I still have a working TI-36 Solar from HS
Posted by StickersRevenge@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 21 comments
The case has long torn apart and disintegrated, but she's still kickin'.
ChainRinger1975@reddit
I remember wanting the Texas Instruments version, but my local store was out of them. I had to settle for the Casio instead. I don't remember if it was high school or college, but it still works just fine and sits on my desk to this day.
arkham1010@reddit
That was the math geeks equivalence to wearing Lee jeans when everyone else was wearing Levi.
ChainRinger1975@reddit
Tell me about it, that was a rough day, somewhat traumatizing really. First day of school. I got my Levi's jeans, brand new pair of Adidas, GNR t-shirt, and of course a Trapper Keeper. Then you sit down in algebra and pull out the Casio. I believe I still have PSD.
indefiniteretrieval@reddit
I run TI-34's. Mostly because i know the button arrangement and where the functions are.
I've even fixed the display when segments dropped out
It's hard to change now
Northman_76@reddit
As long as you can spell BOOBS & BOSSHOGG it's a keeper.
Forsaken_Orange_6553@reddit
I still have and use my TI-34 solar I got in 6th grade, some *cough*45 years*cough* ago. That thing got me all the way through an engineering degree. Can't hardly read the keys, but it's mostly muscle memory.
BonCourageAmis@reddit
Loved this calculator.
FoxPowerful4230@reddit
You fail for not having the display reading “58008” and turning it upside down.
CaptainBeefsteak@reddit
It's an older code, sir, but it still checks out.
StickersRevenge@reddit (OP)
That's true. Dammit
MooseBlazer@reddit
Same, with case and “cheat sheet” stuck in it.
Tralfaz1138@reddit
I have my high school "KMC 7000" sitting on my desk. Good old K-Mart special. Still works.
I also have the HP 16C I used in college.
MrHoopersStore_@reddit
I believe TI is still selling TI-81s, except they’re more expensive now than the $100 i paid in 1993
Visible_Structure483@reddit
I have that same calculator sitting in front of me on my desk right now.... although mine has different markings in the lower right corner.
StickersRevenge@reddit (OP)
That's cool. I don't see a date on the back, just patent numbers and maybe serial number, 0026342.
FeralBanshee@reddit
55378008
StickersRevenge@reddit (OP)
Mastectomy?
FeralBanshee@reddit
That was a thing people wrote on calculators back in the day. Maybe they still do I dunno.
StickersRevenge@reddit (OP)
I remember more the 5318008, I thought you had a GenX new version, lol
PXranger@reddit
I still have a working HP 20S I bought when I was in the Army, it's 40 years old at this point.
StickersRevenge@reddit (OP)
Nice!