TI Programs

Many of you have written me asking how you actually get these programs from your computer to your calculator. You could enter them by hand, but the fastest way is through the TI-GraphLink PC-to-calculator cable. I highly recommend purchasing a cable for a number of reasons, some of which include the ability to:

Quickly transmit any program you find on the Internet to your calculator.
Save programs you don't use frequently to your computer, loading them only when needed, freeing up precious calculator memory
Begin using an assembly language program shell, such as Z-Shell or Usgard, which take advantage of direct instructions to to calculator's processor for high speed graphical games and applications.
Make complete calculator memory backups (in the event of dead batteries)!
Send programs you write to your computer for posting on the Internet.
Save screen captures of your calculator for use in school projects, and use special programs to actually place scanned images on your calculator (of your dog, girlfriend, boyfriend, etc.)
Use the included software to type notes, then transmit them to your calculator. This is MUCH faster than typing them on the calculator's keypad.

OK, when you stop drooling, enter "GraphLink" (no quotes) in the text box below, then click "Search!". You then can get more information on the product or add it to your cart for purchasing. Staples was one of the first retail stores to begin selling the GraphLink cables, and I have been referring other users of this site to them for some time.

A free version of the GraphLink software required to correctly view these files is available from the TI Graphing Calculators page.

85? files are zipped. "Human readable" versions of the programs are stored as *.txt files. These are actually *.asc files which can be interpreted by the Graph-Link software through the File Utilities menu. The size given is the size of the program in bytes on the calculator (not necessarily the size when compiled).

Before you go e-mailing me asking where the \ key is, take a look at the ASCII Representations of TI-85 Symbols. It shows how to interpret the TXT file codes into TI characters in order to enter programs by hand.

TI-85 Programs Written by Ted Cannelongo

Program	ASCII	Size	Discription
Archery.85p	Archery.txt	579	Ten arrows and a target. A fun graphical game.
Bash.85p	Bash.txt	455	Whack the "*" twenty times as fast as you can. Simple, yet strangely entertaining.
Binomial.85p	Binomial.txt	223	Calculates binomial expansions.
Chat.85p	Chat.txt	475	Chat over the link.
Checkers.85p	Checkers.txt	2086	Checkers (graphical).
Depr.85p	Depr.txt	1319	Calculates depreciation, including income tax and present value effects. Now includes MACRS tables and easy straight line entry.
Hangman.85p	Hangman.txt	602	The game of hangman.
Julia.85p	Julia.txt	823	Draws Julia sets.
LinkChk.85p	LinkChk.txt	2259	The same checkers game as above, with link play capabilities.
Lot.85p	Lot.txt	769	A lottery game.
M1.85p and M2.85p	M1.txt M2.txt	241, 432	The advanced multinomial expansion program.
Maze.85p	Maze.txt	4457	The 3-D maze, Maze v3.0 (quite popular).
Mndlbrot.85p	Mndlbrot.txt	746	Draws the Mandelbrot fractal.
Multinom.85p	Multinom.txt	608	Another multinomial expansion program, great if used with M1/M2.
MzEdit.85p	MzEdit.txt	787	Design your own mazes for Maze v3.0 (available above).
NumGame.85p	NumGame.txt	616	Guess the number between 1 and 1000. Has an interesting "number line" display.
PolyDiv.85p	PolyDiv.txt	482	An easy to use polynomial division program.
PolyMult.85p	PolyMult.txt	444	Multiply any two polynomials.
Pong.85p	Pong.txt	885	The slower graphical "Pong."
PresValu.85p	PresValu.txt	295	Calculates values in present value and annuity tables.
ProbSND.85p	ProbSND.txt	368	Calculates probabilities for regions under the standard normal distribution. Includes Mean to z, Larger Portion, and Smaller Portion values, as well as a score to score calculator. Uses menus.
RDSFrac.85p	RDSFrac.txt	656	Makes random dot stereograms of the Mandelbrot fractal, with the range you specify.
RDSGraf.85p	RDSGraf.txt	584	The random dot stereogram graphing program for the TI-82 on the 85. Graphs equation y1 in the variables x and y.
RDSJulia.85p	RDSJulia.txt	718	Like RDSFrac, but this one does Julia sets. Makes some pretty stereograms.
ROOT.85p	ROOT.txt	125	Enter a decimal, and it returns the number as the nth root of r.
Riemann.85p	Riemann.txt	452	Calculates Riemann sums.
Shift.85p	Shift.txt	889	The game where you move the eight numbered tiles into order on a 3x3 grid.
Simon.85p	Simon.txt	1477	The game of Simon, as close to the actual game as possible.
Slot.85p	Slot.txt	1151	A slot machine, fairly authentic.
Space.85p	Space.txt	861	3-D wireframe models using matrices. With rotation and zoom features.
Swim.85p	Swim.txt	680	Finds the fastest medley relay combination of four swimmers given their times for all strokes. Great for summer swim coaches.
TP.85p	TP.txt	610	A text version of the "Pong" game.
Table.85p	Table.txt	872	Makes scrollable tables for functions. Has a menu user interface.
ThreeD.85p	ThreeD.txt	532	Three dimensional graphing.
TicTac.85p	TicTac.txt	2793	Tic Tac Toe, where you play against a difficult computer opponent. The code is so good that the computer is told to make mistakes every now and then to let the user win!
TrapSimp.85p	TrapSimp.txt	239	Estimates definite integrals using the Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule.

This page by Ted Cannelongo and edited on 9-25-97. You may contact the author at tc366796@oak.cats.ohiou.edu.