Author Topic: Cool looking graphing calculator (Read 13916 times)

Insanity · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2007, 03:14:00 pm »

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The TI-OS is better, more planned, and more thought out and crisp than any other operating system for a calc to me(although it may not be optimized) I love the layouts of the 89's and down because they are so easy to navigate. I really don't like the Homescreen/GUI of that calc. It looks too crowded so I think we should stick with whats not broken. TI!

[ Laughing Hysterically ]

graywolf · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2007, 05:12:00 pm »

I like the TI-OS over Casio OS, but the last part is funny! :evil:

And nice signature Demon.

kucalc · « **Reply #17 on:** March 28, 2007, 01:27:00 pm »

Well if you like the TI-OS, then you'll be extremely pleased when I finish my TI emulator for the fx-9860. This would go nice with my multitasking shell for the fx-9860, allowing me to run multiple TI ROMs at a time in real-time. I'll also write another emulator emulating the HP-48 graphing series for the fx-9860.

Netham45 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2007, 07:54:00 pm »

does the slim come with an SD slot? I might consider buying one of these, if the TI emulator works.

Liazon · « **Reply #19 on:** March 29, 2007, 09:41:00 am »

Wow that sounds so neat. A calc emulating another calc. I might consider it, but I'm still sore about the low res

graywolf · « **Reply #20 on:** March 29, 2007, 11:10:00 am »

Wow! That's so cool.

And a SD card would be useful, but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't have one.

Delnar_Ersike · « **Reply #21 on:** March 29, 2007, 01:37:00 pm »

Speaking of a calc emulating another calc, did anybody think of making a Casio emulator on a TI?

Halifax · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2007, 02:02:00 pm »

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The TI-OS is better, more planned, and more thought out and crisp than any other operating system for a calc to me(although it may not be optimized) I love the layouts of the 89's and down because they are so easy to navigate. I really don't like the Homescreen/GUI of that calc. It looks too crowded so I think we should stick with whats not broken. TI!

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You want to prove me wrong and show me a better calculator OS and then I will agree with you. Otherwise I don't see why it is so funny. The Casio OS there looks like s***. The crap is all jumbled up.(I didn't say this/write this in an angry tone)

graywolf · « **Reply #23 on:** March 29, 2007, 02:19:00 pm »

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Speaking of a calc emulating another calc, did anybody think of making a Casio emulator on a TI?

No, but Bfr is working on a cross-platform programming language, MLC.

bfr · « **Reply #24 on:** March 29, 2007, 02:42:00 pm »

And I think kucalc even mentioned on Casio forums that he may be porting MLC to this calculator (or another similar Casio calculator).

The TI-OS does seem to overall look better, from what I've seen, but the OS for this Casio calculator at least doesn't seem absolutely horrible.

kucalc · « **Reply #25 on:** March 29, 2007, 03:18:00 pm »

The fx-9860G Slim does not contain a SD card slot I believe. CASIO had this version of the fx-9860 designed especially for school use, not as a alternative to a Palm or even a PC.

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Speaking of a calc emulating another calc, did anybody think of making a Casio emulator on a TI?

That may be possible, you may emulate the CFX series and the old FX's. (fx-9860 is too fast to be worth emulated on a TI). But the problem is that not much is known about the CPU of these CASIO CFX's. (And there is the color in the CFX's) Obtaining the ROM of these CASIO's well hard to get also. I do however have the fx-9860 ROM.

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You want to prove me wrong and show me a better calculator OS and then I will agree with you. Otherwise I don't see why it is so funny. The Casio OS there looks like s***. The crap is all jumbled up.(I didn't say this/write this in an angry tone)

I wander if you have ever used the CASIO fx-9860 before. I live here in the USA also, so I've seen lots of TI's used in my school (it's in the textbooks, curriculum, teachers use them, etc.). After looking at my fx-9860, a lot of people regret buying their TI's which they payed probably over $100, when they could have gotten a CASIO fx-9860 for $80 especially for these reasons:

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- Natural textbook display makes entering equations so simple. Everyone who has a Z80 based TI at my school wishes they had this on their calculators. This pwns even the RPN on the HP calcs.
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Excel similar built-in spreadsheet. Good for physics and chemistry.
* Calculation history - You can scroll all they way back and retrieve equations and edit, copy or paste them.
* The fx-9860 allows different bases other than 10 or e in logarithmic functions
* UltraHigh speed computations
* Performs numerical calculus

I actually like the icon menu and it's simple to use. Even my 7-year old sister can figure it out without having a look at the manual and no one helping her. (Watch a 7-year old with a TI with no manual and no help given by anyone else...) I'm the only one who seems to have knowledge on the fx-9860 hardware (and how to access it) and software. I could rewrite the OS if I wanted to.

In my opinion (it might be fact however), the fx-9860 is the most superior non-CAS calculator ever made. It provides more functions (also functions per cost), than most (if not all) previous non-CAS calcs. $80 for a regular, or $99 for a Slim, or $120 for a SD version is not a bad deal. Everyone I have known who has purchased a fx-9860 are pleased with their purchase and the experience with a fx-9860.

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And I think kucalc even mentioned on Casio forums that he may be porting to this calculator (or another similar Casio calculator).

Eh, so you still visit the MLC subform of casiocalc.org? :hi:

I'll be porting the MLC only to the fx-9860. I have no plans for making a MLC for the CASIO ClassPad (Kilburn is doing that). My MLC will aim for compatibility towards the MLC for the CASIO Algebra FX.

bfr · « **Reply #26 on:** March 29, 2007, 03:29:00 pm »

It actually looks pretty cool, and I think I would buy one but:

- I don't really need one (it still looks cool though, but for school, I already have a TI-84+ SE, a TI-86, a Voyage 200, and my sister's TI-89 Titanium)

- I don't have the money

- My parents don't want me to get any more calculators, and my sister would shun me if I got another calculator

It looks like it would be fun to mess around with and program for, though. The thing is, I might enjoy programming for the TI-83+ series more than this calculator because it is much more popular, and people that I know at school could try my programs. Also, despite the CASIO fx-9860's speed and other cool features, I think that TI's 68K series (TI-89, TI-92, Voyage 200, etc.) has the best symbolic manipulation around / mathematics capabilities (at least until the TI-Nspire comes out).

graywolf · « **Reply #27 on:** March 30, 2007, 10:45:00 am »

CAS wise, TI is the best current IMO. The design for CASIO calculators is very good, however.

kucalc · « **Reply #28 on:** April 04, 2007, 01:15:00 pm »

Ok, I'm back. I was writing a game for a competition....

I'll start writing the TI Z80 emulator for the CASIO fx-9860 right now. I'll keep you guys updated on the progress.

Netham45 · « **Reply #29 on:** April 10, 2007, 02:10:00 am »

Ooh! Ok. I might get one of the SD compatable ones.

Im sure it's been asked, but is this calc capable of multi-tasking?

Author Topic: Cool looking graphing calculator (Read 13916 times)

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