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TI Calculators Play Movies

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bridging-the-gap dept.

ipapusha writes "TI Calculator enthusiasts rejoice. A few weeks ago, Dan Englender released a new flash application usb8x. Usb8x is a driver that interfaces with the On-the-Go USB port in the TI-84 Plus and TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. It is designed to be used by other programmers to create drivers for a variety of USB peripherals, including a keyboard and mouse. Already, ticalc.org's own Michael Vincent has interfaced his Lexar JumpDrive to play The Matrix's famous lobby scene. (mirror) ."

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  1. Re:I must be old. by superyanthrax · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They still do. It's just that they have much more features now and that the original purpose of a graphing calculator has been obscured. Now for most they are either cheating implements or a glorified Gameboy. Honestly, for mathematical applications I'd rather use Mathematica, because I'd rather have my 2.66 GHz P4 crunch numbers rather than a Motorola 68000 10 MHz processor (this is the processor on a TI-89).

  2. Re:I must be old. by BrokenHalo · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I am old.

    Which might be why I always tend to be saddened by the disproportionate amount of activity in the games section of ticalc.org by comparison with the more useful projects.