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I did not have this experience. We had a pair of them, TI Explorers, in our office. I spent several hours over different days "fiddling" with them, and made no
by whartung 3y ago
I did not have this experience.
We had a pair of them, TI Explorers, in our office. I spent several hours over different days "fiddling" with them, and made no progress.
The single person that could use them, was not a generalist at all. He simply knew whatever was necessary to dabble wit the expert system bit he was working on.
Whatever intuitive relationships were to flower from access, did not manifest with this person. Simply, he wasn't seeking them. He was focused on his little task. If the training docs said "type xxx and hit F5" he would do so without spending an iota of attention about either what he was typing, why he was typing it, or whatever the F5 button did.
I made no progress on that machine. Perhaps if I had an hour of knowledgable introduction or guidance as a jumping off point, it would have been different and it would have opened a world to explore.
But at the time, for me, it was inscrutable and I went back spending my time on the Suns that we had instead.
- dreamcompiler 3y agoCan't speak to your experience with TI machines because I never used them. I learned on Symbolics and LMI machines.
- gonzo 3y agoTI Explorer LX machines ran Unix with LISP on top. Very different.