Re: ti-86 vs. ti-89

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Subject: Re: ti-86 vs. ti-89
From: Bobby Digital <bobbydgt@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:57:52 PDT
Reply-To: Bobby Digital <bobbydgt@HOTMAIL.COM>

Isn't there a program that hides programs on TI-calcs (in assembly?)
And isn't there another way of hiding programs in TI-89's by storing
the program as a string?
If there is, I suggest use either method....or am I wrong??
Can someone help me out here?

thanx
-BOBBY

In a message dated 4/20/99 5:03:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
moore.w@HOTKEY.NET.AU writes:

> I can use an 89 in my uni exams provided there are no programs on
it. That's
>  a good reason for an out of the box comparison. No matter how good
the HP
>  programs may be, I can't have them on during exams, therefore if
more is
>  built in that's better for me.
>
>  Just my opinion
>
>  Wesley
>
>  Jemfinch02 <jemfinch02@aol.com> wrote in message
>  news:19990418160135.13856.00002241@ng-fa1.aol.com...
>  > >> What is amazing is that this 13 year old calculator can still
do
>  > >>everything other than symbolic integration better than the TI-
89.
>  > >
>  > >Is that so? I'd like to see the HP compare with an 89 with
neither of
>  > >them loaded with programs.
>  >
>  > What would be the point?  A comparison like this would strip the
HP of one
>  of
>  > its major selling points:  a stronger user base.  The reason the
HP can do
>  so
>  > much with programs is because math professors, computer science
>  professors, and
>  > graduate students everywhere write these programs.  This speaks
to the
>  > professional nature of HP users across the world.
>  >
>  > To say that one should compare the two calculators without any
programs
>  would
>  > be like a school forcing someone to take a math class under the
pretense
>  of
>  > "preparation for life" but requiring that calculators not be
used.
>  Likewise,
>  > for an adequate comparison of calculators, one must allow all
resources to
>  be
>  > used to their fullest: and this includes programs.
>  >
>  > Jeremy
>
>


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