Calc wars

From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 3 20:16:27 1998

Is a TI-8x or 92 a calculator or computer? I mean, a TI-92 uses a
68000 processor, has some 128k ram, and a full (if not full-sized)
keyboard. A friend of mine is making a multitasking shell for it.


>
>At 23:10 3/3/98 GMT, you wrote:
>>(now someone's going to turn round and tell us that the pointy-haired
>>bosses in hp hack on their hp48s during meetings, and wear their hair
>>that way because they don't know where to find a decent hairdresser.
>
>Pointy-haired bosses do NOT carry HP48's. They carry TI Math Explorers
>that they pinch off the carpet of their eighth-grader's bedroom, and
don't
>know how to use. The Math Explorer was sitting forlorn on the kid's
carpet
>because the kid saved up, bought a second-hand TI-85, and is sitting in
the
>backyard smoking a joint and hacking ZSHELL on the TI.
>
>__________________________________________
>Kip Crosby engine_at_chac.org
> http://www.chac.org/index.html
>Computer History Association of California
>
>
>

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