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That’s me with a TI-85 in 7th grade in ‘95 or so. It was effectively a portable computer that I was allowed to use and play with in most classes. Started with
by nzoschke 6mo ago
That’s me with a TI-85 in 7th grade in ‘95 or so.
It was effectively a portable computer that I was allowed to use and play with in most classes.
Started with TI-BASIC, then discovered ticalc.org and the shell and assembly programming hacks, games, and home brew transfer cables.
It effectively started my electrical engineering and computer science career.
I know I’m not alone.
- aklein 6mo agoSame here! TI-85, and then HP48G series after that!
- freedomben 6mo agoIndeed, +1. I was the same though with a TI-83 instead. I had to get good at hiding the calculator under the desk in non-math classes because the English teacher (for example) would press me on "why do you need a calculator for English class?" I'm kicking myself for not saving the game code I wrote for some of those early games. They weren't very good, but I'd love to see the code, despite the horrifying spaghetti that it was.
- chainingsolid 6mo agoAlmost identical boat here. Had a borrowed TI-83, freshman year wrote 2048 && 1/2 of chess with only knowing basic variable usage, if, goto, and matrix indexing. Found out about actual loops and the ability to call a basic program from another latter.
- dlevine 6mo agoI had a TI-81 (and then an 85 later on). I wrote a blackjack program. There was no link cable for the 81, so other kids had to type it in manually.
- chinathrow 6mo agoWe had a chat program on the TI-85 over an extended (10m) link cable. Good times, indeed.
- colinmegill 6mo ago+1 ti85 7th grade '95
- bmenrigh 5mo agoAh I was a few years later on the TI-86. Around 1999. Between this, and SNES emulation (searching memory for values and adjusting things to see how they'd affect the game), I was destined for computer science.