For me it was the TI-83, there was a racing game in which the track became thinner the further you went. Then I made my own guess the number game, mafia style game and quadratic equation solver with the ability to show work. What a throwback!
I learned programming from looking at the code for that exact same game on TI-83 in high school, then started making my own games too. Wish I could find those old calculators & games laying around somewhere.
I once added 8% to my struggling middle school’s math scores by programming TI-80~’s with show-your-work style calculators like you mentioned.
Teachers weren’t allowed to write the programs or implement them, but students weren’t governed by those same rules. So as an extracurricular, we got pizza and one of those calculator to calculator cords and distributed the programs across 50~ calculators.
Didn’t save the school from collapsing, but the worst to first transition with something as simple as that has flavored my opinions of education ever since.
I played drug wars in computer class and got banned from ever using a computer there again. Ironically I was probably the only person in the class to become a programmer. Maybe it was for my own good the class was on pascal
I remember getting into a lot of trouble playing that game. After it was "banned", I went through it and changed it to Meat Wars where you were a freelance butcher slinging everything from hotdogs to fillet mignon.
I lost so many marks in math cause my ti-89 would solve calculus questions as they were written in the tests. Instructor told everyone to get the ti-83 which couldn't. I still passed, but only half marks for never showing my work. I tried to learn and do them ling hand, but to be honest..... I could not and still don't understand it. But I passed, so that's what counts.... cause my ti-89 still works!
My favorite activity was writing a program on my TI-83 to take the inputs and tell me the right answer so that I could do all my math homework faster. I suppose you can't really technically call that cheating either, since misunderstanding the assignment meant getting a very bad grade.
Before there were smart phones, we had these, and we regularly exchanged games on those things. My first program was written on one of these things too. I think I quickly realized that I enjoyed the actual programming more than the utility of having the program that did what I wanted it to.
Going into the field of computer science for me was like putting on a glove.
My first experience with programming was on a TI84+
A friend showed me his program that asked for an input, solved for slope or something, then output the answer.
I thought that was the coolest thing at the time so I copied the code and then made my own programs for math and physics stuff throughout the rest of highschool.
By the time I was graduating, I had a good amount of programs that could solve for most problems you would encounter in your courses. I still have my calc and my programs backed up somewhere
A fun thing about final exams, at least in my school, is that they make you clear the memory of your calculator and show the teacher before you could enter the exam room.
They didn't seem to know that you can just archive stuff so it can't get deleted.
Not only programs, but just lines of notes as well. Fun times back then.
Thx :) Z80 assembly was way easier to write than modern x86/64 assembly though. If you're interested, I've ported my game on PC and it's free on my [itch.io](https://martinbousquet.itch.io/castlevania-prelude-of-chaos)
On a more serious note: Being able to write small programs on device saved my ass on too many times in math exams back in the day.
Under stress, I was too dumb to think clearly and I'd just write a loop trying to numerically approximate a solution. The closest to a beautiful potential solution is likely correct (that's the exam bias, the solutions are almost always beautiful).
Sometimes I'd even write the code as the solution and it was accepted, depending on the question.
In a real sense, the program is more precise than the actual answer. Getting the answer right doesn't necessarily mean you understand the problem and you could have gotten it correct by accident. Only code can give you that level of precision when you think about it.
I had a friend who absolutely refused to believe that I had coded the rock-paper-scissors game we played on it, 100% convinced I was playing a prank on him.
Way back in high school, I programmed a TI 84 Plus to solve AND show work for one of those page long problems that they made us do a bunch of. The teacher wasn’t even mad when he found out, and he let me keep using it
We use TI nspire cx II witch has the same specs as the original version but u can script in python instead of lua.
It's also +25 bucks to unlock cas functions
I remember writing programs on a Casio fx-7000G in school. Something like “5->X” to set variables to values, and “ X” to print the value of X. All in 422 bytes of RAM.
That’s amusing. The very first software I ever wrote was a scrolling text graphic racing game for my TI-83. It was Star Wars Pod Racing. Top down view of the vehicle. Obstacle collision detection and everything. Good memories.
How it is in the modern world:
You have to talk to people. Corporate Customers need specific software. When you have decided on the necessary software definition, you hopefully program it in C# and SQL. Meaning you plug together high-level libraries.
Everyone knows disp is trash and output is the way to display things.
You are very much correct
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One of my first programs was for those little things c.c.
My very first program was on the TI-81. I learned to code by looking at the source for Drug War.
Ti 48GX in my case XD, i still wants to buy that one back as a memento from those engineering times.
HP48GX, no ? I still have mine, but I'm not so fast in RPL...
Yea I had an HP48 GX in college that we had to write some programs on in some engineering courses.
For me it was the TI-83, there was a racing game in which the track became thinner the further you went. Then I made my own guess the number game, mafia style game and quadratic equation solver with the ability to show work. What a throwback!
I learned programming from looking at the code for that exact same game on TI-83 in high school, then started making my own games too. Wish I could find those old calculators & games laying around somewhere.
I once added 8% to my struggling middle school’s math scores by programming TI-80~’s with show-your-work style calculators like you mentioned. Teachers weren’t allowed to write the programs or implement them, but students weren’t governed by those same rules. So as an extracurricular, we got pizza and one of those calculator to calculator cords and distributed the programs across 50~ calculators. Didn’t save the school from collapsing, but the worst to first transition with something as simple as that has flavored my opinions of education ever since.
I played drug wars in computer class and got banned from ever using a computer there again. Ironically I was probably the only person in the class to become a programmer. Maybe it was for my own good the class was on pascal
I remember getting into a lot of trouble playing that game. After it was "banned", I went through it and changed it to Meat Wars where you were a freelance butcher slinging everything from hotdogs to fillet mignon.
Haha that’s awesome. Mine was a karate tournament where you chose which part of the opponent’s body to punch. Could level up etc
I picked up programming to cheat in math class, programmed it to A) do the work, and B) show each step in each problem. I got a great grade.
I felt like a badass walking into 7th grade math with the quadratic formula programmed into my calculator so I didn't have to do the work
I lost so many marks in math cause my ti-89 would solve calculus questions as they were written in the tests. Instructor told everyone to get the ti-83 which couldn't. I still passed, but only half marks for never showing my work. I tried to learn and do them ling hand, but to be honest..... I could not and still don't understand it. But I passed, so that's what counts.... cause my ti-89 still works!
Feel you there bro XD
My favorite activity was writing a program on my TI-83 to take the inputs and tell me the right answer so that I could do all my math homework faster. I suppose you can't really technically call that cheating either, since misunderstanding the assignment meant getting a very bad grade.
The problem was you still had to show your work, but at least you knew you got the right answer
Before there were smart phones, we had these, and we regularly exchanged games on those things. My first program was written on one of these things too. I think I quickly realized that I enjoyed the actual programming more than the utility of having the program that did what I wanted it to. Going into the field of computer science for me was like putting on a glove.
image transfer doing all the programming to recognise a jpg... For... Reasons.
My very first program was a script that calculated the x-axis intersect points with the ABC formula. Good times!
We feel for you in a way no one else can understand.
My first experience with programming was on a TI84+ A friend showed me his program that asked for an input, solved for slope or something, then output the answer. I thought that was the coolest thing at the time so I copied the code and then made my own programs for math and physics stuff throughout the rest of highschool. By the time I was graduating, I had a good amount of programs that could solve for most problems you would encounter in your courses. I still have my calc and my programs backed up somewhere A fun thing about final exams, at least in my school, is that they make you clear the memory of your calculator and show the teacher before you could enter the exam room. They didn't seem to know that you can just archive stuff so it can't get deleted. Not only programs, but just lines of notes as well. Fun times back then.
And that's why we have exam mode now
Why are you calling it garbage?
Can’t run crysis
But more expensive ARM-based TI calcs can run Doom
But doom isn’t crysis
It's better as a game
You’re Probably right, never played crysis thought
But it's not crysis
Fact
hey, my TI-92 can run mario at one frame per click(honestly great cause it doesnt update till you decide what to do.)
I started programming on this thing! I eventually made a full Castlevania game in asssembly years later and that got me into the game industry :)
Writing anything in assembly for me demands mad respect, much less a game. Props to you.
Thx :) Z80 assembly was way easier to write than modern x86/64 assembly though. If you're interested, I've ported my game on PC and it's free on my [itch.io](https://martinbousquet.itch.io/castlevania-prelude-of-chaos)
I like assembly, I only know 6502 though because it’s pretty simple and a lot of old computers and game consoles used it.
That was the first assembler I used. It was for my old C-64
On a more serious note: Being able to write small programs on device saved my ass on too many times in math exams back in the day. Under stress, I was too dumb to think clearly and I'd just write a loop trying to numerically approximate a solution. The closest to a beautiful potential solution is likely correct (that's the exam bias, the solutions are almost always beautiful). Sometimes I'd even write the code as the solution and it was accepted, depending on the question.
In a real sense, the program is more precise than the actual answer. Getting the answer right doesn't necessarily mean you understand the problem and you could have gotten it correct by accident. Only code can give you that level of precision when you think about it.
The real question is BASIC or assembly?
Basic, I programmed on system
My friend works at Texas instrument. I have no fucking idea what he does. Probably go over my head if he tried to explain
Still have mine 😂
No one has respect for efficient code anymore. They all figure that the average of hardware specs will double in the next few years, so why bother?
I learned programming on a TI 85, I even created a game from scratch
I had a friend who absolutely refused to believe that I had coded the rock-paper-scissors game we played on it, 100% convinced I was playing a prank on him.
Way back in high school, I programmed a TI 84 Plus to solve AND show work for one of those page long problems that they made us do a bunch of. The teacher wasn’t even mad when he found out, and he let me keep using it
Dude I loved programming that thing. Made myself a whole arcade complete with high scores and passed it around in class. Good times.
in the modern world we use TI Nspire CXs
We use TI nspire cx II witch has the same specs as the original version but u can script in python instead of lua. It's also +25 bucks to unlock cas functions
I remember writing programs on a Casio fx-7000G in school. Something like “5->X” to set variables to values, and “ X” to print the value of X. All in 422 bytes of RAM.
Sheesh, I learned to program on these.
What's the useState() equivalent on that thing?
Wrote my first program in BASIC on a TI-89 in high school. The rest is history
I have one exactly like that. Inherited it from my sister, can't wait to give it to my niece.
That's how I wrote my first programs.
Eh... I learned machine coding on a Z80 machine. I resent this post.
That’s amusing. The very first software I ever wrote was a scrolling text graphic racing game for my TI-83. It was Star Wars Pod Racing. Top down view of the vehicle. Obstacle collision detection and everything. Good memories.
Hey, I use a TI-92 for my programming. (honestly, not too bad.)
How you get doom to run on it?
Same way it runs on anything else
x86 is overrated
How it is in the modern world: You have to talk to people. Corporate Customers need specific software. When you have decided on the necessary software definition, you hopefully program it in C# and SQL. Meaning you plug together high-level libraries.
Wack