The TI-89 has a CAS. I have one, which is how I know. It is limited and
also much slower than an Maxima on an i7 or any PC. It can be programmed in
C however to improve performance, which I have done for a few cases. I don't
know if it can be programmed in Lisp. I think the chip is faster than a
TI-84, it's a Motorola 68000.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Haflich
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:38 PM
To: maxima at math.utexas.edu
Cc: smh at franz.com
Subject: Maxima mentioned on Slashdot
I don't know whether other list members follow Slashdot, but this is a
current posting:
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/12/14/214231/ask-slashdot-replacing-a-ti-84-with-software-on-a-linux-box
The poster is a high school student who needs to replace his ancient
TI-84. He understands and already runs Maxima, but he claims that this
and other math tools lack (or are awkward) for the capabilities of a
basic calculator.
This doesn't seem accurate, but I don't consider myself competent to
address his issue. Surely other Maxima members will. This heads up is
for an excellent opportunity to get Maxima some exposure in this
important (but somewhat vicious) tech forum.
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