Introduction to the Ti-83
The
TI-83 was released as the
successor to the
TI-82 and featured a
newer, more
contoured case
design that has since been used on all of TI's newer
calculators. The TI-83 features backwards
compatibility with most
TI-82 programs and some newer
financial functions, but they really arn't used in its every-day usage, but by far the best aspect of this calculator is built-in assembly programming capability supported by TI itself, But you must program it on a computer and transfer it by link to the TI-83. This advance saved curious programmers the trouble of "hacking" the calculator themselves to achieve this functionality, like in the
TI-85, and marked the beginning of TI's embracement of
assembly (
ASM) programming. The TI-83 has consequently become a
popular programming platform, but has now been supplanted by the
TI-83 Plus, an updated model. Note: Some of this paragraph came from www.Ticalc.org.
MODEL SPECIFICATIONS
CPU : 6 MHz ZiLOG Z80
Memory : 27K RAM
Screen : 96x64 pixels; Black and White
ASM Support? Yes
Link Port? Yes
CBL/CBR Support? Yes
Programing support on Calculator? Yes, its a modified BASIC code, aka TI-83 Basic