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This is the last vestige of the age of 80's Home Computers; where programs were simple and graphics were minimal.

This is where countless children got their start in programming, pushed to pass the time in math class, or get an edge on tests.

This is a computing community locked in time (due to security demands of test proctors), giving us a rare, hands-on taste of what life was like for the first computer users.

Models

Z80 Processor

The same old Z80 processors used in the Home Computers of the 80's.

  • TI-83/TI-84/TI-84+/TI-89 - The most famous series of programmable graphing calculators out there. It's had a continuous development community for over two decades; operating just the same as it had in the beginning.
    • TI-84+ C - Unable to dislodge the popularity of it's own product line with the TI-Nspire, Texas Instruments resorted to slapping on a color screen and a graphical UI onto the tired ol' processor.

ARM Processor

A new generation of calculators that sport color screens and Pocket PC operating systems; thanks to the strength of the embedded ARM chipset, which also powers modern smartphones (in it's more modern forms).

  • HP Prime
  • Casio Classpad
  • TI-Nspire - The TI-Nspire was a new generation of calculators that offered a far more intuitive, Pocket PC-style interface and a modern ARM processor, yet remained locked down enough to replace the TI-84. While the TI-Nspire never managed to replace the TI-84 in any sense, it remains the top of the line, and the tantalizing holy grail of calculator modders today.
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