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First Impressions of the Casio ClassPad 330
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krazylegodrummer56


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Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:07:52 pm    Post subject:
There is a way to make the keys as a hot key, but... the board dosen't hve the right amount of keys to do it.
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Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:55:57 pm    Post subject:
krazylegodrummer56 wrote:
There is a way to make the keys as a hot key, but... the board dosen't hve the right amount of keys to do it.
...what do you mean, exactly? You mean there's a way to turn the physical keyboard into an alphanumeric keyboard?
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Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:37:58 am    Post subject:
In the top corner under System ,you hit the system drop down, and you select Shift Keys. You can then set (-) as the shift key and set letters/numbers/symbols as a shift value.
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Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:07:10 am    Post subject:
krazylegodrummer56 wrote:
In the top corner under System ,you hit the system drop down, and you select Shift Keys. You can then set (-) as the shift key and set letters/numbers/symbols as a shift value.
Ahhh, I see exactly what you mean. Fascinating, thanks for pointing that out. They should really publicize that feature more, I think.

Edit: Although something like a T9 implementation would require waay more code on the backend.
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:22:41 am    Post subject:
Just was also curious as to the speed of the 'Basic' language in this machine. How does it compare with the TI-89, roughly?
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:19:26 am    Post subject:
mlytle0 wrote:
Just was also curious as to the speed of the 'Basic' language in this machine. How does it compare with the TI-89, roughly?
I would say that it is at least as fast as the TI-89's BASIC variant, and probably much faster based on some of the tests I've performed so far.
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:33:16 am    Post subject:
KermMartian wrote:
mlytle0 wrote:
Just was also curious as to the speed of the 'Basic' language in this machine. How does it compare with the TI-89, roughly?
I would say that it is at least as fast as the TI-89's BASIC variant, and probably much faster based on some of the tests I've performed so far.


How does it compare to the prizm?
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:21:44 am    Post subject:
Well, it's not particularly reliable in terms of completeness of testing, but I tried this program on the Prizm:

Code:
For 1 -> I to 9999 step 1
Locate 1,1,I
Next

And this program on the ClassPad 330:

Code:
For 1 -> i to 9999 step 1
Locate 1,1,i
Next


Prizm time: 7:00.8, or 420.8 seconds
Classpad time: 9:32.3, or 572.3 seconds

Hmm, that's not what I was expecting.
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 06:12:01 pm    Post subject:
Hmm... fx9860 is faster than both.
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 06:37:51 pm    Post subject:
flyingfisch wrote:
Hmm... fx9860 is faster than both.
Can you back that up with actual numbers, please?
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:55:58 pm    Post subject:
Just for comparison, I just typed this into my TI-89, on one line:

startTmr()->a: For i,1,9999,1: output 1,1,i: EndFor: startTmr()->a

After completion, I entered "Disp (b-a)", and it came back with 317 seconds or 5 minutes and 17 seconds.

I really believe the locate command in the Casios is kinda inefficient, as I know the Prizm's processor is vastly faster than a 12 meghertz 68000.

Edit: In the post above, a typo. Should have started with "startTmr->b".
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:29:55 am    Post subject:
Aye, the Locate command is known to be very inefficient on the Prizm and on the ClassPad as well. I know that math on both calculators in Casio BASIC is super-fast, so I'll try some high-iteration-count tests with something mathy next. As a sidebar, please try to edit your posts if it's within 24 hours of the post; two posts in a row within 24 hours of each other are generally called "double posts" and frowned upon.
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:55:45 am    Post subject:
Sorry, just now saw the edit button. Many blogs don't have this feature...
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 10:23:30 am    Post subject:
KermMartian wrote:
flyingfisch wrote:
Hmm... fx9860 is faster than both.
Can you back that up with actual numbers, please?


Sorry, but i currently do not have access to my 9860. However, the 9 queens problem was done for both in this thread:

http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=12166.msg222483#msg222483
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 11:36:26 am    Post subject:
mlytle0 wrote:
Sorry, just now saw the edit button. Many blogs don't have this feature...
Not a problem; blogs do indeed tend to lack that. This software is actually generally called a forum, since anyone (not just the owner of the blog) can start new topics. Anyway, here's my new test program:

Code:
For 1->I To 999
sqrt(sin(ln(1+Abs(cos I))))
Next

Prizm: 10.9 seconds
ClassPad 330: 1:43.2 = 103.9 seconds
TI-84+SE with OS 2.41: 46.8 seconds
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:20:42 pm    Post subject:
KermMartian wrote:
mlytle0 wrote:
Sorry, just now saw the edit button. Many blogs don't have this feature...
Not a problem; blogs do indeed tend to lack that. This software is actually generally called a forum, since anyone (not just the owner of the blog) can start new topics. Anyway, here's my new test program:

Code:
For 1->I To 999
sqrt(sin(ln(1+Abs(cos I))))
Next

Prizm: 10.9 seconds
ClassPad 330: 1:43.2 = 103.9 seconds
TI-84+SE with OS 2.41: 46.8 seconds


42 has a 9860, i think. he may be able to test this for you.
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:24:36 pm    Post subject:
I suspect that the ClassPad 330 takes longer because it doesn't tokenize at all; commands are characters instead of tokens. From a math point of view, it certainly doesn't skimp on power.
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:25:21 pm    Post subject:
I do have one; I shall test it once I arrive at home.

EDIT:

I have 19.3 seconds, 3 trials confirm this.

I tested out the following code on my 9860, prizm, and 84+ SE (MP)


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FOR X=1 TO 10  //This is just to facilitate timing
FOR I=1 TO 10
A=1.0000001:B=A
FOR J=1 TO 27
A=A*A
B=B^2.01
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT


9860: 22.6
Prizm: 19.0 (This is not much of a difference)
84+ SE (MP): 64.9
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:15:31 pm    Post subject:
so casio is faster than TI?
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:20:42 pm    Post subject:
flyingfisch wrote:
so casio is faster than TI?


In this area, yes. However, I'm sure that the 84 could own the casio calcs in anything drawing-intensive, as Kerm demonstrated earlier.
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