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The author thinks the uglier design is lamentable, but it might have actually been done on purpose to discourage (accidental) theft, similar to how bowling shoe
by sushid 10y ago
The author thinks the uglier design is lamentable, but it might have actually been done on purpose to discourage (accidental) theft, similar to how bowling shoes are hideous for the same reason.
When I was in school, we used the TI-84s in classes. The classroom versions we had were these ugly yellow ones that were very easy to notice and very easy to distinguish from the regular gray/black ones.
- Yhippa 10y agoI loved programming so much in high school that I would routinely hack in TI-BASIC on these things as much as I could. It was an excellent language to cut your teeth on.
- derwiki 10y agoTI-BASIC and z80 assembly (TI-86) helped me get my programming fix during the day in high school since we had no programming classes.
- matt_kantor 10y agoSounds similar to my experience. My first exposure to programming was automating repetitive homework assignments and building simple games on the TI-83 Plus. Typing code using calculator buttons was pretty tedious.
- jkaptur 10y agoI first learned how to program by reading - nearly cover to cover - the TI-83 instruction manual. Fantastic.
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