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The strange story of how Graphing Calculator came to be.
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Diggory Laycock
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Dec 22, 2004, 03:16 PM
 
awesome read
     
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Dec 22, 2004, 03:51 PM
 
That's a good story.
     
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Dec 22, 2004, 04:04 PM
 
very cool story, thanks for that.
     
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Dec 22, 2004, 04:32 PM
 
i havent seen that calculator in 10 yet.

what happened since the classic version?
     
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long read payed off.
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Dec 22, 2004, 05:44 PM
 
Originally posted by Mr Kino:
i havent seen that calculator in 10 yet.

what happened since the classic version?
It's in OSX as a hidden part of Calculator.app


I think you have to move these into the PlugIns folder.
     
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Dec 22, 2004, 05:53 PM
 
hahahah that's awesome!
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Dec 22, 2004, 06:09 PM
 
Originally posted by GoGoReggieXPowars:
It's in OSX as a hidden part of Calculator.app

http://kabong.ca/sa/graphingcalc.png
I think you have to move these into the PlugIns folder.
No no no. Pacific Tech has Graphing Calculator 1.4b2 for Mac OS X in their Free Stuff section. Along with the most recent OS 9 version.
     
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Dec 22, 2004, 10:45 PM
 
Yeah, I was mistaken about that. However, the tip to add more modes to Calculator.app stands, as long as you're running 10.3.5 or below. @ Apple.
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nice read, thx
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Dec 27, 2004, 10:00 PM
 
is macnn getting their stories from the lounge?
     
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Dec 27, 2004, 10:36 PM
 
Originally posted by history1me:
is macnn getting their stories from the lounge?
no, but wired is.

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Dec 27, 2004, 10:59 PM
 
Originally posted by rjenkinson:
no, but wired is.

-r.
This was on /. like a week ago.
     
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Dec 27, 2004, 11:05 PM
 
Originally posted by wataru:
This was on /. like a week ago.
there we have it: slashdot > the lounge > wired.

-r.
     
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Dec 27, 2004, 11:38 PM
 
i read it on wired earlier


anyway, yeah. if i was an artist and all my hard work was included in every mac... i would be pretty happy because i am a part of history and people's lives.

no matter how much they paid me, it would have been worth it.



at any rate, why didn't he wait for the mac to come out... buy one and then program the software and release it FREE to help the kids?

or he could have: programmed it on windows and gave it out FREE because a percentage of people d have PCs too. that would have helped the kids too.

they made it sound like he's the a graphic calculator saint or something.
     
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Dec 28, 2004, 12:17 AM
 
Yeah, I'd probably use that program if it wasn't so expensive. Even with the student discount it's still pretty steep for something I wouldn't use that often.
     
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Dec 28, 2004, 02:53 AM
 
Saw this on /.

Really good story.
     
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Dec 28, 2004, 06:47 AM
 
Originally posted by rjenkinson:
there we have it: slashdot > the lounge > wired.

-r.
     
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Dec 28, 2004, 06:18 PM
 
my Ti 89 is much nicer thou

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Dec 29, 2004, 04:55 AM
 
Originally posted by G4ME:
my Ti 89 is much nicer thou
But your TI-89 can't make a 3D animated smiley face that sticks out its tongue when the value of n is altered!

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