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> your TI calculator was a tinkerer niche that was similar to the openness and simplicity of early home computers It wasn't in the Netherlands. A graphical cal

> your TI calculator was a tinkerer niche that was similar to the openness and simplicity of early home computers It wasn't in the Netherlands. A graphical calculator was required for math and many kids learned at least some programming by creating their own little programs to cheat in tests. Also, you could get code for games and then program them. The newer ones with USB cables made adding games much easier though.

cavanasm 9y ago
In my public high school in the US, it was required for all my math classes past basic algebra, but I only knew one person who ever tried to code anything on it themselves (although people transferred games pulled online frequently; this was early 00s, transfer was this weird USB to something that looked like an headphone jack to connect to computer), and there were either test calculators, or an instructor would clear RAM.
- Chaebixi 9y ago
  > to something that looked like an headphone jack to connect to computer The word you're looking for is "serial port."