Talk:TI-83 series

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[edit] Request for external link addition

  • I would like to make a formal request to add http://www.celtickane.com/programming/ to the external links section of this page. It is my own website, so I wouldn't like to add it myself, but I would prefer that someone else review the website, and make the decision to add it. It contains some examples of programs that can be done on the TI-83 calculator. --Sugarskane 03:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

To make it clear to whomever added "Series and the TI-84": The 84 is in the 83 series. I'm not going to revert that, but the calculators are essentially the same. --Andy Janata 4 July 2005 15:48 (UTC)

IMHO the 84x never should have been brought into existance. A major model number change should bring with it a massive upgrade (like we saw moving from the 82 to the 83), the 84SE however is little more than a cosmetic upgrade, and the 84+ is just plain pointless. The 84SE is essentially an 83SE with a USB port and a cooler keypad. They'd have been better off calling it the 83T, and never even bothering with the 84+. -- Toksyuryel talk | contrib Image:Toksyuryel wikipedia sig img.jpg 04:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ticalc.org link

TiCalc.org no longer points to a useful site, so I have removed its link in the TI-83 series article -Chrono 04:21, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

If you look more closely at any of the links, you'll see it's an april fools joke. Allynfolksjr 06:55, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link port

Does anyone know what type of port the "Link port" is? It look's like a 2,5mm jack or even 3,5mm... but I find it unlikely that it is. [—User:Aphex]

I think it's some other size between 2.5 and 3.5 mm. I had to cut one of the link cables in half to use for my own connector because a 3.5 mm plug doesn't fit and a 2.5 mm one is too small. Vadmium 23:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
It's a 2.5mm plug. Allynfolksjr 23:52, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

What are the sources for the tech specs? Because they don't agree with the specs at http://www.ticalc.org/basics/calculators/ti-83plus.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Treasuretron (talk • contribs) 21:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

Do you mean the 24 vs. 32 KB RAM and 160 vs. 512 KB Flash ROM? The page here on Wiki gives the hardware specs, ticalc tells what is available to the user. Technically (no pun intended) those specs are correct, but I don't mind doing a rewrite to make it correct and clear (such as on the TI-86 page, including 'user-accessible' everywhere it is appropriate). That would be quite a major edit, so I'll wait until someone agrees with me before actually doing it. RobVW 17:33, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I think that as long as you specified what is user-accessible and what isn't, and edit will be fine. Threefingeredguy 10:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] C Programming

I have found no links regarding C Programmin on the 83 series. Are you sure this is possible?24.247.9.25 22:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe a few pseudo-c compilers were made for the 83 series, but they were more of a proof of concept nature as the code is much too bloated and slow for the z80 CPU. Allynfolksjr 22:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I think C should be removed as it is not a "real" language -Luby —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.135.76.253 (talk) 03:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lowercase

How come my TI-83 can write in lowercase by pressing Alpha twice, but no one else's can? It's not a casemodded TI-89, and when i press it twice it ghanges from an uppercase A to a lowercase a. I can then write in full lowercase. Why? ~~mcfaddenator~~

You most likely have MirageOS or some other 3rd party application that has enabled a hook which allows this feature. Allynfolksjr 04:47, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] pic of TI-83 plus

ive got a TI-83 plus (regular edition) that i could take a picture of. unless anyone thinks that 3 pics would be too much Connör 05:05, 1 September 2007 (UTC)