Another Question About Which Calculator to Buy
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Another Question About Which Calculator to Buy
Ok, so I have two options.
A) Get a free 84+SE
B) Get a free 89 Titanium.
My mom received a 150 dollar office depot card and she gave them to me to purchase a calculator.
Well, at the Office Depot around here, both are 150 bucks, so I'd just be paying for tax. I would rather not get the Titanium, as after a little research it appears that there are a ton of compatibility issues (although easily fixed). It's just really inconvenient I guess, I'd rather get a regular 89 over the titanium. Also, all the new calculators look incredibly lame in comparison to the older ones. The original SE looked sweet, but everything after is just lame haha.
I'll probably stick with the 84, although the 89 might be a lot more useful as far as college goes.
I don't know. I'm looking mostly from a development standpoint, the z80 is my home. But maybe I should address the functionality of each as well. If you were in my (rather lucky) position, what would you do?
A) Get a free 84+SE
B) Get a free 89 Titanium.
My mom received a 150 dollar office depot card and she gave them to me to purchase a calculator.
Well, at the Office Depot around here, both are 150 bucks, so I'd just be paying for tax. I would rather not get the Titanium, as after a little research it appears that there are a ton of compatibility issues (although easily fixed). It's just really inconvenient I guess, I'd rather get a regular 89 over the titanium. Also, all the new calculators look incredibly lame in comparison to the older ones. The original SE looked sweet, but everything after is just lame haha.
I'll probably stick with the 84, although the 89 might be a lot more useful as far as college goes.
I don't know. I'm looking mostly from a development standpoint, the z80 is my home. But maybe I should address the functionality of each as well. If you were in my (rather lucky) position, what would you do?
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89 titanium and hope its HW4. Supposedly faster than HW3 titaniums, but hey, why not?
Get TIGCC and you can make some pretty cool games. 68k ASM is 32bit ASM, which might be more useful in the long run, but I agree that z80 is a more comfortable ASM. Still, I like both.
You can play a lot of old games if you use HW3Patch and ghostbusters. Besides, you can hold a ton more of them. However, it seems that 84+SE's ratio of games to memory is better.
Also, if you need a replacement z80, they'll be cheaper.
Or better yet, find a v200 jk jk jk
Get TIGCC and you can make some pretty cool games. 68k ASM is 32bit ASM, which might be more useful in the long run, but I agree that z80 is a more comfortable ASM. Still, I like both.
You can play a lot of old games if you use HW3Patch and ghostbusters. Besides, you can hold a ton more of them. However, it seems that 84+SE's ratio of games to memory is better.
Also, if you need a replacement z80, they'll be cheaper.
Or better yet, find a v200 jk jk jk
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Haha, well I guess the overwhelming majority have chosen the 89t. I think that that's what I'll get, as if I learn to program for that it will be more useful in the long run.
Thanks for the input guys!
PS: I'm going to start going pawn shop searching (or ebay) for a cheap, used 83+. That way, I'm not stranded without a calculator on tests
Thanks for the input guys!
PS: I'm going to start going pawn shop searching (or ebay) for a cheap, used 83+. That way, I'm not stranded without a calculator on tests
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If you are counting appsCompWiz wrote:Actually it is. Unlike 83 calculators, the 84's check for discontinuity on lines. Also, you can't run Cabamap on an 83. I've used that on tests to get teh 1337 100 digit long answers.leofox wrote:It's not like the 84+SE is more useful on tests compared to the 83.
The flash calcs have leet apps that can do the stuff the 89 can do to.. graph3 and that CAS thing (name?) for example.
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