Texas Instruments TI-73 Explorer - Linking to Another Calculator; TIN73 Link Capabilities

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Chapter 13: Link and the CBL
à
CBR Application
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TI-73 Link Capabilities
The TI
N
73 comes with a unit-to-unit link cable. With this cable,
you can connect to and communicate with another TI
N
73, a
TI
N
82, a TI
N
83, the Calculator-Based Laboratory™ (CBL 2™,
CBL™), or the Calculator-Based Ranger
è
(CBR
è
). You can
communicate with a personal computer using TI™ Connect or
TI-GRAPH LINK™ software and a TI-GRAPH LINK cable.
For information about any of these accessories, contact Texas
Instruments Customer Support (see Appendix C:
Battery
à
Service and Warranty Information).
To connect the TI
N
73 to another device using the unit-to-unit
cable, use the link port located at the center of the bottom
edge of the calculator.
1. Insert either end of the unit-to-unit cable into the TI
N
73
port very
firmly
.
2. Insert the other end of the cable into the port of the other
device.
Linking to Another Calculator
By linking two TI-73’s you can transfer all variables and
programs to another TI
N
73 or back up the entire RAM
(Random Access Memory) of a TI
N
73. To transmit from one
TI
N
73 to another, you first must set up one TI
N
73 to send and
the other to receive using the
9
1:Link SEND
and
RECEIVE
menus (see page 255 and 257).
Linking a TI
N
73 to a TI
N
82 or TI
N
83 lets you transfer some
types of data between the calculators. Use the
9
1:Link
SEND
menu items
9:Vars to TI82
and
0:Vars to TI83
(see page 256).
•
You can only transfer numerical list data stored in
L
1
–
L
6
(NOT categorical lists) to a TI
N
82. All fractional elements
are converted to decimals.
If dimension>99 for a TI
N
73 list that is selected to be sent
to a TI
N
82, the TI
N
82 truncates the list at the 99
th
element
during transmission.