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« on: March 23, 2009, 08:00:20 pm »
How i was introduced to the TI-83+
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In 6th grade my older brother was required to get a graphing calculator for algebra I.
I thought it was some freakish overpriced piece of junk.
But i wanted to piss off my brother and always "borrowed" it.
I noticed this strange thing where when you pressed the little buttons at the top, a screen came up with Y and a number beside it.
I was screwing around and put the numbers shown in the calculator besides each Y.
Then, i pressed other buttons till a screen came that drew lines and it had to finish before you could press and other buttons.
Besides enter.
That is how i created the line game.
i stopped it at the axis and found out that xres changed speed, so i wrote some rules and instructions on how to get to the "game"
How i was introduced to PROGRAMMING on the TI-83+
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While using my bro's calculator, i discovered the prgm button, and when i pressed it, a list of weird names came up under EXEC (he had games from a friend on his calc and crnchyOS)
I pressed right to EDIT and like two names came up. (basic games)
Then i pressed right and it said NEW and under it NEW
every time i had pressed enter on EDIT and err:archived came up and it did the same when i pressed it on EXEC then hit enter again.
I had no idea what that meant.
But to my amazement, when i pressed enter on NEW a prompt for a name came up.
I typed in random letters and then pressed enter.
Then a screen said:
PRGM:*random letters*
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and i could type stuff in but had no idea what to do.
How i was introduced to ACTUAL PROGRAMMING on the TI-83+
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When i came to eighth grade i was in need of this special calculator.
I had no idea why but appartently it was amazing.
So i read the manual and all of my past confusion and questions about the calculator were answered
The Y= screen was to graph (i never linked the two in pre-algebra)
The PRGM menus were for PROGRAMS!!!!
The edit was for EDITING THEM and the NEW was for NEW ones!!!!!
and the err: came from them being archived in the memory!!!!!
so when the sample program came up, i decided to copy it, but i didnt know where anything was to enter for it, suchas the If Then = and so on were (except the catalog)
so i searched it on google and a yahooanswers came up and i was enlightened on programming.
to be continued....
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