RPN83P: RPN calculator for TI-83+ TI-84+ inspired by HP-42S

[johnb]

(03-07-2024 01:06 AM)johnb Wrote:  

(03-03-2024 10:21 PM)bxparks Wrote:  I recommend the 83+ Silver Edition as your best bang for the money. It's basically identical to the 84+SE (same CPU, same clock speed, same flash and RAM capacity, same features), and can be picked up for very cheap on the used market.

LOL, I am about to find out! The good/bad news is, I made a mistake on my sniping engine, so I've won TWO of them. Fortunately, both cost me less than $30. I think I will keep one, sell the other, and grab the 83+SE to run your library.

Well, either there are a BUNCH of 83+SE's that aren't labeled as an SE on the faceplate, or else there's a LOT of sellers on TAS [That Auction Site] who don't know what they've got (or are dishonest). I am guessing it's the faceplates that are accurate, not the auction descriptions: other readers, beware and look carefully before buying, the 83+SE has 9 times the flash RAM and 2x the processor speed of the non-SE 83+, and most (wow!) of the calculators being sold as an SE in the description are not SE's.

BTW, further evidence TI regarded this as purely an educational product: that hideous translucent case! When I was in 8th grade, I would have thought that was the coolest thing in the world. By the 11th, I wouldn't be caught dead with the thing.

Fortunately, I found a black one (sans cover) for under $20.