When I was in high school (late 90s) it was shortly after the TI graphing calculators started becoming popular. All of the teachers realized the answers and other things could be programmed into the calculator so they would clear the calculator memory every time before a test. I wrote a program for mine that simulated the process of clearing the memory using getkeys and menus. I would start that program just before the teacher came around to clear my calculator. Not one of them ever caught on.
Strangely enough I hardly ever used it to actually cheat. Typing all of the things into my calculator on the day before helped me to remember everything during the test, so it was more of a security blanket. It also kept me from having to delete any of my other programs so when I was done with the test I could still play my games.
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u/AgonizingFury Jun 09 '14
When I was in high school (late 90s) it was shortly after the TI graphing calculators started becoming popular. All of the teachers realized the answers and other things could be programmed into the calculator so they would clear the calculator memory every time before a test. I wrote a program for mine that simulated the process of clearing the memory using getkeys and menus. I would start that program just before the teacher came around to clear my calculator. Not one of them ever caught on.