many people are programming for every calculator, it is not a
>good idea to base your decision on what games it plays, but what the
>calculator itself has to offer.
The 86 actually doesn't offer much over the 85.