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« Reply #45 on: November 17, 2007, 07:00:00 am »
Just use StartTmr->T and StartTmr-T

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« Reply #46 on: November 17, 2007, 09:11:00 am »
I don't think you need to keep it an 83+ only thread. Just make sure you specify that commands are only found on an 84+ when making reference to them.
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« Reply #47 on: November 17, 2007, 10:19:00 am »
I think the only commands on an 84 that aren't on an 83+ are the time/date commands and the OpenLib,ExecLib ones
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« Reply #48 on: November 17, 2007, 12:47:00 pm »
Sry I misphrased my post, I meant to say that all 83+ BASIC posts should be kept 83+ and that a warning should be made if a trick is 84+ only, for example bold text at top of the post saying "warning: this trick is 84+ only"

that way new people can make the difference and not ask why they cannot find the command or get confused

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« Reply #49 on: November 17, 2007, 01:28:00 pm »
Oh okay, well yeah the trick isn't 84+ only. The trick can work for both calculators just fine.
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« Reply #50 on: November 17, 2007, 01:30:00 pm »
Really? Cuz it had Tmr suffix/prefix in the function name and 83+/SE has no clock o.oblink.gif

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« Reply #51 on: November 17, 2007, 01:44:00 pm »
The timer thing wasn't the trick.

The e3 against 10^( was the trick.
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« Reply #52 on: November 17, 2007, 02:22:00 pm »
yeah i know this was 83+ compatible, i was talking about the starttmr thing afterward

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« Reply #53 on: November 17, 2007, 02:33:00 pm »
Ah, okay. Yeah, I don't think anyone was mentioning startTmr as a trick. They were just correcting what someone was saying.

Sorry if I am misinterpreting what you are saying.
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« Reply #54 on: November 18, 2007, 01:54:00 pm »
nah this is ok, I may have missed something too, It was weird that it jumped right from e3 to startTmr o.oblink.gif

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« Reply #55 on: November 19, 2007, 10:18:00 am »
They were just using the timer to prove which command was faster/slower, it's easier than counting bars/pixels
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« Reply #56 on: November 19, 2007, 11:54:00 am »
Haha, yeah. Easier is an understatement; counting with bars/pixels sucks compared to letting the timer do it. Plus I can run as many tests as I want, and as fast as I want without screwing up.
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« Reply #57 on: November 20, 2007, 05:37:00 am »
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QUOTE (simplethinker @ 17 Nov, 2007, 16:19)
I think the only commands on an 84 that aren't on an 83+ are the time/date commands and the OpenLib,ExecLib ones  
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« Reply #58 on: November 20, 2007, 02:02:00 pm »
Ah, that's cool. So basically, yeah, it is only the timer and lib commands, and a new GetCalc that are added.
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