So here's the situation. I have an old TI-84+ calculator that will not turn on, no matter what I do. Specifically, I've tried:
- Replacing the batteries, several times
- Sticking a paper clip / pencil lead in that little reset slot
- Adjusting the brightness, just in case
Unfortunately, there are a number of old TI-BASIC programs on there that I would really like to recover. That calculator gave me my first exposure to writing software, and those little programs meant a lot to me. I have to believe there is a way to dig them out. If anyone has any other ideas for getting the calc to turn I'd love to hear them, but I'm pretty certain it's bricked.
Anyway, here is what I know:
- TI calcs don't have a hard drive, but they have Flash ROM, and somewhere in there my programs must still reside.
- I have a TI Graph Link Silver cable and TI Connect installed on my Windows 10 computer, but those won't do me much good if the calc won't even turn on.
- This site has the awesome jsTIfied emulator, but I don't have a ROM image for my calc, and I won't be able to get one now that it's dead.
- I have never exposed the circuit board of the calc before. I built my own gaming computer and understand hardware well enough, but I have no idea what the ROM chip looks like, or what cables would be needed to connect to it, or if that's even possible.
Sorry if questions like this have already been asked on this forum; I found all the topics/posts kind of daunting and didn't really know where to start, so I figured I'd just start a new topic. Any help on this sentimental matter will be much appreciated!
On a related note, what's the calc that everybody recommends these days, for a replacement? Those new color screen ones look pretty cool.
- Replacing the batteries, several times
- Sticking a paper clip / pencil lead in that little reset slot
- Adjusting the brightness, just in case
Unfortunately, there are a number of old TI-BASIC programs on there that I would really like to recover. That calculator gave me my first exposure to writing software, and those little programs meant a lot to me. I have to believe there is a way to dig them out. If anyone has any other ideas for getting the calc to turn I'd love to hear them, but I'm pretty certain it's bricked.
Anyway, here is what I know:
- TI calcs don't have a hard drive, but they have Flash ROM, and somewhere in there my programs must still reside.
- I have a TI Graph Link Silver cable and TI Connect installed on my Windows 10 computer, but those won't do me much good if the calc won't even turn on.
- This site has the awesome jsTIfied emulator, but I don't have a ROM image for my calc, and I won't be able to get one now that it's dead.
- I have never exposed the circuit board of the calc before. I built my own gaming computer and understand hardware well enough, but I have no idea what the ROM chip looks like, or what cables would be needed to connect to it, or if that's even possible.
Sorry if questions like this have already been asked on this forum; I found all the topics/posts kind of daunting and didn't really know where to start, so I figured I'd just start a new topic. Any help on this sentimental matter will be much appreciated!
On a related note, what's the calc that everybody recommends these days, for a replacement? Those new color screen ones look pretty cool.