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I had to buy a TI-83 as a high schooler and still have it sitting around…wish there were neat homebrew purposes to put it towards, or really any use for it so i

I had to buy a TI-83 as a high schooler and still have it sitting around…wish there were neat homebrew purposes to put it towards, or really any use for it so it doesn’t continue wasting shelf space or end up in my garbage. Any ideas?

powersnail 5y ago
Sell them to students. I got my TI84 as used from eBay and I sold mine to a freshman when I graduate HS. These calculators are expensive to buy new for many students.
musicale 5y ago
The TI-83 has a huge software ecosystem of games and apps that people have written and/or ported to it. A search for "TI-83 games" brings up a bunch of them. Edit: Sadly TI seems to have discontinued C/ASM support on newer versions of their calculator OS/firmware, presumably to discourage exam cheating apps and remain eligible for use on standardized tests. ;-( So if you have an older calculator, don't "upgrade" your firmware I guess!
- ineedasername 5y ago
  It seems like adding even minimal python support would allow fairly easy development of apps that could be used for cheating.
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  - TchoBeer 5y ago
    I don't know if anything's changed, maybe schools are laxer than mine was, but they made me wipe my memory before taking standardized tests.
    - aidenn0 5y ago
      It was trivial to write a program that mimicked the wipe-memory screen with assembly (without assembly you could try to get away from it, but there were subtle differences in the menu UI with a TI basic menu and the system menus)
      - TchoBeer 5y ago
        Again, maybe my school was different, but you gave it to the teacher and they'd wipe it and give it back.
        maxerickson 5y ago
        They are talking about installing software that fakes it. First result from a quick search: https://brandonw.net/calculators/fake/ https://brandonw.net/calculators/fake/
- uyjulian 5y ago
  There is an exploit that allows you to run assembly programs on newer OS versions called arTIfiCE…
dqv 5y ago
I sold my 83+ just the other day for $30.

powersnail 5y ago

Sell them to students. I got my TI84 as used from eBay and I sold mine to a freshman when I graduate HS. These calculators are expensive to buy new for many students.

musicale 5y ago

The TI-83 has a huge software ecosystem of games and apps that people have written and/or ported to it. A search for "TI-83 games" brings up a bunch of them. Edit: Sadly TI seems to have discontinued C/ASM support on newer versions of their calculator OS/firmware, presumably to discourage exam cheating apps and remain eligible for use on standardized tests. ;-( So if you have an older calculator, don't "upgrade" your firmware I guess!

ineedasername 5y ago
It seems like adding even minimal python support would allow fairly easy development of apps that could be used for cheating.
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- TchoBeer 5y ago
  I don't know if anything's changed, maybe schools are laxer than mine was, but they made me wipe my memory before taking standardized tests.
  - aidenn0 5y ago
    It was trivial to write a program that mimicked the wipe-memory screen with assembly (without assembly you could try to get away from it, but there were subtle differences in the menu UI with a TI basic menu and the system menus)
    - TchoBeer 5y ago
      Again, maybe my school was different, but you gave it to the teacher and they'd wipe it and give it back.
      - maxerickson 5y ago
        They are talking about installing software that fakes it. First result from a quick search: https://brandonw.net/calculators/fake/ https://brandonw.net/calculators/fake/
uyjulian 5y ago
There is an exploit that allows you to run assembly programs on newer OS versions called arTIfiCE…

dqv 5y ago

I sold my 83+ just the other day for $30.