The Ti 83 Plus Calculator replaced the ti 83 calculator in 1999. The ti83 Plus enabled Flash rom which the OS really needed to function with larger flash applications. The Ti 83 plus is one of the most popular graphing calculators in the world. It is recommended in pretty much evry high school in America and Europe. Texas Instruments sells millions of these calculators each year. They are killing it making great profits.It uses a ZiLOG Z80 microprocessor running at 6 MHz, a 96×64 monochrome LCD screen, and 4 AAA batteries as well as backup CR1616 or CR1920 battery. The Ti 83 plus calculator contains all the features of a scientific calculator as well as function, parametric, polar, and sequential graphing capabilities, an environment for financial calculations, matrix operations, on-calculator programming, and more. There are all kind of nifty lil functions and sneaky stuff you can do with the Ti 83 plus calculator including graphig and storing information.