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For some reason there's something quite comforting to me knowing that TI still sells calculators with Z80-based chips not much different than what was in the TR
by xp84 1y ago
For some reason there's something quite comforting to me knowing that TI still sells calculators with Z80-based chips not much different than what was in the TRS-80 from 1977. I think I like that fact quite a lot more than knowing that my phone is a lot more powerful than a desktop computer was when Windows XP came out.
- PaulHoule 1y agoIt's funny. Circa 1990 I think calculator enthusiasts were much more likely to be into HP, particularly devices like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_48_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_48_series but TI really took over most of the market and has most of the enthusiast interest. I have an HP Prime but I think I'm the only one, it's a really nice calculator but the algebraic mode is better than the RPN mode which makes not feel very 'HP' and at the core it is another ARM device.