TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator

Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by michaericalribo on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:14PM (#27091665)

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?

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by powersnail on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:24PM (#27091736)

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.

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by musicale on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:35PM (#27091794)

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!

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by ineedasername on Saturday May 08, 2021 @08:36PM (#27092093)

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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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by TchoBeer on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:57PM (#27092476)

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.

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by aidenn0 on Sunday May 09, 2021 @01:48AM (#27093565)

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)

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by TchoBeer on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:04PM (#27124160)

Again, maybe my school was different, but you gave it to the teacher and they'd wipe it and give it back.

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by maxerickson on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:06PM (#27124185)

They are talking about installing software that fakes it. First result from a quick search:

https://brandonw.net/calculators/fake/

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by uyjulian on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:28PM (#27101709)

There is an exploit that allows you to run assembly programs on newer OS versions called arTIfiCE…

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Re:TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator by dqv on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:40PM (#27092706)

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

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