Only if it were a large improvement. I have an 89 and an 82. I rarely use the 82 now, except for games that the 89 doesn't have. The calc should be small (The 92 and + look too much like computers, the teachers won't let you use them sometimes) it should have a large RAM expansion, as well as an affordable backup module for those nasty crashes. It should work with asm, not against it (damn harware 2's), a faster proccessor, better math, and possibly the ability to run programs for lower calcs.

I'll agree with that, but have you seen thos 92(+)s? There HUGE!!! Massive things! There nice and all, but a little too big, I like my 89.

I could comment on that, dear, but i'd be banned...


Cd_Slayer

What do you mean "banned"? Or do I want to know?

I'm willing to bet that you probably don't wanna know. I mean you probably *really* don't wanna know.

LOL

That would seriosly depend on the kind of girl she is... And I'm not quite sure she's that normal that she would resent that.
Kidding.
But then, she sleeps with her calcs, and they're not "big"... (85 and...) so I'll just change the subject...

Cd_Slayer

We all know about the linkports on the ti85. 2.55mm.

Ciaran McCreesh

What the hell are you talking about? Lesbian sex with a calc? AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

Cd_Slayer

Sigh, I guess you were right when you said I *REALLY* didn't wanna know!

HEY. He said it! I just thought it was weird! It was not where I was going, at all!

Cd_Slayer

hey paulo, settle down. i think the only guy here that could try to fit 2.5mm is the one that posted it...
:-)
sickos
(no offense bud, you asked for it though...)

None taken, since obviously I wasn't the one who said anything about 2.5 mm.
There goes your credibility. Thank God!

Cd_Slayer

I don't use a ti85. No offence taken :)

LOL

I'd really like a calculator that could do everything the 86 can do, with all the statistics functions of the 83, and with much more RAM.

yeah... I think they call that the TI-89

Statistics can be downloaded...
And no, more mem is not a viable option. it only increases page switching (it'd be soooo slow, cause it'd have to swap pages for EVERYTHING) and besides, who needs more on calc mem when you've got expansion modules? I can fit enough games in 75k or so, because Z80 object code is soooooo damn small, the smallest there is.

I think archive memory would solve that problem (wouldn't it? I don't know that much about the structure...) Anyway, the archive works with the RAM much the same way a computer's hard drive works with its ram. You don't need all the programs in there at once, you just need space for more programs, so you could put the entire sf2t grayscale on there or something.

That's just the same principle as memory expansion packs. And archive mem requires FLASH ROM, which I hate.

What's wrong with FLASH ROM?

That a misflash can ruin your calc (that happened to me when I tried to flash my Banshee... what a nightmare... I'll never flash anything again (okay maybe I exaggerated a little, but you get the point))

HP made several tests to calc flash memory; they just submitted a calc to a 2000 volt source. Flash memory survived. So, I think that if you misflash something, there should be a solution to arrange it... (that’s what I think… maybe I'm wrong.)

Motorola 68000 supports up to 16Mb and works perfectly

Yeah, but then I'd just be a 89-