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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #135 on: October 11, 2010, 09:18:25 am »
I would say maybe 1%, because there is most likely about 100000 graphing calc owners minimum at once in the world and I have serious doubts there are currently 1000 active calc programmers in the world. On Omnimaga forums, if you check around 11:59 PM on the board index, you'll notice that there are about 90 people logging in every day and we don't even have close to 1000 members anyway. This is why there are little chances that they would listen to the community.

Oh, I see now why TI doesn't like us at all ;D

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #136 on: October 11, 2010, 10:26:30 am »
Holy crap! I saw this and I was like O_O. Oh and hi everybody!
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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #137 on: October 11, 2010, 03:08:44 pm »
I don't think this calculator is very programmable.At least not for any big shot labor intensive programs or high quality games. Reasons:
1.Not enough memory(8MB)
2.Games won't be very fun on such a small screen. this applys for all calculators.
3.It is hard program certain computer languages on this calc. java does not run very good on it.
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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #138 on: October 11, 2010, 03:11:53 pm »
I wonder if it will be banned on the SAT and AP and stuff.

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #139 on: October 11, 2010, 03:12:10 pm »
I don't think this calculator is very programmable.At least not for any big shot labor intensive programs or high quality games. Reasons:
1.Not enough memory(8MB)
2.Games won't be very fun on such a small screen. this applys for all calculators.
Well, it has more memory and a larger screen when compared to other calculators that have great games...

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #140 on: October 11, 2010, 03:16:51 pm »
This calc has a huge screen (bigger than the Nspire)...

Also, I believe it has already been approved for the SAT, AP, and ACT tests.


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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #141 on: October 11, 2010, 03:26:53 pm »
Do you think this is better than the ti- Nspire? I would say this is about he same quality as the ti-89.

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #142 on: October 11, 2010, 03:31:02 pm »
This calculator does not have a built in CAS, so it is hard to judge.  Math wise, the TI-89 is probably better considering that it does have a CAS.  Likewise, the Nspire CAS is probably better for this reason.  Compared to the regular TI-Nspire, math wise, they are probably about the same.  Programming wise, I cannot give my opinion until I know whether the PRIZM supports ASM/C.

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #143 on: October 11, 2010, 03:37:55 pm »
do you think the ~300,000% increase in memory will be sufficient for the ~3,000,000% increase in number of colors?

(i don't know anything about anything about programming in color :x)
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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #144 on: October 11, 2010, 03:39:20 pm »
Do you think this is better than the ti- Nspire? I would say this is about he same quality as the ti-89.

RAM-wise, it will not be as good as the 89T, as it has over 100 KB less, but Archive-wise, it will be much better. The TI-89T has 2.7 MB of flash memory, while the Prizm has 10.

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Btw while it advertises 61 KB of RAM, maybe it got much more RAM than that for video and other stuff. The TI-81 had 8 KB of RAM, but only 2.4 KB was available for the user. Maybe the Prizm got something like 512 KB?
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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #145 on: October 11, 2010, 03:58:22 pm »
I don't think this calculator is very programmable.At least not for any big shot labor intensive programs or high quality games. Reasons:
1.Not enough memory(8MB)
2.Games won't be very fun on such a small screen. this applys for all calculators.

Both the memory and LCD specs already exceed many of the other graphing calculators out there now, and the existing calcs have some pretty fun games despite the hardware limitations (though this is a subjective thing that depends on one's opinion). I don't see this as necessarily being an indication that programmability won't very good. We'll just have to wait and see what the details are.

I don't think the screen size will be too much of a problem, either. If I understand correctly, it's even bigger than the original Nintendo Gameboy/Gameboy Color, and that didn't stop there from being lots of enjoyable (to me, at least) games for those platforms. Add in color, and the effective resolution is in some ways even higher since strategic use of color can create the illusion of there being more detail using fewer pixels. I feel, though, that graphics aren't everything when it comes to a fun game—the actual gameplay is what matters most.

61 KB RAM seems fairly low and may be a problem for highly advaced games, but that's assuming the unit really has that amount as an absolute maximum. It's possible that there may be additional “hidden” or system RAM that can be used, at least by ASM or apps (assuming they are supported).
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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #146 on: October 11, 2010, 05:12:52 pm »
ASM/C might be only for flash apps, which look like they could be much larger O.o

but to store a 16bit depth pic for viewing, it would be a LOT of memory, so maybe it DOES have hidden RAM just for that stuff

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #147 on: October 11, 2010, 05:22:57 pm »
Well aren't apps ran directly from archive?

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #148 on: October 11, 2010, 05:23:40 pm »
yep, so they can be much larger, up to 10mb to be exact :D

that's why apps are so awesome in the ASM world

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Re: Casio Prizm - Color graphic calculator
« Reply #149 on: October 11, 2010, 05:27:32 pm »

In the specs, it says it gets about 140 hours on batteries, I believe.

Wow 140 hours, I wonder if that's at the full processing power, cuz if it's the case, it's really epic o.o.

140 hours of battery life is estimated based on 5 minutes of processor-heavy calculations and 55 minutes of "rest" per hour.  (This is the graphing calculator standard for estimated battery use.)  For reference, most current GCs offer 120-140 hours of life.  

Helpful in this regard is the battery usage meter in Prizm's status bar.

The Prizm will also accept an optional 85-hour rechargeable battery.



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