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Decades of calculators

Given how slow my CASIO PB-700 was at plotting graphs, around age 8, my parents upgraded me to the Sharp EL-9400 (manual).

Sharp EL-9400

It was a big step up for math, but barely programmable. I wanted a fast BASIC playground.

After a lot of starring in stores and begging, I received the dream machine: the TI-92 Plus (manual). It was a TI-89 in the body of a TI-92. Fantastic machine to code in BASIC and, as I discovered after breaking an arm, take notes in class.

TI-92 Plus

Came with a powerful Symbolic Algebraic System and Cabri Géomètre (a brilliant app to construct geometry). Once I discovered how to transfer files from the Internet onto it, a lot of games followed.

It lasted quite a few years. When it finally gave up, I immediately replaced it with its successor, the TI Voyage 200 (manual), which I've kept to this day.

TI Voyage 200

Smaller form factor but AAA batteries instead of AA, double the flash, a really minor revision.

In my adult life, having lost interest in calculators for anything but quick calculations on the go, and having embraced RPN to the point of implementing a postfix language for fun, I've acquired a HP Prime (manual).

HP Prime

Sadly, I don't care to get past the home screen anymore.