Why Do Calculators have a Headphone Jack?

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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
  • On nearly every Texas Instruments graphing calculator, there's a small "headphone" jack along the top. While the port wasn't originally designed for audio, there are some pretty interesting external hardware hacks that can be done through this port.
    Download the Propeller Code here:
    drive.google.com/open?id=11aT...
    Other Software Used:
    TruSound v1.0 - Brian Coventry www.ticalc.org/archives/files... (8:50)
    For More Inforation about the Ti Link Protocol:
    merthsoft.com/linkguide/
    Music Used:
    Late - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena (0:00)
    No Good Right - Freedom Trail Studio (3:00)
    Tiptoe Out the Back - Dan Lebowitz (4:09)
    Birds - Silent Partner (7:57)
    I've Been Delayed -TAS 1000 (8:50)
    Clips in Order of Appearance:
    TI-Robot test - • TI-84 Plus C Silver Ed... (4:09)
    TI calc wireless - • TI calc wireless (7:22)
    Graphing Calc Hacked with Touch Screen - • Graphing Calc Hacked w... (7:30)
    Gossamer 1.0: Web Browsing on your Calculator - • Gossamer 1.0: Web Brow... (7:45)
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  • @Halbairn
    @Halbairn Před 5 lety +10305

    Me: Yo pass the aux cord
    Friend: you better not play the Quadratic Formula
    Me:

  • @SuperSonicSourD
    @SuperSonicSourD Před 5 lety +6176

    To listen to math rock, of course.

    • @spartanwar1185
      @spartanwar1185 Před 5 lety +79

      I thought math nerds listened to electronic or techno music...
      Or electronic music played by their calculator

    • @NORFIE123456
      @NORFIE123456 Před 5 lety +16

      I've been delayed.

    • @angeleaterstudios1004
      @angeleaterstudios1004 Před 4 lety +88

      Fun fact: Math Metal is an actual thing, but it's not what you think. "Math Metal" is essentially the process of using equations and ratios in coordination with music theory in order to write riffs and rhythms. It's extra as fuck, but it slaps nonetheless.

    • @fidosmum4571
      @fidosmum4571 Před 3 lety +22

      Math rock is my jam

    • @Uber_Versace
      @Uber_Versace Před 3 lety +4

      Uh...s..sir?

  • @SuryanshTutorials
    @SuryanshTutorials Před 3 lety +836

    "what you hearin bro?"
    "Graphs by Polynomial"

    • @SonOfAFridge_
      @SonOfAFridge_ Před 3 lety +20

      Ah yes, my favorite song

    • @ogranesson
      @ogranesson Před 3 lety +16

      Bruh that is so old school. The theme from Geometry Dash is the shit rn

    • @samirbelica2358
      @samirbelica2358 Před 3 lety +5

      “Nah man, Graphs was made by Datanade, Polynomial made Maths.”

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 3 lety +7

      "what you listening to bro?"
      "Sine of 3π/2 radians by trigonometry"

    • @wolfpriest6954
      @wolfpriest6954 Před 2 lety +1

      @@samirbelica2358 I thought maths was made by 'X'

  • @matthewmiller6068
    @matthewmiller6068 Před 3 lety +150

    Ah, the TI-83+, my first game console!
    I actually talked my parents into ordering the long link-cord (like 6ft?) so I could play a few multiplayer games with someone in another seat or on the bus...that was so

    • @wolfpriest6954
      @wolfpriest6954 Před 2 lety +23

      that was so what?

    • @punished4890
      @punished4890 Před 2 lety +6

      @@wolfpriest6954 yea, tell us dude

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja Před 2 lety +3

      @@wolfpriest6954 "so nerdy", I guess.
      I mean calculators and a person that knows how to use them better than the average person... Yeah, so nerdy.

    • @cameronw.2775
      @cameronw.2775 Před 2 lety +3

      Yo bro, still waiting to hear. The suspense is killing me
      "That was so" ...?

    • @Vince_Cuh
      @Vince_Cuh Před 2 lety +3

      Anndddd

  • @GtmNayan
    @GtmNayan Před 5 lety +4084

    TSF: Why do calculators have a headphone jack?
    Me: -Why do- calculators have a headphone jack?

    • @medokn99
      @medokn99 Před 5 lety +198

      me: what calculators have a headphone jack?

    • @mosesracal6758
      @mosesracal6758 Před 5 lety +142

      Poor people: TI Calculators, Casio Calculators
      Woke me: Cellphones are just sophisticated calculators

    • @FlatEnough
      @FlatEnough Před 5 lety +40

      Calling this "a calculator" is like calling a male adult panther "a kitty"
      Not surprised if it makes coffee too

    • @newlife19891
      @newlife19891 Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah same for me because we used casio and don't sell ti in Australia and I can't remember them having a 2.5mm jack although they did have some i/o port
      Edit: just quickly looked into it and Casio seem to have the 2.5mm port and promote it as a feature for external data logging

    • @mti4601
      @mti4601 Před 5 lety +1

      Exactly my thoughts XD

  • @BiigiieCheeese
    @BiigiieCheeese Před 5 lety +2989

    Better question, Why does a 20 year old technology that is slow as hell still cost $100 dollars?

    • @zeroskill990
      @zeroskill990 Před 5 lety +348

      because money

    • @anderson9244MLG
      @anderson9244MLG Před 5 lety +89

      Expensive parts and production

    • @BiigiieCheeese
      @BiigiieCheeese Před 5 lety +547

      @@anderson9244MLG what expensive parts. Maybe 10 years ago.

    • @LadyofStarlight
      @LadyofStarlight Před 5 lety +937

      Texas Instruments has a monopoly on the school calculator market, so they can screw over whoever they want with their ridiculous prices.

    • @zodiacfml
      @zodiacfml Před 5 lety +59

      scale/volume. calculators are nothing to the volume of smartphones

  • @TheRedCap
    @TheRedCap Před 2 lety +57

    Remember that Gameboy recompiler that turns any Gameboy game into a TI program?
    Add TI Link Cable support to that.
    No idea how difficult that would be, emulating the GB link protocol might have some serious overhead, but it'd be cool to see

    • @the-shork
      @the-shork Před rokem

      TI link is probably not fast enough to transfer at GB link cable speeds

  • @grahamhepwor8860
    @grahamhepwor8860 Před 2 lety +50

    Funny thing about the keyboard, TI actually made one for their calculators! I got one to go with my TI-89 titanium a while back, and it came with a cool sliding case with a kickstand inside, so you could prop it up while typing.
    The weirdest part about it was that it lacked a number pad. I thought that was a strange thing to omit in a calculator. But it works great for apps like NoteFolio.

    • @mollyme4888
      @mollyme4888 Před 2 lety

      TI-92 with its built in qwerty keyboard still beat it though- actually took class notes on that thing

    • @orangejjay
      @orangejjay Před rokem

      It doesn't need a number pad because the entire calculator is, well, a number pad.

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek Před 5 lety +2397

    can't wait to flex on these fools with my ti-phone

  • @wittycommentator
    @wittycommentator Před 5 lety +1945

    BREAKING: Elon Musk admits that self-driving Tesla cars are "controlled through the headphone jack of a TI-84"

  • @mrgork1
    @mrgork1 Před 3 lety +10

    Used a Ti83 back in Highschool and College, 1997-2005. I hooked it up to my computer many times and downloaded and uploaded many programs. I never knew 2 calculators could be hooked together with the IO port. 20 years later and I'm still learning, thank you!

  • @evergreatest7644
    @evergreatest7644 Před 3 lety +11

    TSE: Why do calculators have headphone jack
    Me: THE ! WHAT ?

  • @TheV360
    @TheV360 Před 5 lety +1465

    I remember making a "multiplayer" "game" using two TI-86es and a link cable. It was horrible and laggy, but at least you could move around!

    • @TheLastMillennial
      @TheLastMillennial Před 5 lety +38

      That's pretty cool! Did you write the game in BASIC or ASM?

    • @TheV360
      @TheV360 Před 5 lety +86

      @@TheLastMillennial Unfortunately, it was just TI-BASIC. Even less, there wasn't really any terrain to navigate.
      Still, I think I did make a few apps like one where you could send messages back and forth.
      All of this was in middle school, which explains why it was half-finished.

    • @vitalnutrients744
      @vitalnutrients744 Před 5 lety +12

      @@TheV360 Can you share your messaging program? Thank you.

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 Před 2 lety +5

      Would work for Pokémon and other games like that.

    • @grqfes
      @grqfes Před 2 lety +12

      @@TheV360 why the hell you got them advanced calculators in middle school? all we had were those little cheap plastic toy ones that came with a magazine that could only do +-*/

  • @HQ_Ken
    @HQ_Ken Před 3 lety +1733

    2019: Calculator have headphone Jack
    2050: Calculator have type c dongle headphone jack

  • @debayeuxchats5607
    @debayeuxchats5607 Před 3 lety +10

    Fascinating! I thought it was to assist people with various visual impairments, since TI calculators are pretty complex. This is really cool, though!

  • @RealValkor
    @RealValkor Před 3 lety +7

    2:03 friend: ay man let's play *quadratic formula* with me
    Me: sorry my ping is too high

  • @themoosee
    @themoosee Před 3 lety +560

    Einstein hiding his secret mix tape in the calculator: *Sweats in math*

    • @IAm-zo1bo
      @IAm-zo1bo Před 3 lety +1

      Stfu kid NoBoDy pls don't do that again

    • @themoosee
      @themoosee Před 3 lety +1

      @Kats it does make more sense without the "nobody"

    • @themoosee
      @themoosee Před 3 lety +2

      @Kats Aye

    • @Nylspider
      @Nylspider Před 3 lety +1

      *Mirror temple - Mirror magic remix plays*

    • @splutteryelm
      @splutteryelm Před 2 lety

      @@Nylspider I get that reference

  • @user-sb8cs3le2j
    @user-sb8cs3le2j Před 5 lety +6352

    So you can flex on apple fanboys

    • @Auxilor
      @Auxilor Před 5 lety +122

      and note10

    • @christianmoore7109
      @christianmoore7109 Před 5 lety +94

      Today, most phones are dropping the headphone jack, not just Apple.

    • @user-sb8cs3le2j
      @user-sb8cs3le2j Před 5 lety +158

      @@christianmoore7109 But they were the first to use it on a commercial smartphone.They started the craze.

    • @SomeNot
      @SomeNot Před 5 lety +5

      @Wyatt Broussard Samsung, razer, htc...

    • @actofwar39
      @actofwar39 Před 5 lety +7

      @@SomeNot Samsung, Razer and google thats it htc still has headphone jacks

  • @lifepreviouslybalanced5743

    These calculators are a lot more relatable than I thought. Their 'exchanging data' is a lot like calls with me, awkward as we speak over each other, not understanding each other and just silence when we shut up after speaking over each other. I feel for these calcs

  • @belialclaytix4190
    @belialclaytix4190 Před 3 lety +66

    As an electrician, we don’t consider the ground as a “wire” as the ground isn’t used. your I/O cable is a two conductor. The ground is a given. So no, it’s just keeping the job on three wires, it’s two.

  • @GagahRizkiSetiawan
    @GagahRizkiSetiawan Před 5 lety +3183

    Why do calculators have a headphone jack?
    I have a better question
    Why expensive flagship smartphones DON'T have a headphone jack?

    • @shurl4604
      @shurl4604 Před 5 lety +267

      Because they want you to buy the expensive airpod shits

    • @ashman4874
      @ashman4874 Před 5 lety +6

      Bicara apa dong

    •  Před 5 lety +20

      My smarthphone has a headphone jack :v

    • @GagahRizkiSetiawan
      @GagahRizkiSetiawan Před 5 lety +102

      I wish there's a device with double headphone jack just to flex on Apple lol

    • @GagahRizkiSetiawan
      @GagahRizkiSetiawan Před 5 lety +9

      Yeah but it's such a rarity nowadays...amongst flagships I mean

  • @yummyherbicide7296
    @yummyherbicide7296 Před 5 lety +206

    This exists so you can turn up the volume while playing doom

  • @eekee6034
    @eekee6034 Před 2 lety

    That way of matching transmission speeds is brilliant! As for the other uses of the port, I think I need one of these. :)

  • @MinZilla
    @MinZilla Před 3 lety +6

    Noone:
    Math student in the back: * listening to midnight formula *

  • @Wesley_H
    @Wesley_H Před 5 lety +387

    While everybody else was playing Mario on their TI-83, there I was trying to make the whole screen black in the graphing feature.

    • @TheNiteNinja19
      @TheNiteNinja19 Před 5 lety +9

      Mario? I was in the Phoenix club lol A great game to ruin the 2nd key on your calc.

    • @Wesley_H
      @Wesley_H Před 5 lety +3

      Andrew Hunt I don’t know what that means.

    • @SyphistPrime
      @SyphistPrime Před 5 lety +17

      My thing was making a set of equations that would take the longest to graph. I would literally let it sit for most of a class period doing nonsense trig and logarithmic operations to see if I could get it past an hour. I forget what record I set for that as it's been 5 years, but I still remember doing that fondly.

    • @DigitalJedi
      @DigitalJedi Před 2 lety +5

      @@SyphistPrime I remember making one that spiraled outwards forever. The calculator would eventually just stop, probably because it was out of memory, but I could get it to run for a good half hour.

    • @froyoreal
      @froyoreal Před 2 lety

      and i made art with it

  • @TheLostOne172
    @TheLostOne172 Před 5 lety +1479

    That moment when you realize a calculator has more features than an iphone

    • @TohkaVal
      @TohkaVal Před 3 lety +29

      It’s spelt Samsung

    • @stephenmusic69420
      @stephenmusic69420 Před 3 lety +4

      TheLostOne 172 czcams.com/video/ZazNbG_3m9A/video.html

    • @chknnugt
      @chknnugt Před 3 lety +52

      @@TohkaVal it's called both of em just leave it at that.

    • @chknnugt
      @chknnugt Před 3 lety +13

      @@VeryRGOTI he* meant to say Samsung instead of calculator that's what.

    • @dylanhickman1420
      @dylanhickman1420 Před 3 lety +3

      But not more than a Samsung

  • @lamardavis70195
    @lamardavis70195 Před 3 lety +27

    1:41 MOTHER RUSSIA

  • @hydroviperking
    @hydroviperking Před 3 lety +25

    This is all a lie it’s so that u can make hentai on ur graph calculator and then u can plug in headphones

    • @hypnoxxer
      @hypnoxxer Před 3 lety

      Ive done it before

    • @hypnoxxer
      @hypnoxxer Před 3 lety +1

      I know it was bad quality tho and the sound didnt work edit:i was joking

  • @mjdxp5688
    @mjdxp5688 Před 5 lety +843

    I've always considered these calculators to be more like mini computers then just calculators, they remind me of old computers such as the C64

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink Před 5 lety +71

      That analogy may be closer than you realise: you see, all the TI-8x models except the 89 have a zilog Z80-compatible cpu; the 89 and the voyage both have a motorola 68000 cpu

    • @fadrium1464
      @fadrium1464 Před 5 lety +6

      What about ENIAC compared to calculator in term of processing power

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink Před 5 lety +12

      @@fadrium1464 If you look at this bit here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC#Main_ENIAC_parts you'll see that ENIAC's architecture is very different from the computers we know today, i therefore think a direct comparison will be difficult; i certainly don't have the knowledge to do so.

    • @qwertykeyboard5901
      @qwertykeyboard5901 Před 5 lety +6

      They are more closely related to the zx spectrum

    • @SyphistPrime
      @SyphistPrime Před 5 lety +8

      Could you actually write an OS that supports MS basic like an 8-bit micro for them? That would actually be super cool having a pocket sized 8-bit micro.

  • @izuchukwunwauwa7572
    @izuchukwunwauwa7572 Před 5 lety +131

    Teacher: What are you doing?
    Me: Just trying to print out this graph from my calculator

  • @ThunderTHR
    @ThunderTHR Před 3 lety +25

    *I was today years old when I realized that calculators even had headphone jacks.*

  • @roberthill5805
    @roberthill5805 Před 3 lety +1

    I made the programs for solving certain formulas and would transfer them to others in highschool. Really simple to use honestly and was surprised that others didn't.

  • @aaronspacee
    @aaronspacee Před 5 lety +94

    "before usb ports..."
    *Cable has a USB connector*

    • @Trekeyus
      @Trekeyus Před 5 lety +5

      USB ports on the calculator. The newer models have a built-in USB port for uploading

    • @redroyal4287
      @redroyal4287 Před 3 lety +1

      He meant before they put mini USB ports on the calculators

    • @computer_toucher
      @computer_toucher Před 3 lety

      Earlier Sonys had jack-to-9-pin serial... you know, before USB was a thing. The newer USB-to-jack variants I guess just works as a USB-to-serial interface.

    • @ubern00bkye
      @ubern00bkye Před 3 lety +1

      Guys, I'm probably wrong but... I think it was just a joke.

  • @jordan177606
    @jordan177606 Před 5 lety +292

    the TI-59, TI-58, and TI-58C had an optional thermal printer called the PC100C in late 70's. The 58C and 59 were basically full size computers with programmable functions and the 59 had a magnetic card reader. There were other things made to make it more like a desktop micro computer like a tv out box called video 59 and devices to switch between multiple ROM cartridges.

    • @javabeanz8549
      @javabeanz8549 Před 2 lety +2

      Tandy also had a thermal printer clear back with their PC-1 Pocket Computer ( I am sure it was made by Sharp, but not sure if any of the Sharp models were sold outside of Japan at the time) Unfortunately for me, I couldn't come up with the funds to buy one, I only had the cassette adapter for mine.

  • @ManggaUdang
    @ManggaUdang Před 3 lety +9

    laugh in my $1 calculator.

  • @els1f
    @els1f Před 2 lety

    That was way more interesting than I thought it would be! 😱

  • @user-oq2nt1wo2j
    @user-oq2nt1wo2j Před 5 lety +230

    Damn, even a calculator has friends to talk to

  •  Před 5 lety +213

    It's to play doom between two calculators :v

    • @ivanrodionov9724
      @ivanrodionov9724 Před 5 lety +20

      now that sir is an idea!

    •  Před 5 lety

      @@ivanrodionov9724 thank you ;v

    • @kenansabic2901
      @kenansabic2901 Před 5 lety +2

      Nice Caleb profile pic there.

    •  Před 5 lety +1

      @@kenansabic2901 i live... again.

    • @sinbrown1501
      @sinbrown1501 Před 5 lety +1

      subbed to your channel purly for the caleb pro pic... i love tghe blood games... THEY SHUD PORT BLOOD TO A CALCULATOR....

  • @melosunny
    @melosunny Před 2 lety +1

    If anyone is wondering, the newer ce models have combined the i/o port into the charging port.

  • @starblight22
    @starblight22 Před 2 lety

    This stuff is actually fascinating

  • @maggie.online
    @maggie.online Před 3 lety +256

    Meanwhile in South America: *gets physics degree with a Casio 95*

    • @Souls4Roca
      @Souls4Roca Před 3 lety +27

      In most of the planet the Casio scientific calculators are the standard so.. never understood why they even enforce in universities to not use programmable ones

    • @dewanmasooduddin
      @dewanmasooduddin Před 3 lety +7

      @MaggieOnline Obviously. Their VPAM lineup is truly remarkable. Not only in South America but also in other countries, Casio is a famous brand only because of their Quality within Budget. It may not have a Fancy headphone jack like other SO CALLED calculator manufacturers, at least, Casio is very much efficient.

    • @Souls4Roca
      @Souls4Roca Před 3 lety +7

      @@dewanmasooduddin don't forget the battery that lasts forever, i have a 15-year-old Casio that did not need a change yet

    • @dewanmasooduddin
      @dewanmasooduddin Před 3 lety

      @@Souls4Roca Obviously. That's what a Japanese quality upon which we can rely easily.

    • @user-vi3pi9rf7w
      @user-vi3pi9rf7w Před 3 lety +1

      @@Souls4Roca we use fx911es versions they r non programmable.

  • @SD-tj5dh
    @SD-tj5dh Před 5 lety +337

    In a smartphone world,
    A calculator with a full graphic display still feels badass.
    I used a psion 5 as a calculator at school.

    • @andreib302
      @andreib302 Před 5 lety

      David Thattenbanos I KNOW RIGHT

    • @Lucas_Antar
      @Lucas_Antar Před 5 lety +2

      David Thattenbanos and no one else in the class cared.

    • @destiny_02
      @destiny_02 Před 2 lety +2

      You use calculators in school ?

    • @orangejjay
      @orangejjay Před rokem

      @@destiny_02 Yes. It's part of the lesson plan. They're used to confirm your work.
      And also help to free up time on tests as calculators are everywhere so it makes sense to allow them to be used in school.

    • @destiny_02
      @destiny_02 Před rokem

      @@orangejjay here in india, I was only allowed to use calculator after reaching college.

  • @BraydenDarrell
    @BraydenDarrell Před 3 lety

    FINALLY!! Something useful that I was wondering actually appeared in my recommended! Huzzah!!!

  • @Larry
    @Larry Před 2 lety +1

    But... Can you use it to play link up Doom?

  • @DerMikeDee
    @DerMikeDee Před 5 lety +988

    Who else is watching the video because they never heard of this.

  • @zenosyx49
    @zenosyx49 Před 5 lety +279

    Ffs even Calculator have headphone jack...lmao Apple😂

    • @peppapigthekiller7539
      @peppapigthekiller7539 Před 5 lety +10

      Shah Amin Kamal
      Apple isn’t the only one.
      Phones without a headphone jack.
      Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL.
      Motorola Moto Z3 and Z3 Play.
      OnePlus 6T.
      Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact.
      HTC U12 Plus.
      Huawei Mate 20 Pro.

    • @stoopiosproductions3130
      @stoopiosproductions3130 Před 5 lety +1

      @Grandmaster Nobody said anything about samsung....

    • @TheKtwStudios
      @TheKtwStudios Před 5 lety +2

      @Grandmaster yeah, but nobody cares about the Notes like they do the Galaxy phones, which are their main line...and those still have headphone jacks, unlike iphones.

    • @MinecraftCheating
      @MinecraftCheating Před 4 lety

      Stoopio's Productions it’s the point of the comment dumbass what about Google Sony and the others really

    • @ShyDigi
      @ShyDigi Před 3 lety

      TheKtwStudios you know that the note phones are a series of phones in samsungs galaxy line (their mobile technology department) right?

  • @_superintendent
    @_superintendent Před 3 lety +2

    I think i have discovered an amazing idea.
    If you are having an exam and it allows you to use those calculators, then you can connect 2 of them (1 is at home and 1 next to you). you can make the aux cable send the info to a small database where the home calculator picks the info up ands sends info back. If you don’t know the formulas then the people at home can do them for you.

  • @imagreatguy1250
    @imagreatguy1250 Před 2 lety

    Lol, that funky music at 01:15 really set the mood for them Ti-84s 🤖👍

  • @andymadden8183
    @andymadden8183 Před 5 lety +245

    00:50 The Texas Instruments port was called GraphLink. It originally connected to a PC using the RS-232 serial interface.

    • @RichRacc
      @RichRacc Před 5 lety +3

      I have a RS-232 port that goes serial to usb

    • @anidnmeno
      @anidnmeno Před 5 lety +4

      how else are you gonna get that copy of Phoenix from your buddy

    • @manedwolfwithagmailaccount1478
      @manedwolfwithagmailaccount1478 Před 2 lety +1

      Im jealous Americans get to play with these lmao

    • @Phazerville
      @Phazerville Před 2 lety +1

      @@anidnmeno core memory unlocked!

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 Před 2 lety

      @@Phazerville Like _magnetic_ core memory? The stuff they used in the 60s?

  • @Cindecent
    @Cindecent Před 5 lety +33

    My high school used this io port to plug in thermometers, so we could measure temperature in chemistry projects.

  • @Althebassist
    @Althebassist Před 2 lety +1

    Still remember the first day of 7th grade when some kid came into my class from a year under me with a TI loaded up with SNES games on it, I've never felt more in awe of a person than that moment in my life lol

  • @soupflood
    @soupflood Před 3 lety +6

    I shake the same when I'm hungry 0:33

  • @duccie
    @duccie Před 5 lety +266

    On the Casio fx CG50, the 2.5mm is used as an actual headphone jack using a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter by using a Gameboy emulator.

    • @hotmailcompany52
      @hotmailcompany52 Před 5 lety +20

      @@EMEKC Corruption :P Ti heavily influenced the rules of standardised testing. Go look it up if you don't believe me

    • @duccie
      @duccie Před 5 lety +31

      @@EMEKC Yeah Casio's are cheaper, easier to use, more powerful, faster, and have more features, but because TI sponsors T³ (an educational technology advocate group), T³ just "recommends" TI's. LGR made a great vid on this

    • @joeyhillers9460
      @joeyhillers9460 Před 5 lety +2

      Hey! I've got one of those!

    • @Eden-rg2ul
      @Eden-rg2ul Před 5 lety +4

      Pretty much everyone I know in the UK uses a CG50. They're much more popular here.

    • @joeyhillers9460
      @joeyhillers9460 Před 5 lety +2

      @@Eden-rg2ul That is funny. Here in Missouri, I am the only one who has one. I am also the only one who can just plug in the equations 😎

  • @Solicify
    @Solicify Před 5 lety +345

    I’ve never seen a calculator with a headphone jack
    Edit: I don’t remember making this comment
    Edit 2: I think the people replying to this comment may have dementia

    • @vedanshchn
      @vedanshchn Před 4 lety +4

      Same

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 4 lety +17

      I don't remember you making this comment either.

    • @Solicify
      @Solicify Před 4 lety +3

      Cavey Möth 🤯

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 4 lety

      @@Solicify This is some crazy shizz right here

    • @Solicify
      @Solicify Před 4 lety +1

      Cavey Möth I literally cannot believe what I’m seeing

  • @spacepirateivynova
    @spacepirateivynova Před 2 lety

    i loved my TI calculators and Casio graphing calcs. I had some REALLY wild models too (one of the high-end TI models had a full qwerty keyboard, large screen, and could map 3d and 4d functions.), but my favorite is the casio color models that showed up from the end of the 90's through the early 00's. These things were extremely powerful devices, had color, and were much more affordable for the functionality you got. They also used a similar Basic based programming language as the TI calcs, and it was pretty simple to port code from one device to another.
    Growing up, we re-released several modded versions of several games, and even made a few (usually small puzzle games, strange ports of pong that had missiles involved, and I wrote a scrolling vector base skateboarding game at one point)
    However, ALL of these programs would work FAR better on the Casio, and it was possible to even import (simple) sprites into the code using GET and PUT statements on data matrices that held pixel-color-data (I think it was like number 0 to 3 for the R, G, and B channels, or 2-bit-per-color channel... but you had only 4 colors that could be defined at the same time, it was ARCHAIC to say the least.) or just choose from a pre-set palette of 16 colors... which for a calculator was ASTOUNDING. Just keep it under 48k :D
    The best I could do with the TI's was line and circle drawing, and pset/point 'sprite-like' operations, but it was closer to 'vector like operations'... and DAMN slow on the refresh. Most of the games that came out on the TI were, ostensibly, text based, puzzle games, or EXTREMELY simple stick-figure graphics for RPG's and if you were REALLY motivated (and had a math teacher with the link cables that let you do what you wanted because they couldn't teach you anything new anyway... that's what I get for learning calc in 3rd grade >.

  • @LazyCrit
    @LazyCrit Před 3 lety +41

    Me: Yo pass the aux chord
    Friend: you better not play
    Pentagorian Theorem
    Me:
    Since yall liked my comedy feel free to watch my vibdeo ;)

    • @IDGs_space
      @IDGs_space Před 3 lety +10

      Pythagorean theorem lol
      Pentagorean

    • @LazyCrit
      @LazyCrit Před 3 lety

      @@IDGs_space Hahahahahaha

    • @LazyCrit
      @LazyCrit Před 3 lety

      @klaus 420 same as your name

    • @Nylspider
      @Nylspider Před 3 lety

      Erm, Pentagorian? Was that a typo?

    • @LazyCrit
      @LazyCrit Před 3 lety

      @@Nylspider thats the joke😂

  • @vergilsplasticchair2426
    @vergilsplasticchair2426 Před 4 lety +122

    TSF: why do calculators have headphones jack?
    Me: why does the $1000 plus iPhone 11 not have a headphone jack?

    • @Povilaz
      @Povilaz Před 3 lety +9

      Because something something airbuds or sum and they don't want to use other brand of earphones/headphones. Basically privacy of audio behind a paywall.

    • @juliethefoxcoon
      @juliethefoxcoon Před 3 lety +2

      Tons of new phones don't. why do we only blame apple

    • @Povilaz
      @Povilaz Před 3 lety +6

      @@juliethefoxcoon because others follow Apple like dumbasses

    • @vergilsplasticchair2426
      @vergilsplasticchair2426 Před 3 lety +2

      @@juliethefoxcoon because its expensive as heck....

    • @imperiumcommentingnetwork4677
      @imperiumcommentingnetwork4677 Před 3 lety +2

      @@vergilsplasticchair2426 Aux ports are not that expensive. I'd argue adding a bluetooth module is probably more expensive than an aux port

  • @HGAMES69
    @HGAMES69 Před 5 lety +310

    When an old calculator has a headphone jack but not the newer smartphones.

    • @User-ge7ni
      @User-ge7ni Před 5 lety +1

      HGAMES69 so what

    • @someusername1872
      @someusername1872 Před 5 lety +33

      @@User-ge7ni Wired is still superior to wireless

    • @User-ge7ni
      @User-ge7ni Před 5 lety

      Some username nobody cares only sound nerd give a fuck about that

    • @IsoMacintosh
      @IsoMacintosh Před 5 lety +1

      Except that it's actually a data port and smart phones still have those.

    • @TheCandoRailfan
      @TheCandoRailfan Před 5 lety +15

      @@User-ge7ni I don't trust Bluetooth headphones to not disconnect, and not everything I use headphones with has Bluetooth.

  • @justinh7099
    @justinh7099 Před 2 lety

    Back in like 2002/3 we would transfer games this way. A lot of retro style. Great video!

  • @MichaelOfRohan
    @MichaelOfRohan Před rokem

    I knew it wasnt a headphone jack, and I knew what it was for but I still got a great deal out of this video. Nice work.

  • @WinningEmpire
    @WinningEmpire Před 5 lety +112

    “Can I listen to some numbers?”

    • @user-vm1hi7bo5s
      @user-vm1hi7bo5s Před 3 lety +1

      You're already watching and listenening to numbers coz youtube is a digital platform :)

    • @vicbulbon8821
      @vicbulbon8821 Před 3 lety +2

      I am blind, and I have a TI 84 with an added voice module that speaks things aloud, however I’ve never tried that jack before, because I don’t have any adapters or earphones for it, but I suspect the voice could maybe go through that port? I don’t know

    • @mossmacarthur504
      @mossmacarthur504 Před 3 lety

      numbers is a pretty good kraftwerk song. not my favorite on the album but its ok.

  • @raz0229
    @raz0229 Před 5 lety +30

    Why do calculators have a headphone jack?!
    _Wait, what?_

  • @crazypete3759
    @crazypete3759 Před 2 lety +1

    I remember using my palm pilot in high school to mess with the TV carts. I used the IR transceiver to learn the functions from the remotes so I could mute, change channels, fast forward or turn off the TV/VCR. I had too much fun with that!

  • @copperchatter6890
    @copperchatter6890 Před 3 lety

    Clever protocol. Thanks for this!

  • @KyogresHideout_Vegito2121
    @KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 Před 5 lety +41

    I only grew up with basic calculators so I had no idea some calculators even had headphone jacks

    • @SuperKnowledgeSponge
      @SuperKnowledgeSponge Před 5 lety +2

      lucky you. that means you did easy maths.

    • @KyogresHideout_Vegito2121
      @KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 Před 5 lety +3

      @@SuperKnowledgeSponge Yeah I was actually allowed to skip algebra in high school

    • @remlet3753
      @remlet3753 Před 5 lety +1

      @@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 ur lucky af

    • @trotskyvoinovich8307
      @trotskyvoinovich8307 Před 5 lety

      I was allowed to skip algebra too because I was dumb, the teacher said no need for that since you ain't going to have a future.
      P.s just kidding

    • @thearmyofiron
      @thearmyofiron Před 5 lety +2

      @@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 algebra isn't that hard

  • @EnderCrypt
    @EnderCrypt Před 5 lety +182

    "why does it have a headphone jack?"
    what? it literally says I/O ..... .... ... .. .

    • @Seawolf.Gaming
      @Seawolf.Gaming Před 5 lety +19

      Yes but no. I/O means Input Output. So it doesn't solve the reason

    • @EnderCrypt
      @EnderCrypt Před 5 lety +3

      ​@@Seawolf.Gaming yes but no what? i did not really ask any yes/no question
      well, i know what I/O stands for, im not sure how the definition helps your case
      solve.. what reason?
      your comment is very .. random, could you try clarifying what you meant

    • @pokepress
      @pokepress Před 5 lety +7

      Some older cell phones actually made use of the 2.5 mm jack as well as a headset connector.

    • @zombiecowboy4946
      @zombiecowboy4946 Před 5 lety +6

      EnderCrypt He’s saying you’re right and wrong. No, it’s not intended to be a headphone jack, but technically Yes, it’s the same as a headphone jack.
      He just said it in a short and sweet way, that’s all.

    • @beybladedude12345678
      @beybladedude12345678 Před 5 lety

      5Head, that's you

  • @jasons8479
    @jasons8479 Před 2 lety +1

    Some old devices (70s-80s) had a headphone-type 2.5/3.5mm jack that was used for an AC adapter power connection, sometimes to charge an internal rechargeable battery pack.

    • @DigitalJedi
      @DigitalJedi Před 2 lety +1

      I have a wall outlet to 3.5mm jack charging cable from an old calculator. The calculator itself no longer works, but I kept the cable to be enshrined in my "wft even is this" display of weird tech stuff. Whenever somebody asks what it's for, I say it's for listening to AC/DC.

  • @imagreatguy1250
    @imagreatguy1250 Před 2 lety

    This is both amazing and beautiful, thank you 👍

  • @gtrain3
    @gtrain3 Před 5 lety +35

    Always thought it was for people that were visually impaired.

    • @ruler_of_everything
      @ruler_of_everything Před 3 lety +2

      that should be a thing in calculators now

    • @vicbulbon8821
      @vicbulbon8821 Před 3 lety +1

      I do have a TI 84 with an added voice module, never could try that jack though, because I don’t have the necessary adapters to plug in the earphone that way.

    • @freecleets
      @freecleets Před 3 lety

      All the buttons feel the same dummy

  • @PrimedPixelMusic
    @PrimedPixelMusic Před 5 lety +69

    I just watched a video about a calculator I've never even seen in real life...
    and it was great

    • @xymntov
      @xymntov Před 5 lety

      Primed Pixel We even used these calculators in High School - in Germany 🇩🇪...!!

    • @lefthanded5473
      @lefthanded5473 Před 5 lety +1

      Everyone at my school has one of these. How TF did you never see a Ti-84?

    • @PrimedPixelMusic
      @PrimedPixelMusic Před 5 lety +1

      @@lefthanded5473 I'm in the UK, we use Casio calculators :\
      These seem way better

    • @AlucardNoir
      @AlucardNoir Před 5 lety

      @@fathin7841 Yeah, I mean, can you imagine not paying over a hundred US dollars on a calculator in 2019, when you could pay the same amount for a cheap smartphone with more processing power then the supercomputers that were in existence 30 years ago?

    • @seadogg0
      @seadogg0 Před 5 lety

      im german and here in our school we also use casio calculators.
      in that video i haven't seen a single solar panel. do these TI calculators really need to be charged? lol

  • @tech-preneurshipwithjeff5745

    awesome project. well done.

  • @jarlchicknugs5750
    @jarlchicknugs5750 Před 5 lety +47

    the fact they still sell these things for $100 blows my mind

    • @jarlchicknugs5750
      @jarlchicknugs5750 Před 5 lety +4

      @@tubbunny nope can be picked up at Walmart, needed for college and upper high school math classes

    • @DFX2KX
      @DFX2KX Před 5 lety +7

      @@jarlchicknugs5750 Some collages won't even let you bring a used one, either, they make you show a receipt for a new one.

    • @Trekeyus
      @Trekeyus Před 4 lety +6

      @@DFX2KX now that is ridiculous

    • @kokolexx
      @kokolexx Před 3 lety

      @@DFX2KX but why

    • @notarxw
      @notarxw Před 3 lety

      Alex Jonathan idk. Hacking or something?

  • @siralexander3359
    @siralexander3359 Před 5 lety +77

    motherfucking bee movie reference
    edit: there are so many references in this video, props

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Před 2 lety +1

    Good informative video

  • @johnweber4504
    @johnweber4504 Před 3 lety

    I love how this video speaks to every person who hasn’t actually read the instructions for their expensive calculators

  • @rabywastaken
    @rabywastaken Před 5 lety +24

    3:32 for a second I thought my PC displayed a BSOD lol

  • @curlminion
    @curlminion Před 5 lety +64

    i always thought the "headphone jack" was for legacy support for the ti 83 link cables. Glad to know i was right.

    • @RebornAudio
      @RebornAudio Před 5 lety

      Carlminion Calling BS on this my man 😏😂

    • @juicykobra8683
      @juicykobra8683 Před 5 lety +5

      @@RebornAudio shut up

    • @kit7une_
      @kit7une_ Před 5 lety +1

      Reborn Audio have you even watched the video

  • @kidgrave
    @kidgrave Před 3 lety

    I found this video to be very informational!

  • @Ari_is_Cooked
    @Ari_is_Cooked Před 2 lety

    why did i enjoy this so much?

  • @__gig__
    @__gig__ Před 5 lety +7

    Wow, I used to lurk on Cemetech back in middle school when I wanted to learn how to program my TI, and now I'm in college. Nice to see the website is still up after all this time, and awesome to still see Kerm posting on there after all these years.

    • @jeromeglick
      @jeromeglick Před 2 lety +1

      Yes, I did that too. My TI-84+SE was probably among the most decked-out in the entire school. I could play 8-bit MIDI songs with MobileTunes and real music with RealSnd. With USB Tools I connected a USB keyboard or mouse through an OTG cable to the calc's mini-USB port. With MSD8X I could even read text files on a flash drive connected to the port!
      Omnicalc, Doors CS, MathPrint, A+ Calc (for calculus), spreadsheet, 3D graphing (faster than TI-89), periodic table, zoomable world map, chat, TELNET, Gossamer, Timerize, starfield screensaver, the list goes on... Even an experimental TV receiver! (although I don't think it worked)
      I documented exactly how it was configured because occasionally it would become unstable and things would have to be reset and reinstalled after battery changes. Before smartphones that was the hottest thing for geeks to carry around. Gotta have your wallet, keys, and TI-84. One of my classmates even took apart his TI and added a tiny speaker inside to play music on.

  • @alpha-pathetic4168
    @alpha-pathetic4168 Před 5 lety +81

    Me before watching: God, I don't understand any of this.
    Me after watching: *God, I still don't understand any of this.*

  • @valzie9558
    @valzie9558 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much I have a old cfx 9850gc and I had no idea what cable I needed to be able to connect it to a modem day pc

  • @mitchnaake9702
    @mitchnaake9702 Před 2 lety

    2:30 - Such a simple fix, yet so impressive. I personally have never though of this before...

  • @Derpsii
    @Derpsii Před 5 lety +5

    *insert joke about phones not having headphone jacks but calculators having headphone jacks here*

    • @mal0gen
      @mal0gen Před 5 lety

      _wow such original_

  • @piersonlawrence3467
    @piersonlawrence3467 Před 5 lety +17

    2:37
    Normal people: White and red wires
    Me: R u s s i a

  • @acerbt
    @acerbt Před 9 měsíci

    The's actually a modified ti 84 plus that has a speech an sound unit that makes it blind accessible. It does include usb and link ports but also has a real headphone connection and an internal speaker to output the graph audio and speech. The accessibility unit connects to the top of the unit, taking up the built in link port and mini usb, so it is possible to remove it and use the calculator normally. The unit also supports braille as well as making it easy to review the screen and other stuff to make it somewhat simple to use it blind.

  • @Pip2andahalf
    @Pip2andahalf Před 2 lety

    Great video! Very interesting and informative. It brought back some memories!
    I had an HP printer for a 41c!
    Cool stuff

  • @OhZmAnnLP
    @OhZmAnnLP Před 5 lety +41

    I clicked on this video because I've never heard of the concept of calculators having a headphone jack before

  • @asdf_
    @asdf_ Před 5 lety +22

    i always wondered if it would be possible to do messaging / basic web stuff over the TI link port interface, it's cool that such projects actually exist

  • @thomasmaughan4798
    @thomasmaughan4798 Před 2 lety

    TI calculators use that jack/port to insert a communication cable. It allows two of these calculators to talk to each other (among other possible uses).

  • @setoth1234
    @setoth1234 Před 2 lety

    The speech module is from Orbit Research, and is sold screwed on top of the calculator for $500, as it can also interpret graphs and play them as a series of tones, panning from left to right to represent X, and high to low pitch to represent Y.

  • @Hart8
    @Hart8 Před 5 lety +8

    In the next episode: Why old phones have headphone jack?

  • @SirVoltz
    @SirVoltz Před 5 lety +23

    I'm surprised you didn't use Casio calculators over there. The only brand of calculators I know are Casio and I thought that's what was using around the world... They don't have anything like this though

    • @SirVoltz
      @SirVoltz Před 5 lety +3

      @@No-mq5lw wow I mean ok then, it's the other way around for us, subjects such as maths and physics are based upon the fact that we are required to own a Casio scientific calculator

    • @DanCojocaru2000
      @DanCojocaru2000 Před 5 lety +4

      Aaaaaand in Romania you have to do everything by hand. The exam doesn't focus on crunching huge numbers that you need a calculator for, but rather small but complicated tasks that test your brain.

    • @SirVoltz
      @SirVoltz Před 5 lety +1

      @@DanCojocaru2000 ah well we do have that, in the GCSE's that we do in year 11 we have 3 exams and 2 of them are calculator and the other is mental problems

    • @wordart_guian
      @wordart_guian Před 5 lety

      Casios can be kindof boring, though they can load games like tetris or jet pack joyride.
      But they do have an headphone jack.
      And at least they don't boot in overwrite mode.

    • @SirVoltz
      @SirVoltz Před 5 lety

      @@wordart_guian ah yea but I guess they do what a calculator needs to do

  • @edryba4867
    @edryba4867 Před 2 lety

    I passed my First-Class FCC License test (as well as the Third-Class and Second-Class before that) with a TI SR-50. It was the hippest calculator available at the time. I don’t recall it having a headphone jack (this was in 1975, after all), but it must have, considering it was Texas Instruments’ top-of-the-line hand-held calculator when I bought it.

  • @CatMeowMeow
    @CatMeowMeow Před 2 lety

    The ti series actually has an official keyboard you can plug into the 2.5mm port. I don't think they're sold new anymore, but I've certainly seen them on ebay

  • @montykemp4057
    @montykemp4057 Před 5 lety +6

    I have a keyboard that works with the link port. It allows you to type out stuff at a decent speed. It's about the size of a netbook keyboard and uses the link port. I find it pretty useful as it works with any model with that port.
    Edit: it is an official accessory straight from TI

  • @christophercox303
    @christophercox303 Před 5 lety +3

    Great video as always! You should do a video on the TI calculators with internal magnetic card readers. They are a lot of fun to mess with.

  • @edgeeffect
    @edgeeffect Před 2 lety +1

    I haven't had a new calculator since the late-1980s and these calculator videos of yours are blowing my mind.
    I see, now, why, when my friend's daughter wanted a calculator for college, she laughed when I said "Here... you can have my Casio fx-7000G"

  • @bigd1348
    @bigd1348 Před 3 lety

    The science elf I know nothing about TI calculators but this video is entertaining enough for me to subscribe

  • @Lycaon1765
    @Lycaon1765 Před 5 lety +34

    Wait, they do???