Re: TI-85 history


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Re: TI-85 history



so what your saying is that all but one of your reasons are cosmetic and the
only functional reason is offset by the enormous amount of functions that
the ti86 has over the ti-85.
STL137 wrote in message <19981106162226.19056.00000226@ng66.aol.com>...
><<Also, what are the advatages to the TI-85 over other calcs expecially
other
>TI grpahing calcs? >>
>There's four main reasons I stick with my 85 and don't get an 86.
>1) I like the boxy rectangular shape of the 85 and can't stand the
curvilinear
>shape of the 86.
>2) The case cover of the 85 is solid black. The case cover of the 86 has a
>nasty little graph printed on it.
>3) The 85 has huge strips of rubber on itself and its case cover to ensure
that
>it doesn't slide around when you work with it. The 86 has these disgusting
>little tabs.
>4) TI-85s are way faster when doing massive numerical computations than the
>TI-86s.
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