Talk:TI-84 Plus series

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[edit] Links

While I am very much against random kids posting links to their blogs that have nearly nothing to do with the 84+, some links are being removed that would be helpful to many people visiting this page, simply because they don't provide "any more information." Perhaps a good change would be to divide up the links section into different categories (see the 83x page for what I'm talking about). I'm specifically talking about CalcG.org - the second largest archive of calculator programs and games that I know of, and unlike ticalc.org, it has a help forum, and it can be navigated much more easily. There are even several hundred programs there that are unique to CalcG.org. I'm not affiliated with CalcG.org in any way, so you can assume that this is coming from an unbiased source. If some more people agree with me, why not either divide up the links sections or do something about this?

It should also be noted that it is one of two external websites pointed to by Texas Instruments. (see http://education.ti.com/studentzone/stuff/gamesSoftware.html ). If that's not enough to get a link on the wikipedia article, I don't know what is.
Agreed. CG has been around for nearly 6 years. It has tutorials, a FAQ, and a forum. Anyone looking for information about the TI-84+ would most certainly be interested in tutorials, FAQs and a forum (not to mention the archive of nearly 1,500 files, many of which are exclusive to CG). I'm gonna go ahead and add the link back.--128.187.214.62 20:49, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TI-84 Plus

Why is this called a "TI-84 Plus" without the existence of an original TI-84?? 66.32.138.124 02:22, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I believe it's mainly to signify that it's a direct improvement over the TI-83 Plus. It's possible that some people might think that a TI-83 Plus was newer than a plain TI-84. Grunt 17:07, 2004 Jun 4 (UTC)

[edit] TiCalc.org

TiCalc.org no longer points to a useful site, so I have removed its link in the TI-84 series article. -Chrono 04:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Ticalc.org has always been a useful site for calculator programs. Why was it removed? It's a very nice site and deserves to stay here. Austonst 19:41, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
The Original commentor's change has been reverted for a long time.--YbborT 01:31, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vfd for TI-84 (True or false??

True or false: somewhere in Wikipedia, the Vfd of TI-84 will be saved. (Several Vfd's of articles have already been saved, such as Talk:List of flags with one color/Delete. 66.245.93.86 22:06, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

It finally got saved. 66.245.0.62 16:58, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bah, I still prefer the TI-89

full operating system on a calculator, vs the silliness that is the glorified TI-83 plus, I'll take fully programable OS any day, as long as I don't have to pay $180 for it (-; -- anon 03:24, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Owning both versions of the calculator, I find that the TI-83+ OS is a lot easier to use, and less counter-intuitive than TI-89's exact feature, which often confuses a lot of people when they find that 7/3 is in fact, 7/3 (no suprise there). InvertRect 23:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
However, the TI-89 does have a better screen, more advanced interface, algebra solver, no "->" symbol...I could go on for days. --Edlin2 04:41, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hardware Specifications

It would probably make sense to either add hardware specifications to the 84P page, or consolidate the 84P and 83 pages (the 83 page already has a hardware specification listing). I personally think the former makes more sense, but then again the 83 and 83P are consolidated into one page, and they're as equally different as the 83P/84P. I'd say the specification listing is especially important because the way the article is currently worded it makes it sound like the 84P (non-silver) doesn't have a USB port or clock functionality, which it does.

[edit] TI-83 Compatablity

I've been looking around for some programs for my TI-84 and I've noticed that a lot of sites with many of the other TI formats but some don't the TI-84 listed. I'm speculating that the TI-84 is compatible with TI-83 programs.

Yes, indeed, it's compatible. I've got a few TI-83 apps running on a TI-84 silver with no problems. --Edlin2 04:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
As a note to those asking questions directly pertaining to the calculator's use, please visit ticalc.org, listed in the external links, for information. And yes, it is compatible with TI-83+ programs.

[edit] Future of TI graphing calculators

There have been 1-2 models of TI graphing calculators just about every year in the range 1990-2004. Now, however, the TI-84 Plus and TI-89 Titanium continue to be the newest even though it has been 2 years since their release. What happened?? Does TI have any plans?? Georgia guy 00:21, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


      Yes, TI is gearing up to relase the N-spire. I'm not sure if it for sale, but if not they are close. It is designed to replace the Ti 83 family.

User:Llamanator Dec. 14, 2007 —Preceding comment was added at 21:17, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Applications?

Should there not be a section for how to get apps on it? samphex 16:21, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Is it really that difficult? It comes with a manual. Threefingeredguy 10:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assembly

Added more depth from what I previously wrote about z80 assembly. cjgone2 24 Novemember 2006

Shouldn't there be a section of how to do z80 assembly?
KevinJi9 (talk) 01:08, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bugs

I am not sure if this is an appropriate place to put this.
There are two bugs I know of in the TI-84 Plus Silver. The first one is the tangent.
When ever trying to put in a tangent instead of the known | | | |

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You will get a zigzag pattern.
The other glitch is the unability to use GraphStyle.
Sodaplayer 02:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

If you're talking about not graphing discontinuities, then that is not a bug, it was added to version 2.30 of the operating system. -Dlrohrer2003 16:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Money

How mush does this series cost.162.84.139.48 21:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

  • TI-84 Plus - $129.99
  • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition - $149.99
(prices do not include tax)
- KevinJi9 23:03, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RAM

24 KB RAM (128 KB on Silver Edition, however the extra 96 KB is not user accessible by default)

Does that mean it's accessible with some 3rd party addon program? Or just that TI hasn't implemented it in the OS and there's no way to use it? Maybe this should be clarified in the article.

No, this RAM is used when a Flash APP is transfred to it in order to run-Luby —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.135.76.253 (talk) 03:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Processor

I do believe that this calculator normally runs on 6Mhz mode, but is able to be turned on to 15Mhz mode. Shouldn't this be added the page? -Luby —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.135.76.253 (talk) 03:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Solve =

I am not sure if teachers or much of the public knows about the solve statement programmed into the calculator. Im also wondering if any teachers know of its existence. Its very handy. (Im not talking about the Solver programmed already on there, Im talking about the solve(Y1-Y2,X,1.)

You just put the left side of the eq into Y1 and the right into Y1 and it solves for X after you complete the statement above. Its better than whats programmed in already cause one side does not have to be zero.DelvarMe (talk) 16:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)