Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?


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Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?



Goatboy (lcappite@sprynet.com) wrote:
: 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.








Man, my Troll-O-Meter doesn't even go that high!






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