Gorillas port to TI-83/TI-83+

TheSarlacc · Oct 26th, 2001, 04:12 AM

i have ported the classic qbaisc game "Gorillas" to the TI-83 (TI-83+ recommended) calculator and i would like someone to test it and tell me what they think of it!

thx in advance... TheSarlacc

**filburt1** · Oct 26th, 2001, 01:10 PM

I would but my 83 got busted when I cracked it open with a flathead screwdriver.

Is it in assembly or ultra-slow TI-BASIC?

TheSarlacc · Oct 26th, 2001, 10:31 PM

busted it open? thats funny. umm yeah sorry its in ULTRA slow TI-BASIC because i dont know ASM. i wish i did..........

**sail3005** · Oct 27th, 2001, 08:42 AM

i'll have a look...

**filburt1** · Oct 27th, 2001, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by TheSarlacc
busted it open? thats funny. umm yeah sorry its in ULTRA slow TI-BASIC because i dont know ASM. i wish i did..........

I opened it before to fix a battery problem (the calc wouldn't turn on so you had to smash it on a desk to get it working

), and now the linkport got busted and I just ended up breaking the entire calculator. I took the opportunity to creatively rearrange the buttons, though. Now the "On" button is the "Math" button.

**sail3005** · Oct 27th, 2001, 02:48 PM

there goes $100 out the window...

next time get an 89. they are much better.

**filburt1** · Oct 27th, 2001, 03:13 PM

I already have a 92+.

Besides, I got the 83 in 3th grade (I'm in 12th now) for only $70, so it was past its time (and warranty

).

**sail3005** · Oct 27th, 2001, 04:00 PM

sweet, 92+...how much was it? i want one!

**filburt1** · Oct 27th, 2001, 04:16 PM

$160 or $260 (I forgot, my parents got it

) online.

**sail3005** · Oct 27th, 2001, 04:23 PM

whats the diff between 92 and 92+?

**filburt1** · Oct 27th, 2001, 06:33 PM

It has Flash memory, so you have more storage space and you can upgrade the OS. It also has a waaaay better screen.

**sail3005** · Oct 27th, 2001, 07:25 PM

heh, cool. i gotta get one

**sail3005** · Oct 27th, 2001, 08:13 PM

have you gotten the graph link to work on windows XP?

**filburt1** · Oct 27th, 2001, 08:40 PM

Yeah, it works with the gray cable.

**sail3005** · Oct 27th, 2001, 09:50 PM

AWESOME!!! i could never get it to work with 2k.

**filburt1** · Oct 28th, 2001, 05:55 PM

I command you to drool!

When a calculator has an OS you can update, you should run away screaming like a little girl.

**sail3005** · Oct 28th, 2001, 07:53 PM

hehe, did you just put your 92 on the scanner?

yeah, i got an 89, so it has flash. but i want a 92+!!!!!

**filburt1** · Oct 28th, 2001, 07:55 PM

The problem with the 92+ is that you can't use it on standardized tests like the SAT, because it has a QWERTY keyboard.

**filburt1** · Oct 29th, 2001, 02:51 PM

Actually, the 83 DOES work I found out. It just needed new batteries.

But I opened it up and moved all the buttons around anyway.

**sail3005** · Oct 29th, 2001, 05:48 PM

Originally posted by filburt1
The problem with the 92+ is that you can't use it on standardized tests like the SAT, because it has a QWERTY keyboard.

I don't think my teachers would let me use a 92+ either. it just looks too good. they let me use the 89 though, so thats good enough for me

wossname · Dec 1st, 2001, 11:42 AM

That's nothing!

At work I found an old TI-53 III calculator, with an LED display! Bright red vibrating digits about 3 mm high, takes about 3 seconds to fill the display with "8"s!

Comes complete with AC power adaptor. Takes about a second to calculate the square root of 12345678.

The buttons even go click when you press them! Its about the size of a shoe-box too!

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