I just got one a week ago and it has this problem. I am going to see if I can return it for another one and hopefully this one I have is just old stock.
I'm not sure how that at all relates to this, but the claim that you "can't run scripting languages like Python" on porrtable devices seems pretty blatantly untrue for any reasonable definition of portable devices... On Android for example you can run scripting languages like Python, namely, Python itself, but also Perl, Lua, and various shell scripts. There is no portable devices currently on the market that is prevented from running scripts by Digital Rights Management software.
I can't stand how much of a monopoly TI has on the calculator market. $140 for a calculator (TI-89) that contains $5 worth of parts using basically the same firmware from the 1990's.
Too bad we can't run scripting languages like Python on portable devices due to onerous DRM from manufacturers. When I was a kid you could just jump onto an Apple II and start programming in Basic and do amazing things. Now we are living with consumer driven products that don't allow that same level of interaction.
I just got one a week ago and it has this problem. I am going to see if I can return it for another one and hopefully this one I have is just old stock.
danpluso 1 month ago
Good to hear mynameis950.
ews773 1 month ago
I have had my TI-36XPro for several months and it works fine. It has none of the bugs you are talking about.
mRUSSIA 2 months ago
I bought this calculator 2 days ago. I tested this problem out and it seems like they fixed that bug.
mynameis950 2 months ago
Note: (625 * pi)/4 = (156 1/4)*pi NOT 156 * pi/4. I tested this on a 36x Pro serial number K-0511. Thanks for the heads up.
ews773 2 months ago
I'm not sure how that at all relates to this, but the claim that you "can't run scripting languages like Python" on porrtable devices seems pretty blatantly untrue for any reasonable definition of portable devices... On Android for example you can run scripting languages like Python, namely, Python itself, but also Perl, Lua, and various shell scripts. There is no portable devices currently on the market that is prevented from running scripts by Digital Rights Management software.
byoniks 5 months ago
I can't stand how much of a monopoly TI has on the calculator market. $140 for a calculator (TI-89) that contains $5 worth of parts using basically the same firmware from the 1990's.
Too bad we can't run scripting languages like Python on portable devices due to onerous DRM from manufacturers. When I was a kid you could just jump onto an Apple II and start programming in Basic and do amazing things. Now we are living with consumer driven products that don't allow that same level of interaction.
blakemason00 5 months ago