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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I bought a cheap scientific calculator for math class. When I tried to multiply .5 by .5 it gave a long irrational number instead of .25. then I had to try to explain to the store clerk why that was wrong before they would accept the return

[–] ilovededyoupiggy 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First gen Pentium seems like it would be overkill for a scientific calculator but I guess they had to offload those chips somehow.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

The ti-84 plus is based on the zilog z80. From 1976. The calculator is still being made, and still costs $100.

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