Who programs on ti-83 calculators for fun? i made a text based rpg in my 1st block today. Does anyone know how to download the ti-83 OS onto a computer so you can use it at home? (i have a graphing calculator program... but i want a ti-83 program so i can play with its programming )

If you could help me out that would be cool, thanks.

EDIT: Sorry mod! i didn't acknowledge the technology section... so if this could be moved to there that'd be nice ^.^

Haha yeah I used to do this all the time. You know those puzzles where you have to get the 15 numbers in order like this:
1-2-3-4
5-6-7-8
9-10-11-12
13-14-15-blank

I made one of those

Sorry I can't help you.

I made a screen saver and a os-ish thing.

I made a program that moved a block around with arrow keys, but then realized that downloading games was funner.

I don't have enough time in my class to write any more than like, 10 lines of code We actually do stuff in our math class.

I once wrote a text adventure engine. It didn't work to well, but I could have finished it except my calc got stolen. I also wrote one of those games where you have to dodge a bunch of asteroids (represented by asterisks).

I don't know how to program nor do I have one of those calculators .

I hate programming on TIs. I started to write an IDE once, but I gave up when I got sick of trying to parse user input. I did make a functioning text editor though (This is in Java, not on my calc.)

TI calculators suck balls, I had a Casio, and it was easy to navigate, I could program it. I ended up having to switch because schools only teach how to use TI's, so it was too difficult to figure things out while he showed them exactly how to do it.

Really?? You like Casio? I'm partial to TI but that might only be because i know how to use it. I made a text based rpg that was really mediocre, a bunch of formulas and stuff for chem and math, and a couple cannon and snake games, but nothing too intense. I even had help on the cannon and snake games so idk if I can count them as my own lol. As of know i'm working on a multi variable text cipher/decipher program, but progress is slow lol. But you have to do it on the computer if you want them to run well. Ever play Block Dude for ti83? That game is mah favorite.

I've never seen a non-TI graphing calculator. It's not like TI is all that much hard to use.

Is there any difference between a TI-83 and TI-84 other than more memory?

Casio >> TI when it comes to engineering. But then again, you can just grab an 89 after you take all your tests. Of course, by then you should be using matlab, excel, and autocad to solve all your problems.

You can get a ti-83 emulator off the TI website. If you want to download some games, you'll need a serial/usb input from your computer. I recommend galactica, phoenix, gemini, and maybe a few others that have come out after years of me not caring anymore, since I don't have any math left.

I play calculator games during history rather than math.

My non math classes always figured it out, but in math its normal to have a calculator out. lol

That calculators are bad because you don't really keep in mind how you would calculate things without it.
That's a problem I'm facing right now at university.

BTW, tetris was the best game on my Ti Voyage.

I found out how to pull marbles out of a bag on my friends calculator once.

I just found that the Casio was much easier to navigate and find things in, as I was able to move faster in learning how to use my calculator than most of the class, even with the teacher guiding them through each step, while I figured it out, I just had difficulty finding one thing and I was messed up after that.

All else I know of is some cleaning up on some of the operations, there were some sloppy things the 83 did in graphing that 84 fixed up.

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. When would you not have a calculator?

a friend has the calculator and he gave me a usb flash drive with the program on it. ftw! i have started a very general rpg. i want to get some drawings and graphics incorporated though.