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Chapter 16: programming, Chapter 17: memory management, Chapter 18: the ti-86 communication link – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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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

àO (InputàOutput) Menu ...................................... 215

The TI

-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

-86 .......................................................................232

The MEM RESET (Reset) Menu.................................................232
ClrEnt (Clear Entry)...................................................................232

Chapter 18: The TI-86 Communication Link

233

TI

-86 Linking Options....................................................................234

Linking Two TI

-86s ...................................................................234

Linking a TI

-86 and a TI-85 ......................................................234

Linking a TI

-86 and a CBL 2/CBL or CBR System......................234

Linking a TI

-86 and a PC or Macintosh ....................................235

Downloading Programs from the Internet................................235

Connecting the TI

-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

-85 ....................................................239