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Subject: TI-58 interesting trick
From: John Crane
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.... found scrawled in my notes of ancient lore from ages past....

Take a TI-58

Partition it to 479.00 via CLR 2nd Op 17

Key in the following - disregarding any flashing displays:

GTO 441

LRN

2nd List

00000

LRN

2nd Pgm 11

SBR 444

R/S

LRN

.... and the eyes of Texas Instruments shall be upon you.

-John

Subject: Re: TI-58 interesting trick
From: John Crane
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On 06/08/2020 06:22 AM, John Crane wrote:
> ... found scrawled in my notes of ancient lore from ages past....
>
> Take a TI-58
>
> Partition it to 479.00 via CLR 2nd Op 17
>
> Key in the following - disregarding any flashing displays:
>
> GTO 441
>
> LRN
>
> 2nd List
>
> 00000
>
> LRN
>
> 2nd Pgm 11
>
> SBR 444
>
> R/S
>
> LRN
>
> ... and the eyes of Texas Instruments shall be upon you.
>
>
> -John
>

Also works on a TI-59

-J

Subject: Re: TI-58 interesting trick
From: Tom Lake
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Subject: Re: TI-58 interesting trick
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On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 1:48:54 PM UTC-4, John Crane wrote:
> On 06/08/2020 06:22 AM, John Crane wrote:
> > ... found scrawled in my notes of ancient lore from ages past....
> >
> > Take a TI-58
> >
> > Partition it to 479.00 via CLR 2nd Op 17
> >
> > Key in the following - disregarding any flashing displays:
> >
> > GTO 441
> >
> > LRN
> >
> > 2nd List
> >
> > 00000
> >
> > LRN
> >
> > 2nd Pgm 11
> >
> > SBR 444
> >
> > R/S
> >
> > LRN
> >
> > ... and the eyes of Texas Instruments shall be upon you.
> >
> >
> > -John
> >
>
>
> Also works on a TI-59
>
> -J

Thanks to Maurice Swinnen for coming up with fractured displays on the TI calculators!

Subject: Re: TI-58 interesting trick
From: John Crane
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On 07/28/2020 03:01 PM, Tom Lake wrote:
> On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 1:48:54 PM UTC-4, John Crane wrote:
>> On 06/08/2020 06:22 AM, John Crane wrote:
>>> ... found scrawled in my notes of ancient lore from ages past....
>>>
>>> Take a TI-58
>>>
>>> Partition it to 479.00 via CLR 2nd Op 17
>>>
>>> Key in the following - disregarding any flashing displays:
>>>
>>> GTO 441
>>>
>>> LRN
>>>
>>> 2nd List
>>>
>>> 00000
>>>
>>> LRN
>>>
>>> 2nd Pgm 11
>>>
>>> SBR 444
>>>
>>> R/S
>>>
>>> LRN
>>>
>>> ... and the eyes of Texas Instruments shall be upon you.
>>>
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
>>
>>
>> Also works on a TI-59
>>
>> -J
>
> Thanks to Maurice Swinnen for coming up with fractured displays on the TI calculators!
>
Hey Tom! Nice to see you around. And nice to know you're into old
calculators as well as old computers. Stay safe. -John

Subject: Re: TI-58 interesting trick
From: Tom Lake
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Subject: Re: TI-58 interesting trick
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On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 12:11:04 AM UTC-4, John Crane wrote:
> On 07/28/2020 03:01 PM, Tom Lake wrote:
> > On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 1:48:54 PM UTC-4, John Crane wrote:
> >> On 06/08/2020 06:22 AM, John Crane wrote:
> >>> ... found scrawled in my notes of ancient lore from ages past....
> >>>
> >>> Take a TI-58
> >>>
> >>> Partition it to 479.00 via CLR 2nd Op 17
> >>>
> >>> Key in the following - disregarding any flashing displays:
> >>>
> >>> GTO 441
> >>>
> >>> LRN
> >>>
> >>> 2nd List
> >>>
> >>> 00000
> >>>
> >>> LRN
> >>>
> >>> 2nd Pgm 11
> >>>
> >>> SBR 444
> >>>
> >>> R/S
> >>>
> >>> LRN
> >>>
> >>> ... and the eyes of Texas Instruments shall be upon you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -John
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Also works on a TI-59
> >>
> >> -J
> >
> > Thanks to Maurice Swinnen for coming up with fractured displays on the TI calculators!
> >
> Hey Tom! Nice to see you around. And nice to know you're into old
> calculators as well as old computers. Stay safe. -John

Hi, John. Yeah. If it calculates, I'm into it! I've been into programmable calculators ever since the MITS RPN desktop with a seven-level stack and an external octal programmer. That came out a few months before their Altair 8800.
Fascinating stuff!

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