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Re: Calculator question
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2005 Feb 19, 21:34 -0500
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2005 Feb 19, 21:34 -0500
Frank, Do you, or anyone else for that matter, know if TI-82 'code' will run on a TI-89 ? Thanks, Courtney Frank Reed wrote: > Alex you wrote: > > "a) sexagesimal input (degrees/minutes/seconds) and output, > b) at least 3 independent memories (Casio has only one). > c) dual power (solar and battery). > > The last requirement excludes bulky, heavy > and expensive things with graphical displays hudge memory, etc., > of the type Celestaire sells.' " > > > > Try searching ebay for "programmable calculators". There are many > different models. The most recent TI-89 has something like 3 megabytes > of memory. It can take simple programming and also relatively > sophisticated code, and they do *symbolic* algebra, trig, and > differentiation and integration, too. But no solar power, AFAIK. > > > > -FER > 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. > www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars > -- s/v Mutiny Rhodes Bounty II lying Oriental, NC WDB5619