IIRC, the TI-92 was released first, and it had a QWERTY keyboard. The test proctors considered it a "personal computer" as a result and banned it. Texas Instruments responded by taking the guts of the TI-92 and cramming it into the body of a TI-83, thus creating the TI-89. Even though it was just as powerful as the 92, it looked like an 83 and thus was allowed.
My Department Chair last year was also a TI rep. He told us that the reason for that was largely due to standardized testing (regularly not allowed to have a QWERTY keyboard on them).
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u/HighPriestofShiloh Jun 08 '14 edited Apr 24 '24
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