Calculator User Manual
TI-86 Table of Contents
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Entering and Solving a Polynomial........................................... 211
Storing a Polynomial Coefficient or Root to a Variable ............212
Chapter 16: Programming 213
Writing a Program on the TI-86 ....................................................214
The PRGM Menu ...................................................................... 214
Creating a Program in the Program Editor ............................... 214
The Program Editor Menu ........................................................ 215
The PRGM I
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O (Input
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Output) Menu...................................... 215
The TI
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86 Key Code Diagram ...................................................217
The PRGM CTL Menu ...............................................................218
Entering a Command Line........................................................220
Menus and Screens in the Program Editor ...............................220
Running a Program ....................................................................... 221
Breaking (Interrupting) a Program ........................................... 222
Working with Programs ................................................................ 223
Managing Memory and Deleting a Program ............................223
Editing a Program.....................................................................223
Calling a Program from Another Program................................ 224
Copying a Program to Another Program Name........................ 225
Using and Deleting Variables within a Single Program ............ 225
Running an Assembly Language Program ....................................225
Entering and Storing a String........................................................ 226
The STRNG (String) Menu ........................................................227
Creating a String ......................................................................227
Chapter 17: Memory Management 229
Checking Available Memory .........................................................230
The MEM (Memory) Menu .......................................................230
Checking Memory Usage..........................................................230
Deleting Items from Memory ........................................................231
The MEM DELET (Delete) Menu ...............................................231
Resetting the TI
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86 .......................................................................232
The MEM RESET (Reset) Menu.................................................232
ClrEnt (Clear Entry)...................................................................232
Chapter 18: The TI
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86 Communication Link 233
TI
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86 Linking Options....................................................................234
Linking Two TI
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86s...................................................................234
Linking a TI
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86 and a TI
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85......................................................234
Linking a TI
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86 and a CBL 2/CBL or CBR System......................234
Linking a TI
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86 and a PC or Macintosh ....................................235
Downloading Programs from the Internet................................235
Connecting the TI
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86 to Another Device.......................................235
The LINK Menu.........................................................................236
Selecting Data to Send..................................................................236
The LINK SEND Menu...............................................................236
Initiating a Memory Backup .....................................................237
Selecting Variables to Send ......................................................238
The SEND WIND (Window Variables) Screen............................238
Sending Variables to a TI
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85 ....................................................239