TI-83+ BASIC Tutorial

For anyone who has a TI-83 Plus and is interested in making simple programs:

(Note: This tutorial will not explain TI-BASIC in detail yet give those who have never used it a whiff of the programming.If you like the concept of calc. programming, I have provided a few links with more in-depth tutorials at the bottom.)

How to turn on the TI-83+:
Basically, if you don't know how to do this, you are a complete idiot.
(Note: My batteries just ran out on my calc, so my commands may not be excatly typed and spelled correctly, but your smart so you can figure it out)
Anyway,

To start a new program:
1. Push PRGM
2. press the left arrow key once and press enter
3.type in the name of your program, in this case type "Hello"
(Note: When I say "type ____" DO NOT TYPE THE PARANTHESES!, I swear, i get emails asking why their program won't work. I tell them they weren't supposed to type " ". The replys i get are: "oh, thanx")
4.Press PRGM again
5.Press the right arrow once
6. select the command that says "clearhome" or "clrhome", something like that.
-this command clears the home screen when you execute the program
(note: okay, basically i am going to assume you know that most of the commands you will use in the calc. are going to be under the prgm button. plus, i am lazy and don't feel like holding your hand today)
7.select the disp. command
8. type "Hello"
- the screen should look like: DISP "HELLO"
9.select the pause command
10. run the program
- the screen should be cleared and "HELLO" should be displayed on your screen and will wait for you to press enter.

If you liked this tutorial here are some good links to continue programming:
TI-CALC
Heres another

There was another called kevtiva.com/calc but i don't believe it works anymore.
More TI-BASIC tutorials to come, sorry this one was brief, but i gotta do homework.

in your ti-83+ manual you could just read chapter 15

thanks guys that helped me out a lot

I got the TI-83+ SE and it didn't come with a manual. So, I downloaded the manual from TI's web site. Chapter 16 has some material on programming in TI-BASIC. I've attached it if anyone is interested. I like programming in Z80 Assembly better, though. You can get a good tut on that from TI's web site. Some other resources:

http://www.ticalc.org/: a great programming site for the calculator (mostly ASM)
http://education.ti.com/: TI's web site, you have to search a lot to find any good stuff.
http://www.calc.org/: another calculator programming site
http://www.zilog.com/: Download an assembler for the calculator here

I have one of those, for what it cost me, i would have thought we would have used it more.

Anyways, i would just like to suggest that you can use programs that you download to write the code etc and then tranfer it to your Calculator. if i remember the link i will let you know,

its just easier using a keyboard than the keys on the calc :)

I think you are thinking of the GraphLink program that comes with the SE. I haven't found a version that you can download, but please tell me if you do. I know what you mean, I bought one for school, but they have their own that you can use in class. I mostly use TI's emulator to do graphing anyhow (you can download it at http://epsstore.ti.com/ ), making my SE a $124 paperweight!

you can download alot of stuff for it, even some kind of small programming suite
the problem was the cable to connect the thing to yer pc costed something like $100

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the problem was the cable to connect the thing to yer pc costed something like $100

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At my local wal-mart it cost some $15, and if that's to expensive for you http://www.ticalc.org/ has instructions on how to build your own :p

:eek: thanks

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At my local wal-mart it cost some $15

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Too bad Neel does not have Wal-mart in Belgium

http://epsstore.ti.com/webs/SearchResults.asp?reload=y

Nevertheless, it is still cheap, 36.18 Euros according to the above web site.

well, I don't know what you're looking at, but 36 euro for a cable wich consists of parts I can buy for like 0.05 euro is not cheap imo, even if my name was Bill Gates
I build one myself already wich took me like not even a minute (it takes at least 15 minutes to go to a shop and get it) and it costed me nothing

and it works to

Wow, this brings back so many memories of high school! I had a 83+ and I still my 92 and 89. I wrote so many games on the 83. /me relishes in the memories.. I was what they called a "calc nerd" lol. It is suprisingly easy to program on those calcs (89 and 92 somewhat more difficult) and I was amazed at what you could do with them. Here in the states the Graph-Link was only 15 dollars at Best Buy and it came with the software, but my Link quit working after awhile and I was in college so the awe of the TI-Basic wore off and then came C. Which I wasnt very good at anyway..... I think I'm going to go play with my calculator now....
-Kris

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well, I don't know what you're looking at, but 36 euro for a cable wich consists of parts I can buy for like 0.05 euro is not cheap imo, even if my name was Bill Gates

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I admit I'm not that familiar with European currency, but if you can build one for cheaper that's great!

36 Euro means something like + 36 US$

Actually programming the TI-83+ is really easy and you shouldn't write a tutorial on it because it's in the manual. A good tutorial would be for ASM because it's pretty hard to find a good one. As someone did say www.ticalc.org has lot of stuff for ASM.

ticalc.org does have a lot of tutorials on ASM programming, but they are almost all written to be compatable with the "Table Assembler", which generates less-than-perfect code. I prefer using the ZiLOG ZDS. You can get it at www.zilog.com. http://education.ti.com/ has tutorials compatable with the ZDS if you look hard enough.