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On Wed, 12 Apr 1995, LUDVIK KOWALSKI wrote:

> On 4/12/95    Richard L Taylor <rtaylor@TENET.EDU> wrote:
>
> We already have probes for ULI connected with a MAC (plus software, such as
> DATA LOGGER). Which calculator-CBL set would be the most suitable if I want
> to use existing probes and to transfer data to the MAC? What is the cost?
>
Just about all of the Vernier probes that work with the ULI will work
with TI's CBL unit.  Adaptors are available for a nominal price (I think
they were something like $5) from Vernier.  The TI software and cable to
link to the Mac runs somewhere around $50.

I too have Macintoshes and ULI's in my classroom, and I have to say that
the CBL units have a ways to go before I buy them rather than additional
Macs.  Two items that are often overlooked are that there is only so much
information and resolution available on their small LCD screen, and even
if that improves, the CBL/graphics calculator combination does not allow
for word processing. (My students submit lab reports electronically, and
the reports are then graded and returned electronically.) In my mind,
these capabilities of computers over calculators still make the purchase
of computers desirable when economics allow it.

Bob Stair
PTRA-Plus (Physics Teaching Resource Agent)
Evergreen High School
5301 S. Olive Rd.
Evergreen, CO  80439
rstair@jeffco.k12.co.us