My first TI-(TI-89)

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Subject: My first TI-(TI-89)
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 03:31:31 GMT
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G'Day,
        Well, my ol' faithful casio that I have had since starting
high school finally died and I found myself in the need of a new
calculator.  A bloke at work has an old HP that he feeds program tapes
into and it does all this wonderful time saving engineering
calculations, so I thought I would go out and invest in a decent
calculator.  I have heard all this good stuff about the TI-89 that I
decided to get "the best".  Don't get me wrong, I think it is great,
but why are they so bloody complicated?  I can't even make sense of
the "bible" that it shipped with.
        Anyway, I suppose what I am asking, is anyone able to give me
a "leg up" and get me started?  Is there any good books about
programming TI's for engineering?  Is there a users group I could
join?  How would I know which programs I can download into my TI-89?
I feel like I am not getting any use of all this "calculating power"
at my finger tips and it is all operator error!


Where do I start?


Mick Campbell
kossboss@hotmail.com