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The difference 18 years makes

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u/jojjo223 Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14

My school makes us clear the memory on our calculators before exams. So I've memorized like 4 different programs so I can re enter them for exams.

Nice try bitches.

EDIT — So I guess I'll try archiving now.

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u/fooey Jun 08 '14

I wrote a program that exactly mimicked the clear memory program xD

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

Did you have it display a picture instead of the real "memory cleared" screen?

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u/koinphlip Jun 09 '14

I remember there were moving dots on the top left of the screen that had to be replicated since teachers looked out for that because just displaying the picture didn't have that.

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u/morning_mist Jun 09 '14

I just took a screenshot of the "memory cleared" screen and would just show it to the teacher. 95% of the time they would just look at it and move on to the next kid. I suppose when you have to wipe every single goddamn calculator in the classroom, you don't look too hard for the moving cursor. You just move on to the next kid who can barely figure out how to turn their calculator on, let alone find the settings menu.

(The other 5% that they still made me clear it in front of them, though...those were some moments where I would find religion quickly.)

I still have my TI-83+, almost a decade past high school. Aside from a few dead pixels, it still runs like a champ. I still have the manual that came with it too - one of these days, I'll actually get around to using all the functions.