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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2010, 04:43:27 pm »
It's so funny when some one drops their calc and the batteries all go rolling away. XD Thank fully it hasn't happened to me.

But I must admit, of the 1,500+ 84+'s at my school, I have not seen any broken ones. Well I guess I've seen a few battery tabs missing.
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2010, 04:46:42 pm »
I've dropped my 83+ a few times before, but I don't think I damaged it.

Then again, my calc's link port did break, and I couldn't find a flaw in the soldering when I went and looked, so... maybe I did damage it.
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2010, 04:50:17 pm »
speaking of link ports...
i once took a knife to the link port on my 84+ because i wanted to be able to use the headphone converter i bought. it still works(including teh headphones =D), but i have to be very careful that i dont push the cord in too far
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2010, 05:02:24 pm »
My friend dropped is 84+se on a tile floor from about three-four feet off the ground.  The result: His calc's screen cracked completely.  It's basically a useless calc now. :(
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2010, 05:05:28 pm »
Yikes, does the hardware and link still work?  Could be backup all his stuff (if he was a programmer)?
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2010, 05:05:55 pm »
Really? I've dropped my calc multiple times on our concrete garage, among other places(not on purpose of course) and it's never received any damage :o
That sucks though :/ Did he get another one?
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2010, 05:07:06 pm »
Quote from: Builderboy on July 23, 2010, 05:05:28 pm
Yikes, does the hardware and link still work?  Could be backup all his stuff (if he was a programmer)?
He could, but the LCD is messed up.  He programmed, but not many things, and no were ever very good. =/

Quote from: Tribal on July 23, 2010, 05:05:55 pm
That sucks though :/ Did he get another one?
He borrows one from the school now. :)
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2010, 09:48:02 pm »
Ya, I saw this on ticalc.org a while ago. It's interesting.

About people's calculators damaging when you drop them, was the case on it at all? Or was it just the calculator that dropped?
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2010, 09:55:52 pm »
Mine normally drops w/case, but then again, it's normally on. (Front and back, though, not just one)
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2010, 10:20:53 pm »
1. I need a cloak of nspires, I hear they are the best  ;D

2. Lets have a moment of scilence for that poor calc

3. I have dropped my TI-84+SE once, it is fine, only a few scratches on the case
« Last Edit: July 23, 2010, 10:21:42 pm by qazz42 »
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #25 on: July 23, 2010, 10:23:04 pm »
I have dropped my 89 and Nspire many times (for some reason, my 89 fell of my desk almost every day in Chemistry).  The only damage that has ever happened is I put a minor crack in the slide cover of my Nspire.
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2010, 10:43:42 pm »
Quote from: qazz42 on July 23, 2010, 10:20:53 pm
1. I need a cloak of nspires, I hear they are the best  ;D

2. Lets have a moment of scilence for that poor calc

3. I have dropped my TI-84+SE once, it is fine, only a few scratches on the case


Cloak of Nspires? What is that?
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2010, 10:46:12 pm »
A cloak, covered with nspires, that will deflect all bullets
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #28 on: July 23, 2010, 10:48:04 pm »
Ah ok, gotcha haha. I think I'll stick with Dragon Skin (the bullet resistant vest/pattern/etc., not the mythical creature) :P
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Re: TI-83 Plus Saves Student from Bullet
« Reply #29 on: July 23, 2010, 10:50:46 pm »
Okay.  But wouldn't that way, like a ton.

I have never broken my calc, but I did have a friend who dropped his on the floor, and the screen shattered completely.  I think it has to do with how it falls. eg. what side it falls on.
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