TI-89 Series - TI-89 Titanium

TI-89 Titanium

A TI-89 Titanium with Computer Algebra System
Type Programmable Graphing
Introduced 2004
Predecessor TI-89
Successor TI-Nspire CAS
Calculator
Entry mode D.A.L.
Display Type LCD Dot-matrix
Display Size 160×100
CPU
Processor Motorola 68000
Frequency 16 MHz
Programming
User Memory 256 KB RAM (188 KB user accessible)
Firmware Memory 4 MB flash memory (2.7 MB user accessible)
Other
Power supply 4 AAA batteries,
1 SR44

The TI-89 Titanium was released in the summer of 2004, and has largely replaced the popular classic TI-89. The TI-89 Titanium is referred to as HW3 and uses the corresponding AMS 3.x. In 2006, new calculators were upgraded to HW4 which was supposed to offer increases in RAM and speeds up to 16 MHz, but some benchmarks made by users reported speeds between 12.85–14.1 MHz.

The touted advantages of the TI-89 Titanium over the original TI-89 include four times the available flash memory (with over three times as much available to the user). The TI-89 Titanium is essentially a Voyage 200, except it doesn't have an integrated keyboard. The TI-89 Titanium also has a USB On-The-Go port, for connectivity to other TI-89 Titanium calculators, or to a computer (to store programs or update the operating system). The TI-89 Titanium also features some pre-loaded applications, such as "CellSheet", a spreadsheet program also offered with other TI calculators. The Titanium has a slightly updated CAS, which adds a few more mathematical functions, most notably implicit differentiation. The Titanium also has a slightly differing case design from that of the TI-89 (the Titanium's case design is similar to that of the TI-84 Plus).

There are some minor compatibility issues with C and assembly programs developed for the original TI-89. Some have to be recompiled to work on the Titanium due to various small hardware changes, though in most cases the problems can be fixed by using a utility such as GhostBuster, by Olivier Armand and Kevin Kofler. This option is generally preferred as it requires no knowledge of the program, works without the need of the program's source code, is automated, and doesn't require additional computer software. In some cases, only one character needs to be changed (the ROM base on TI-89 is at 0x200000, whereas the TI-89 Titanium is at 0x800000) by hand or by patcher. Most, if not all, of these problems are caused by the Ghost Space or lack thereof.

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