This BASICALC is a bit schizophrenic - the BASIC and CALC modes are completely separate, unlike the CASIO BASIC calculators. It also stores just 1 program (2 if you have a memory cartridge) where the CASIOs can do 10. The cassette interface is hard to come by. Despite that I love it, it's faster than the CASIOs. Thanks for the video.
Gosh I was like 6 yrs old and got this new as a birthday present or something and I learned BASIC and I loved this thing up through college I would play with it occasionally in class if I wasn't playing with my TI-94 I think it was..... The badass one from mid to late 90s lol Ah, good times.... Still got a TI-83 Plus and Casio fx-7400G Plus that work perfectly and look almost perfect. 😁😎
Reviewed the video today: this is actually very well put video. Thank you very much for your work. Somehow this relaxes me a lot, between work/study sprints.
The display column can probably be easily fixed depending on how it's attached. If it's a zebra strip just give it a good cleaning; if it's a ribbon cable, clean the contacts; and if it's a soldered ribbon cable, you can use hot air or a hotbar soldering tip to gently heat it up to reflow the solder.
How do you adjust the contrast on the TI-74? I have the book , but couldn't find anything about that in there. Mine had the contrast too high. I''d like to lower it a bit.
I bought the Ti-99 for 49,99 in -i guess- 1985. I wanted the video chip. In the end i used the whole computer through a TRS-80 mod I by taking over the data/address bus. Had fun with the sprites..
I once had the OEM-version of this (TI-74S) issued by an insurance co. with an application specific ROM for calculating premiums. Compared to the CC-40 (which I have), I found it pretty unengaging, among other reasons because it lacked the keywords printed on the original, and was therefore a pain to use. I soon sold the TI-74S, but still cherish the CC-40. The CC-40 also wins in the sexiness department. 😉
