Chapter 1

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Introduction to your TI 83

This is a TI 83:

Section 1: About the TI-83

What's under the hood?

Your TI-83 comes equiped with:

CPU (Central Processing Unit)	Zilog Z80 running at 6 MHz	Translation: This is the "Brain" of your calculator
RAM (Random Access Memory)	27.3K	Translation: This is the "Memory" of your calculator. It can store 27300 charactors (letters, numbers).
OS (Operating System)	EOS (Equation Operating System)	Translation: This is the interface to you, and is stored in your calculator's ROM. TI BASIC is part of the EOS.
Screen (Output Device)	8x16 Charactors (62x94 pixels GRAPHING MODE)	Translation: The screen is the output device that tells you what the calculators is doing, and allows you to see what you are inputing to the calculator.
Keyboard		Translation: Input device.

Section 2: Power up

Turning ON your TI-83

This information can be found in "Getting Started" and Chapter 1, in yourmanual

The Wrong Way: Telling it how much you love it.

The Right Way On the left corner of the calculator is the on key. Press it.

Section 3:Your first steps

It's Alive, Alive...

You will see a cursor. To access many item, press it's key. If whay you want is in yellow, press [2ND] and then press the item. To access any of the charactors in green then press [ALPHA] and the key. To put in to alpha lock press [2ND] [ALPHA].

Normal	2nd	Alpha

If you get a menu, use the arrow keys to navigate the menus. To exit a menu withoutselecting an item, press [CLEAR]. To select an item: Highlight it and press [ENTER].

Setting the calculator up

No, don't try to match make your calculator to another!

If this is the first time you have used your calculator, and/or you have no programs in memory, then you should clear the memory.Below is the how to guide for this operation:

1. Press [2ND] then [MEM] (it is located on [+])
   
2. To check if there is any programs: select CHECKRAM.
   
• If there are programs then press [CLEAR] to exit. Your done!
  
• If there are no programs, or you want to delete them all then:
  1. Press [2ND] [MEM]
     
  2. Highlight RESET... and press [ENTER]
     
  3. Select ALL MEMORY then RESET to clear reset your calculator
     

     Then

3. That's it.

Setting the Contrast

If you see nothing, you may need to set the contrast. To do so press [2ND] and then the UP key until you see the cursor.

Time to move on...

So what did you think? Please E-mail me your suggestions (good or bad) to jwtatay@wi.rr.com.

With this first lesson mastered, you may move on to Chapter 2.
Or you may go back to the table of contents.