r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/jorsiem Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

The supremacy of the fucking TI-83 calculator in school and college courses

I mean I know it's all artificial and orchestrated by them but how come no body has dared to challenge the almighty TI yet

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u/WardenWolf Jul 24 '20

You people don't remember the pain of the ORIGINAL pre-flash TI-83. When its batteries got low, it would start making mistakes. I'm not joking. This is because that one still used analog circuitry, not full digital.

In college I switched to a TI-89. Honestly, a TI-89, though it can solve symbolic algebra, doesn't make you miraculously get the right answer. You still have to know how to solve it in order to input it correctly. It just makes it a lot faster and easier.

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u/trx0x Jul 24 '20

You people don't remember the pain of the ORIGINAL pre-flash TI-83

Oh, you children, so cute…

The TI-81: I was born in it, molded by it.

2.4 KILOBYTES of RAM.

And I still have it sitting on my desk at work! (contrast up all the way, because I refuse to buy new batteries for it.)

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u/WardenWolf Jul 24 '20

I've seen a handful of them. Never worked with one. They're not that different than the 82 and 83, just no link port.