HP mid-range graphing calculator with exam mode

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Quote:Are there any other calculators having those LEDs? I'm not aware of any TIs or Casios having them...

The version of the Nspire Clickpad sold as non-CAS has provided an exam testing LED since 2007, over 6 years before the Prime hit the market

In 2015:
* TI is releasing four new models: TI-83 Premium CE and TI-82 Advanced (in France), TI-84 Plus CE-T (in Europe), TI-84 Plus CE (in Northern America). Only the latter does (surprisingly) not have an exam testing LED, we have no clue why there isn't a single "84 Plus CE" model with an exam testing LED;
* Casio is releasing the Graph 25+E, Graph 35+E, Graph 75+E (those are the French names, international names are usually different). All of them have have exam testing LEDs.

I agree with Mic: HP should release something along the lines of a 39gII with a color screen, > 256 KB of RAM, > 4 MB of Flash memory... and a relatively bug-free OS, too. [EDIT: besides the obvious direct, official access to native code programming, which the 39gII doesn't offer.]
Indeed, while Casio didn't seize the opportunity to improve the hardware characteristics in this year's crop of new models (sigh), TI did, for once, at very long last: the 83PCE and 84+CE(-T) feature an eZ80 processor, albeit still coupled with slow, 256 KB RAM and slower 4 MB Flash memory, making them slightly less outdated than the existing TI-Z80 series.
The 83PCE/84+CE(-T) basically fix the severe slowness problem of the '2013 84+CSE. The new models could be made over 4x faster (according to community members' tests) by using proper RAM and Flash which doesn't require wait states. Maybe that's an upcoming feature of the ~2020-2025 "TI-83 Ultra CE" and "TI-84 Premium CE", who knows
The 83PCE/84+CE(T) keep offering direct access to native code programming, which should be a hit on that platform, especially given that unlike the old original Z80, the eZ80 is a halfway decent target for C. Surprisingly, the 82A doesn't provide access to native code programming, it's just monochrome 84+ hardware running a severely crippled OS...