Re: A86: Re: odd thing


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Re: A86: Re: odd thing




hmmmmm a calculator with a pc card slot....why?

-----Original Message-----
From: Klukan <renegade@bmt.net>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: A86: Re: odd thing


>
>Dan Eble wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Stefano Bonora wrote:
>>
>> > Mmmmh... and who will ever buy a TI-92 if all the 'important' things
>> like
>> > symbolic mainpulation could be done with a TI-86 via-software?
>>
>> TI-86:
>>         * 8 bits
>>         * 6 MHz
>>         * 96K RAM
>>
>> TI-92 with expansion module:
>>         * 16 bits
>>         * 10 MHz
>>         * 188K RAM
>>         * 384K "user data archive" memory (flash?)
>>         * flash ROM for electronic upgradability (anyone heard of
>> XINU?)
>>         * a whole lot more than symbolic manipulation
>>
>> --------
>> Dan Eble (mailto:eble@cis.ohio-state.edu)
>>          (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)
>>
>> "Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!" -- James 3:5
>
>And your point is...Only $100 or so more.  At that price, you may as
>well buy the HP-48GX.  Great processor (don't remember which one right
>off hand), PCMCIA Type II slot, 128K internal RAM, IR capabilities,
>Symbolic Manipulation, 3D graphing, and a lot of other stuff.  I don't
>own one (not to say I wouldn't want one, although I do like my TI-86
>quite a bit) but you can use them for a lot more than you can the 92.
>Best example:  ACT/SAT tests.
>
>-Jeremy
>


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