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What calc for christmas?
« on: December 15, 2010, 08:04:55 pm »
What should I get BASED COMPLETELY OFF OF PROGRAMMIBILITY:

1.TI-89T
2.TI-Nspire
3.Wait for Casio Prizm
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 08:05:32 pm »
i vote 3
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 08:05:43 pm »
I'd say the 89T. It has C and ASM support (with grayscale).
« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 08:05:57 pm by Deep Thought »
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2010, 08:11:50 pm »
Quote from: Ashbad on December 15, 2010, 08:04:55 pm
What should I get BASED COMPLETELY OFF OF PROGRAMMIBILITY:

1.TI-89T
2.TI-Nspire
3.Wait for Casio Prizm


The Prizm will be the best long term bet. The 89Ti is the best short term bet.
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2010, 10:49:20 pm »
3. Why?

-Because the TI-89T community seems almost dead, even more than Casio. It would be nice to have new 68K coders, but it sucks if nobody can try your programs because almost no one use 68Ks anymore, not to mention maybe TI could discontinue the entire line.
-While the TI-Nspire is opened to ASM and C dev, it would also be nice to see what can be done on the Prizm and with the Nspire you'll constantly fight against TI locking down new OSes so Ndless doesn't work with them.
-The Prizm is cheaper.
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2010, 01:34:00 pm »
2. Ok I'm biased.
The TI-Nspire offers interesting HW, and we need development skills to explore it.
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2010, 01:36:12 pm »
between two and three, I always wanted a 68k calc but they have almost no userbase anymore O.o
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2010, 10:26:00 pm »
I remember back when the 68K POTY had to be split in half because there were way too many program releases. THis drastically changed after 2005.
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2010, 11:46:15 pm »
Yeah, it's too bad. IMO the 89T was the better calc :(
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2010, 12:00:23 pm »
imo i'd take the Nspire (my dad received it =p , I just need to see my dad :p), though I don't know C and ARM ASM. That's an opportunity to learn a new programming language :D
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2010, 12:20:25 pm »
Well, I'm getting a TI-84 Plus SE, because I lack one. As that's not an option...

I'd go with an 89T though, simply because the 89T series is probably the one that will get killed by TI the soonest. Prizm is new; Nspire is new too. Even though the 68k community is dead, while you can still get the calc I'd suggest taking the opportunity. Even if you don't program it- there's a large amount of already released stuff for 68ks.

The only reason it might be advantageous to get an Nspire now is because future versions might be more locked down than they already are.
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2010, 12:21:47 pm »
true, that's true: let's take an advantage on Ti and buy Nspires now!! ;D ;D
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2010, 01:29:28 pm »
If i could get one, it would be a blue or black 84PSE with the extra RAM pages ;D

In your case, I'd go for the prizm.

And on the topic of christmas, see you in two weeks next year :P
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2010, 05:44:21 pm »
I'm glad you're getting a 84 again TC01. Does this means you will develop z80 stuff again soon? :D

Quote from: Darl181 on December 17, 2010, 01:29:28 pm
And on the topic of christmas, see you in two weeks next year :P
Aw no internet for you either? Darn, so many people around here got no internet access at home. X.x See you next year!
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Re: What calc for christmas?
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2010, 08:32:42 pm »
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on December 17, 2010, 05:44:21 pm
I'm glad you're getting a 84 again TC01. Does this means you will develop z80 stuff again soon? :D

Hopefully. I plan to at least use all the new z80 stuff that's been developed since the summer.

I don't really have any ideas as to what I'd make yet though.
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