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Overclocking Calculators?

Posted by michael on from the asymptotic-growth dept.

Klar writes "If you're looking for something new to prove your tech prowess, Richard Piotter has a great how to on overclocking Texas Instruments graphing calculators. You can actually double the cpu speed, which is noticeable when graphing complex functions."

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  1. The Point? by christopherfinke · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What exactly is the point of this? Do calculators take too long to report 2 + 2? I can't think of a situation where I sat waiting for my TI-83 to finish calculating and though "Man, I should really overclock this baby."

  2. Re:Next: by SydneyAgent20 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They should invent calculators that eliminate such people with so much time on their hands so that we dont have to read stupid articles like these and these calculators shall be named The " I. E. Imbecile Eliminator "