Alan Johnson @acjay.com · Nov 20

Anyone else here who got their start as a dev with TI graphing calculators?

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Shatter 🅅 𓅃⭐ · Nov 21

HP48 was my jam.

Scott Anderson · Nov 20

It was not my start, but I did have one, and I did write code for it and download games

Jonny Aronson · Nov 20

Nope, but I played the crap out of Snake on it during HS calculus class.

Charlie Miller · Nov 20

I had an AP Stats teacher who lent me a TI Basic book and offered me extra credit to make a helper program for the class. Had a lot of fun making it, and played a lot of Pegs along the way.

Taylor · Nov 20

Writing games on that (using the device keyboard) was a humbling lesson in patience.

Michelle 🏳️‍⚧️ · Nov 21

HP48G for me. Still have it somewhere, but now I usually use an emulator app on my phone.

Matt Gaia · Nov 21

TI-85 here, and yes, my back hurts.

Patrick Kemp · Nov 21

Yep! TI BASIC was my first programming language. Used to make games in class.

John Austin · Nov 21

Yep! Made a whole slew of games for this: - Multiplayer Battleships with cable-based sync - A platformer with collision detection using the graphics systems! - A casino of various mini games