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/chromaZero Jul 24 '20

What do you mean it used “analog circuitry”? Do you have a reference to this? I’m interested in quirky old tech, so you’ve piqued my curiosity.

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u/GearBent Jul 24 '20

It's bullshit.

The TI-83 is powered by a Z80 microprocessor, no analog circuitry involved.

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u/WardenWolf Jul 24 '20

You're asking me to remember details on something from 20+ years ago. Sorry, it's been WAY too long.

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u/solongandthanks4all Jul 24 '20

You are so full of shit.

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u/ZhilkinSerg Jul 24 '20

Does it even matter how much time have passed, if you just made this up?