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Calculator Community => TI Calculators => Topic started by: dogman on April 30, 2015, 09:50:35 am

Title: What is the practical difference between the TI-84 Plus and Silver?
Post by: dogman on April 30, 2015, 09:50:35 am

Hi,

I'm not understanding what the real difference between these units is. ticalc.org says that although the Silver has more RAM, only 24K of RAM is user-accessible.

Is this true even when programming in Z80 assembly? The Silver is much more expensive. What do I lose by buying a regular 84+ and not getting the Silver model?

Thanks.

Title: Re: What is the practical difference between the TI-84 Plus and Silver?
Post by: harold on April 30, 2015, 09:57:03 am

The Silver has a ton more flash memory

Title: Re: What is the practical difference between the TI-84 Plus and Silver?
Post by: dogman on April 30, 2015, 10:00:05 am

Thanks I have no idea what that means in practical terms. Would you explain please?

Title: Re: What is the practical difference between the TI-84 Plus and Silver?
Post by: Sorunome on April 30, 2015, 10:04:04 am

Flash memory is the archive memory, so where you store the apps and, optional, programs and other things.
The 84+ has about 500KB and the 84+SE has about 1500KB

Title: Re: What is the practical difference between the TI-84 Plus and Silver?
Post by: dogman on April 30, 2015, 10:16:11 am

Oh, thanks. 500K sounds like a fair ton of memory though. Is there a Linux app to transfer files to and fro?

Title: Re: What is the practical difference between the TI-84 Plus and Silver?
Post by: Sorunome on April 30, 2015, 10:18:13 am

Yes, it's called tilp.

Title: Re: What is the practical difference between the TI-84 Plus and Silver?
Post by: dogman on April 30, 2015, 10:23:50 am

Thanks a lot.