But they seem to last forever, so there are a ton available in the aftermarket. My TI-89 from 1997 still works like new, and I plan to bequeath it to my son
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MasterNerd@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Fuck Texas Instruments. All my homies hate Texas Instruments
Seriously trying to charge $100 for a calculator running 50-year-old hardware (the ti-84’s CPU, the zilog z80 was created in 1976). Fucking ridiculous
protist@mander.xyz 8 months ago
EvokerKing@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Only the ti83-84 are shit. The old ti89 and newer ti nspire are actually really good. I bought a ti89 on eBay for $20 and even though it is 20 something years old it’s still better than there new ti84 color stuff.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s also a racket because all the freaking textbooks used it so it because require to have that exact one at my school
PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But they make the z80 and they’re so proud of the shitty 8 but processor they made in the 70s they they’re forcing people to use it.
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
They may be expensive for what you get, but they’re built to last. Still using the TI-83 that I got in 1997 and it works as good as the day I got it.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
But at the same time as a semiconductor manufacturer i really like them. They have high quality ics for literally everything. I think that they are so big that the different parts of the company dont even interact.
lemmyman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
TI USB controllers and switching supplies are half of my BOMs