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Not exactly that but a similar story for you. I was a huge dork in high school and figured out the sound API on my HP-48G which was just really a way to play a
by Yhippa 10y ago
Not exactly that but a similar story for you. I was a huge dork in high school and figured out the sound API on my HP-48G which was just really a way to play a sound from the internal speaker at a frequency and duration. I programmed the first parts of Holst's Jupiter using my calculator and a friend's calculator. Man that was real fun to do. Created an API on top of that to simplify it to play notes at a certain length.
That calculator was amazing. Real nice programming environment there for a high school kid that didn't have programming everywhere like we do today.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoI did something similar with an Arduino. I managed to get an okay Star Wars out of it. As for calculators, my school unfortunately standardized in TI: You guys had RPL, we have TI-Basic, which is worse than actual BASIC. And our calculators cost more! (Second-hand, anyways, because let's face it, nobody buys their calculators new)
- godzillabrennus 10y agoI like to think my TI-83+ from 15 years ago is still being used by some kid who bought it off some kid who bought it off some kid who's the guy that bought it off me when I finished college.
- int_19h 10y agoWhat boggles the mind is that they still sell those calculators. For like $60 apiece.