alt Hacker NewsThat’s me with a TI-85 in 7th grade in ‘95 or so.
It was effectively a portable computer that I was allowed to use and play with in most classes.
Started with TI-BASIC, then discovered ticalc.org and the shell and assembly programming hacks, games, and home brew transfer cables.
It effectively started my electrical engineering and computer science career.
I know I’m not alone.
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aklein • today at 12:13 PM
Same here! TI-85, and then HP48G series after that!
Indeed, +1. I was the same though with a TI-83 instead. I had to get good at hiding the calculator under the desk in non-math classes because the English teacher (for example) would press me on "why do you need a calculator for English class?"
I'm kicking myself for not saving the game code I wrote for some of those early games. They weren't very good, but I'd love to see the code, despite the horrifying spaghetti that it was.