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Should I get a Prizm?
« on: May 25, 2011, 04:22:16 pm »
Well, should I? My 9860Slim has been acting up... well.... ever since I got it. And I would like a Prizm.

But I have a few questions: How is the Basic? Is it as good as 68k Basic?

What colors can I use in programming?

Are there any other reasons to get one besides it is new and has a color screen?
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2011, 04:28:30 pm »
it's PERFECT if you like programming in C.  The BASIC is a bit lacking in many senses, but it beats previous Casio model's BASIC by a bit.  If you like C (or SH4 assembly), get it.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2011, 04:31:36 pm »
I would get a Prizm if I was you. BASIC is slow to graph stuff but otherwise it's pretty great, especially for programming C/ASM.

Btw what's the issue with your 9860G? Is it just randomly crashing or something? You could maybe post a topic describing your issue so people could help.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2011, 07:34:36 pm »
2 more questions:

Has anyone had any trouble graphing the sample graphs in the documentation (or something simple like Y=X+5)?

Can you do percents?
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2011, 09:57:03 am »
1) I've had no problems with graphing things. 
2) You can't use the % symbol in calculations.  You can display the % symbol in programs though.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2011, 10:24:32 am »
I guess a PRISM is a good choice, all though I never came in touch with one. But the 68K calcs aren't bad either. To me, the 68k calcs are TI's greatest calcs.(Well, maybe the nspire is better).

But the PRISM is colour, and it sounds like it's a good calc.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2011, 11:26:58 am »
<3 teh Prizm.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2011, 11:33:04 am »
I suggest if you buy a color calc, don't buy the NSpire CX -- it only has Lua, and a decently slow implementation at that.  I wouldn't be surprised if the Prizm had Lua support within the next month or two.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2011, 11:37:49 am »
If you want to try and hack the CX go ahead and buy a CX, it's quite cool if some people start hacking it already :)

The PRIZM is a good choice if you want to start developing in C or Asm right away, though.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2011, 04:30:15 pm »
Well the Prizm can't do percents, so that's an automatic NO.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2011, 04:34:36 pm »
Um, what? Every calculator can do percents.

n%=n/100...
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2011, 04:36:33 pm »
It's just annoying to convert percents to decimals, and almost everything we do in math has something to do with percents
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2011, 04:40:57 pm »
Quote from: Spyro543 on May 26, 2011, 04:36:33 pm
It's just annoying to convert percents to decimals, and almost everything we do in math has something to do with percents

all you have to do is divide the numerator by the denominator and divide by one hundred to get a percent.  I doubt the Prizm lacks support for that though -- for most types of non-CAS math, the prizm is actually far better and faster to use than a TI calculator.
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2011, 04:47:13 pm »
I guess a Prizm would be cool.... And programming in color would be cool even if it is only 3-bit...
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Re: Should I get a Prizm?
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2011, 05:10:36 pm »
Quote from: Spyro543 on May 26, 2011, 04:36:33 pm
It's just annoying to convert percents to decimals, and almost everything we do in math has something to do with percents

Here's how I do it:

Drop the percent sign and move the decimal point two places to the left.

3%->3.0->0.03.

Anyway, I played around with my Prizm for a bit. It does have percent support. I'd post a screenshot, but my manager software is expired.
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