Can TI-84 calculator send text messages or email?

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The Texas Instruments TI-84 calculator cannot natively send text messages or emails due to its design limitations. While users have expressed interest in creating external circuits to enable such functionalities, the consensus is that this would require advanced electronics and is not realistically feasible. Existing chat programs for the TI-83/84 are available, but they do not support direct messaging or email capabilities. Overall, repurposing the TI-84 for these tasks is impractical compared to using devices designed for communication, such as smartphones.

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Well the texas instruments ti-84 calculator is my favorite toy. I use it for anything I can from getting a girl to put her phone number in my calculator to programming.

Is there a way to somehow add an external circuit that can make the ti-84 send text messages. I bet there would have to be a sexy external antenna and some pretty advance electronics but has it ever been done?

Another possibility is using the ti-84 to send emails. Is there some sort of external circuit that would be able to send emails by using the ti-84 as the interface?
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There are plenty of chat programs for the TI-83/84
http://www.ticalc.org/pub/83plus/basic/programs/linking/

I highly doubt you could realistically get it to message other devices or send email.

Why don't you just buy an old android phone instead of re-purposing a calculator to do things it wasn't meant to?
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
There are plenty of chat programs for the TI-83/84
http://www.ticalc.org/pub/83plus/basic/programs/linking/

I highly doubt you could realistically get it to message other devices or send email.

Why don't you just buy an old android phone instead of re-purposing a calculator to do things it wasn't meant to?
Was not a very thoughtful question. I am sorry for dishonoring you.
 

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