Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
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Get a degree in electronics and when you know the difference between a
"hard drive" and RAM memory, then you might understand why circuitry
designed for battery operated devices isn't feasible with the most powerful
devices and fastest clock speeds!
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> From: Goatboy <lcappite@SPRYNET.COM>
> To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
> Subject: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
> Date: Thursday, November 14, 1996 1:39 PM
>
> I've been looking over the tech specs for all the TI calculators, and
> I can't argue that these calculators are spectacular. They are the
> most ingenious pieces of equipment for school use and such. However,
> they're hardware is very inferior. The hard disk so to speak only is
> about 30K. The processor runs at 6MHz? It only has an assembly
> language, not something better? My gosh, on today's technology, hd
> space is 6 *cents* a meg? And hard drives are the size of a TI calc.
> If u shrink down the hd to that of a mini cassette, and put it in the
> TI, u could get about 1/3 a gig. And you could probably do better,
> because I've seen a mini cassette for the computer that holds a gig,
> and the drive it goes in to is only 1 cm bigger on each side. And the
> chip? The 486 chips are like $30 bucks nowadays, and they run at
> 66MHz. AMD chips are $75 for a 133MHz version. And the display screen.
> I've seen sony watchman that were smaller and they have a color screen
> at 320x200.
>
> Basically, what I'm saying is with today's current technology and its
> cheapness, TI could probably come out with a calculator that could
> outperform my computer (mine is a 486 DX2-50) for the same price as
> their 92, and I don't know why they aren't trying.
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