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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. Not only is it faster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I get better results! Before, 1+1 was always 2, but now it's 2.0358!

    1. Re:Not only is it faster by Rangsk · · Score: 2, Funny

      1+1=3 for extremeley high values of 1.

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    2. Re:Not only is it faster by Michael+Woodhams · · Score: 3, Funny

      As always, Hewlett Packard got there first and better. (Yes, HP was once a great company, before the current management took over.) The very first hand-held scientific calculator, the HP35 in 1972, calculated exp(ln(2.02))=2. reference.

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  2. Next: by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Beowulf clusters of overclocked T.I. calculators!!!

  3. pfft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pfft, tell me when you've over clocked a pencil and paper.

    1. Re:pfft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      Pfft, tell me when you've over clocked a pencil and paper.


      I've tried. The increased friction leads to heat problems and the paper catches fire.

    2. Re:pfft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You have to use water cooling

    3. Re:pfft by SamSim · · Score: 3, Funny

      What do you call a printer?

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    4. Re:pfft by fcw · · Score: 4, Funny

      I dunno, but I know how to call one: "Heeere, printy, printy, printy."

    5. Re:pfft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      This exchange would make a great addition to the fortune file... :)

  4. Dammit! by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried to overclock my slide rule, but it just went up in smoke.

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    1. Re:Dammit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Bah. Slide Rules are too high-tech.

      I've been using an overclocked abacus for years!

    2. Re:Dammit! by FiReaNGeL · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to the paper :

      [Problem] 30 x 40 = ?
      [Solution]
      (1) Bring 30 on the bezel ruler and 10 on the dial ruler in line.
      (2) Read the number on the bezel ruler scale corresponding to 40 on the dial ruler
      scale. The number is 12 (= 1.2 x 101 ).
      (3) Calculate the number of digits following the formula in " Hint for calculation of the
      number of digits".
      In this case:
      30 = 3 x 101, 40 = 4 x 101, and 12 = 1.2 x 101
      Z = 1+1+1(1.2 3, 4)
      Z = 3
      c = 1.2
      C = 1.2 x 103 = 1200
      [Answer] 1200

      Sure speeds things up I guess :)

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  5. Not new at all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is soooo old. I overclocked my TI calc several years ago, putting a snazzy OC switch on the side. All of my friends were terribly impressed.

    On the other hand, it didn't really help in my classes, except to get the wrong answer faster...

  6. hot off the press.. by fliptout · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did this back in '96 on my Ti85.

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    1. Re:hot off the press.. by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, I know, this is pretty dang old news.

      I even modded mine to have an LED and a port for standard 0.1" headers with access to power and the serial connection.

    2. Re:hot off the press.. by Oliver+Defacszio · · Score: 4, Funny

      I overclocked Earth the day before the dinosaurs died.

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  7. In the words of... by MightyPez · · Score: 4, Funny

    the Futurama cryogenic lab tech.... "Welcooome....To the WOOOOORLD of 5 YEARS AGO!"

  8. What about a wrist watch? by Mario21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I overclocked my casio wrist watch. Now I have all the time I need.

    1. Re:What about a wrist watch? by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Funny

      I overclocked my ethernet card.

      problem is: where can you find hubs that support 12/120?

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  9. Re:The Point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    which is noticeable when graphing complex functions

    thats the point.

  10. Re:another hack a day ripp off by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps we need to overclock the editors??

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  11. Graphing complex functions? by return_of_ffalcon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow! TI calculators can graph complex functions? Cool. I wonder how they portray four real dimensions.

    1. Re:Graphing complex functions? by oobob · · Score: 3, Funny

      You graph complex numbers in the complex plane, silly =) One axis is the real axis and the other is the imaginary axis. Here's a brief intro from the math forum (a written intro, without graphics), and here's some more examples from a graphic intensive site that shows how you can perform operations on complex numbers like vectors. You can also do neat stuff like find the complex roots of numbers by manuiplating the graph, which is also mentioned in the 2nd site.

  12. Re:From the by RonnyJ · · Score: 5, Funny
    Too Much Time On Their Hands Department.

    Just wait til someone finally manages to overclock their watch :)

  13. WOW! It really works! by dimplemonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look what I got for the value of Pi after I overclocked my Ti! What a cool hack! 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 105820974944 59230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651 3282306647 09384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193 8521105559 64462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823 3786783165 27120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726 0249141273 72458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436 7892590360 01133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036 5759591953 09218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735 1885752724 89122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494 6395224737 19070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846 7669405132 00056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872 1468440901 22495343014654958537105079227968925892354201995611 2129021960 86403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999837 2978049951 05973173281609631859502445945534690830264252230825 3344685035 26193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717 7669147303 59825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778 1857780532 17122680661300192787661119590921642019893809525720 1065485863 27886593615338182796823030195203530185296899577362 2599413891 24972177528347913151557485724245415069595082953311 6861727855 88907509838175463746493931925506040092770167113900 9848824012 85836160356370766010471018194295559619894676783744 9448255379 77472684710404753464620804668425906949129331367702 8989152104 75216205696602405803815019351125338243003558764024 7496473263 91419927260426992279678235478163600934172164121992 4586315030 28618297455570674983850549458858692699569092721079 7509302955 32116534498720275596023648066549911988183479775356 6369807426 54252786255181841757467289097777279380008164706001 6145249192 17321721477235014144197356854816136115735255213347 5741849468 43852332390739414333454776241686251898356948556209 9219222184 27255025425688767179049460165346680498862723279178 6085784383 82796797668145410095388378636095068006422512520511 7392984896 08412848862694560424196528502221066118630674427862 2039194945 04712371378696095636437191728746776465757396241389 0865832645 99581339047802759009946576407895126946839835259570 9825822620 52248940772671947826848260147699090264013639443745 5305068203 49625245174939965143142980919065925093722169646151 5709858387 41059788595977297549893016175392846813826868386894 2774155991 85592524595395943104997252468084598727364469584865 3836736222 62609912460805124388439045124413654976278079771569 1435997700 12961608944169486855584840635342207222582848864815 8456028506 01684273945226746767889525213852254995466672782398 6456596116 35488623057745649803559363456817432411251507606947 9451096596 09402522887971089314566913686722874894056010150330 8617928680 92087476091782493858900971490967598526136554978189 3129784821 68299894872265880485756401427047755513237964145152 3746234364 54285844479526586782105114135473573952311342716610 2135969536 23144295248493718711014576540359027993440374200731 0578539062 19838744780847848968332144571386875194350643021845 3191048481 00537061468067491927819119793995206141966342875444 0643745123 7181921799983910159195618146751426912397489

  14. Already done by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Already done - your job's been outsourced to India, where they do your paper-and-pencil work faster for a quarter of the price.

    Oh, we're cutting costs, so make sure to return your pink slip with your badge so we can use them both again.

  15. 2+2=5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    For significantly overclocked calculators.

  16. Re:Cheating by mattdev121 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Won't be too hard to see, they'll be screaming in pain as a glob of molten plastic melts to their hand from the heat.

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  17. Re:From the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, I had managed, but 4 hour days were too stressful.

  18. Re:Slashdot... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "ammm.... is this really a news item or just some sad person with way to much time." ... said the guy posting on Slashdot.

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  19. Re:Doom 3? by tepples · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can run Doom 3 on any graphing calculator: just load up a black screen.

  20. Re:Dammit!-TurboGF. by tuxter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Girlfriend??? Please explain.

  21. But can it run linux? by Joshua53077 · · Score: 4, Funny

    or play .ogg files?

  22. But.... by AVryhof · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I really wanyed to overclock my TI/99....just wondering how fast the Wumpus could run.

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  23. Re:another hack a day ripp off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    shit faster is still shit.