Most of you probably own or have operated a TI-83 calculator or higher and have written some type of program with it.What is the name for this language? And do you know of any good sites with tutorials? Thanks.
its a pain in the ass to program in TI-Basic
because you have to use that crappy keyboard that has a ABC pattern instead of QWERTY.
and when you type the code, you dont type the code, you select from a list of statements, etc.
I really hate programming in TI Basic,
I had to do some TI-Basic programs for my algebra 1 class last year, damn I hated that....
I know, I don't really like it either. It took me quite a while just to write a program that returned the area of a cylinder! But I think you can install your own Assembler programs. Too bad I don't know it though. Maybe someday.
There are plethora of programs online that will allow you to write the program on your computer and send it to your calculator. There are also emulators, which mimic the calculator on the computer, making debugging a lot easier. I know that TI itself has a program available for exactly that purpose.
I hate to brag, but I have a TI-92, and it's great, with the QWERT keyboard, but I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find an app and the hardware to plug a standard PC keyboard... Any ideas???
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i have a TI-89 and a TI-83+, and i get lots of stuff at http://www.ticalc.org . I don't mind programming for it, because i use the ti graph link software to program in basic and then send it to my calc. I also do some c programming for my 89 !
I do have a TI-92 (Rom 2.1) and tried to write some simple Assembly programs.
At www.ticalc.org you will find files and source codes for all TI calculators.
i really dont mind programming in TI-BASIC! i now ASM is better to know, but if ur just writing up some boring ass program or a small one for urself, its fine! why learn to program a Z80 chip in ASM if u just write up <1kb proggies?
Yes, that statment does apply to almost all types of programming! I tend to go more for speed and lower level programming, but if i want to do something small and quick just for myself, any type of basic will do!
Hey, I have used the TI-83 for quite a time. In our class, we had both TI-83 and 85 folks. After a while I got pissed off by the limited possibilities the TI-83 offers (for example: A variable can only be composed by one letter - and there are only capital letters...). The TI-85 goes a little step further, and I liked the menu structure better. It just sucks that you can't connect the two. To anybody who's got no clue of programming and wants to *use* the TI, buy the 83, probably easier to start with. And more colorful.
But as I'm talking to folks who also like to *play* with the thingy - stick to 85.
I used to do a lot of stuff with the TI. In fact, it saved my ass during the physics class - no, it DID the physics course for me. And therefore I am eternaly grateful to Texas.
As T-Basic (that's what I call it) is quite limitated, you have to do a lot of thinking, and that can be fun. There is no API to do fancy wizardry, there is chapter 16 in the book and you. Solving problems you learn right here. For example working around TI bugs: There is a bug that if you trace a graph, you cannot set your cursor to a specific point to calculate the derivation there. That can be a pain in the ass, especially with your TI-83 neighbour laughing at you because he can just enter the number he likes, and the cursor will center there. I wrote a program on this, entering the desired x-coordinate will resize the screen in any direction you wish and have the cursor centered were you want it. Or a program to calculate the last three numbers of 15^500. Whatever the teacher thought I couldn't come up with.
And, not to forget, I played Black Jack with my TI. Don't laugh, it is the greatest BJ-program I ever came across till today!
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I like TI-Basic (lol). I wrote a port of one of my original computer games on it. I have a ti-83 plus, and it's loaded with 18 games. (i still have memory left!). I am like the "game trafficker" in my grade because no one else has the graph link.
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don't know if its been mentioned before, but www.ticalc.org
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yeah... use it for ref. when my sis wants to put sum new function on her ti-83+
Government is another way to say better…than…you.
It’s like ice but no pick, a murder charge that won’t stick,
it’s like a whole other world where you can smell the food,
but you can’t touch the silverware.
Huh, what luck. Fascism you can vote for.
Humph, isn’t that sweet?
And we’re all gonna die some day, because that’s the American way
-Stone Sour
I hate to say it, but back in 7th grade, I didn't know programming a computer was an actual thing, then someone showed me some cool stuff with the calculator and how he did. That was my first venture in to programming (TI-83). I became real fast at programming on the actual calculator (it's sad) and later discovered QBasic, but that's a different story. Anyways, A while ago I was reading up on assembler programming for the calculator and had some info. My calculator broke and I had to get a TI-83+ and now I can't figure out how to use assembler in the damned thing. Email me if you want: [email protected]
Originally posted by wossname Hi, I got bored this morning and so i created a Unsigned 16-bit Integer, to Binary converter...
you type in 54231 and the calc comes back with:
1101001111010111
pointless i think you'll agree but it was fun* to make.
email me if you want a text of the program (very small code).
* fun = tedious in this case!
why would you do that when there is already a function in it, the 85 does anyway, I don't think the 83 does.
Sail, you read the manual, man you have bigger balls then I do. I took one look at it and threw it away, not really, but I didn't read it as it was garbage. I programmed on the 85 and it was easy. once I saw how to do it I learned from there. It also got me through my electronics course. I programmed it to find the voltage, curent, and power of a X amount of resistors, transistors, inductors, capacitors, and diodes. it was the best thing I did and it saved my life. I also made a link to the calc from the computer, cost a lot less than if I bought it. maybe $5 and that was pushing it.
I actually called my Ti-85 my little buddy as it never left my side in the 2 years I used it in my electronics course. there is also a bunch more sites that have programs for the Ti-83 - Ti-92. sure a 92 would have been great but there was no use in bying one as we could not use it on the test, it was to powerful, so we had to use the 83 or 85.
well I congradulate you for that task. it was a tough one indeed. I looked at it and said how in the hell am I going to read this, I can't even understand it, back on the shelf it went.
here are soem of the links I had. I don't know if they still work or not.
i own a TI-83+ and its not bad. i mean, id loooove a 92+, but hey some things were never meant to be ( ) but what the heck. TI-BASIC although primitive is a good language to use because there are no fancy shortcuts (like using variants) to programming it. plus it teaches u to program as small as possible due to memory limits (besides 92/92+).
btw, anyone here played that QB gorillas game? heh well ive done a pretty good port of it, so could u d/l it and tell me what kinda job ive done with it (crappy, good, ok, anything)? thx.
ps: its for the 83/83+ only. (sorry guys, i dont own a 92/92+ so i cant program for it
Yeah, and I have (well, had ) an 83, not an 83+, unless that was a BASIC program, which would have made sense since this is a BASIC forum...*feels stupid*
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I hate to brag...
with the thingy - stick to 85.
and you. Solving problems you learn right here. For example working around TI bugs: There is a bug that if you trace a graph, you cannot set your cursor to a specific point to calculate the derivation there. That can be a pain in the ass, especially with your TI-83 neighbour laughing at you because he can just enter the number he likes, and the cursor will center there. I wrote a program on this, entering the desired x-coordinate will resize the screen in any direction you wish and have the cursor centered were you want it. Or a program to calculate the last three numbers of 15^500. Whatever the teacher thought I couldn't come up with. 
And the screen is excellent compared to the 92.
) but what the heck. TI-BASIC although primitive is a good language to use because there are no fancy shortcuts (like using variants) to programming it. plus it teaches u to program as small as possible due to memory limits (besides 92/92+).