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Personally I cannot stand the 81 and 82 menuing system. I takes over the
whole screen. The user then cannot see what is "behind" the menuing system.
>From the quick glance I took at the 82's manual, it would not be easy to ask
a yes or know question from the user and have two menu choices "Yes" or "No"
because you would not be able to have the question on the screen at the same
time as the menus. If I am wrong please correct me because I have not really
used an 81 or 82 but I also know that I do not want to use an 81 or 82. I
would have to say tha that the 85 IS easier to program than the 81. It has
more constructs like For(, While, Repeat, etc. It also has a lot more
functions than the 81 and I think the 82. Granted more is not always better
but in this case I think it is. Another thing that turns me off to the 82 is
the absence of strings. I use strings a lot in my programs. If somebody can
afford the $150 CBL then I'm sure the can afford to get the 85 upgraded so it
works with it, if it costs anything at all. TI hasn't said if it would be
extra. And I would have to agree that the TI 81 is out of date. I would not
reccomend the 81 to anyone. They should at least get the 82 but the 85 is the
only choice for me.

>>To simply state that the 85 is easier to use and program might be a
little off.  For a person that has become proficient at using the 81 and
knows its menu system the 82 might possibly be the choice to make.  With
the new CBL system that will work with all the 82's out here but not the
85's, from what I have read, a little more thought might be needed.  In
my use of the calculators I have not found the 85 to be as user friendly
as the 81-82.  As to the 81 being "out of date" this may be true if we
are talking the "cutting edge".  I still feel that the 81 is a great
teaching machine.  In solving systems of equations the calculator forces
the user to make choices in the solving process, the 85 solves them for
you.  This argument takes me back to when I first saw the TI-68, it was a
quantum leap from the 34.  But then I still use my "electronic slide
rule" TI-30 with its' 9v battery. (By the way it came with a belt loop
carry case).<<