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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Other => Topic started by: yunhua98 on July 19, 2010, 05:54:50 pm

Title: TI PET Projects
Post by: yunhua98 on July 19, 2010, 05:54:50 pm
looking at some of these links on this website: http://www.datamath.org/Story/PET_Project.htm
I find it hard to believe they are made by the same company that gave us nSpire OS 2.1, 2.53MP, and other crap like the hardware revision.
Title: Re: TI PET Projects
Post by: calcdude84se on July 19, 2010, 07:06:09 pm
The reason it probably never came to fruition is that they wouldn't be allowed on such things as the SAT w/their touch screen :P
Also, the OS would've probably been locked down too...
I'd be surprised if it wasn't.
Title: Re: TI PET Projects
Post by: apcalc on July 19, 2010, 07:19:44 pm
Those calculators look very nice!  I would love to get my hands on one of them.  I keep watching eBay, but nothing ever shows up. :(
Title: Re: TI PET Projects
Post by: calcdude84se on July 19, 2010, 07:26:17 pm
Yeah, they're probably either back in TI's hands or with a collector who'll be unwilling to give them up.
A quick search reveals nothing. In fact, searching all over the internet, there are only a small number of hits, datamath and wikipedia being some of the first results
Title: Re: TI PET Projects
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 20, 2010, 01:02:24 am
Yeah it looks like those were never leaked as much. It seems like it was similar to the ClassPad 300 but more powerful.

There's also that news article: http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/14/141/141389.html
Title: Re: TI PET Projects
Post by: yunhua98 on July 20, 2010, 02:47:20 pm
knowing TI though, if those ever get released, they will be way worse than they are now, all in the name of saving a few cents.  ;)
Title: Re: TI PET Projects
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 20, 2010, 03:47:58 pm
Yeah I wouldn't be surprised about that, even thought those are already old technology. And even if TI released a 500 MHz calculator, I am sure it would be as limited as the Nspire and maybe even less optimized...