The TI-84 Plus is one of Texas Instruments' more popular graphing calculators, and there is a wide range of applications and games available to install on it. The TI-84 Plus is completely compatible with all functions of its predecessor, the TI-83 Plus, giving it a huge library of possibilities. The TI-84 Plus is equipped with a USB port, making it a snap to install games and other applications.
Download the TI Connect software to your computer from the Texas Instruments website. Double-click on the file once it has been downloaded to install the software on your computer.
If I'm not mistaken, most TI-84 Plus Silver Edition calculators already come preloaded with Start-Up. Check in your [Apps] menu to see if Start-Up is already there. If it is, there's no need to download one.
Turn on your TI-84 Plus calculator and plug the mini-USB cable into both the TI-84 Plus and your computer.
Download the ION software from the TICalc website. Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the file to a directory on your desktop. If any dialogue boxes pop up during the extraction process, select “Yes.” Once all files have been extracted, select all of the files, right-click on them, and select “Send to TI Device.”
Press the 'PRGM' button on your TI-84 Plus and execute the ION file, which should be the first file listed. You will receive a confirmation message saying “ION installed.”
Press the “2nd” key, then the “plus” key, then “2” and then “7,” and then find the three programs starting with “Ion” and press the “Enter” key while each is highlighted. This will archive the ION software. To verify the step was successful, check for an asterisk (“*”) next to each of the files.
Download the games you'd like from the TICalc website. Once you've downloaded and extracted the games, right-click on them and select “Send to TI Device...,” being sure to select “Archive” as the destination.
Computer
TI-84 Plus
Mini-USB cable (typically provided with the TI-84 Plus)
The TI Connect software also allows you to back up all of the content on your TI-84 Plus calculator. To do this, start up the TI Connect software, click the “Backup” icon, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Keep in mind that you will have to download the games that you want to install on your TI-84 Plus onto your computer first.
The following programs are written by James D. Jones for use by students of Richland Community College, Decatur, IL. These programs were not written for public consumption. They were written for classroom use, with the textbooks we use in mind, and where the author of the program would be explaining to the students how to use the program. I am only making them available because several people on the Internet have requested them.
The programs may be downloaded and used on your TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, or TI-86 calculator. However, because the programs need to be accompanied by the instructions, which are found here and not in a text file, I ask that they not be uploaded to another archive site (ticalc.org, ti.com, etc.). If someone wants to take the time to document the programs properly, then I may reconsider. If you share them with people, please indicate the source.
I, James D. Jones, nor Richland Community College makes no guarantee of the suitability of these programs. Neither do we guarantee that they will perform as indicated. These programs are not in the public domain.
If you find a problem, please email the author of the programs: james@richland.edu
A link to the program instructions, the last date modified, and a link to the downloadable versions for the TI-82, TI-83, or TI-85 calculators are given below. TI-84 users should download the programs for the TI-83, TI-86 users should download the programs for the TI-85.
The binary programs are zipped so that they will download properly. Use a ZIP program to extract them before installing them to your calculator.
Instructions | Last Modified | TI-82 | TI-83 / TI-83+ / TI-84 | TI-85 / TI-86 |
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ALGEBRA | 02/23/2006 | algebra.zip | algebra.zip | algebra.zip |
ANOVA | 08/30/1997 | anova.zip | anova.zip | anova.zip |
BINOMIAL | 08/30/1997 | binomial.zip | binomial.zip | binomial.zip |
CONTING | 08/30/1997 | conting.zip | conting.zip | conting.zip |
FINANCE | 02/23/2006 | finance.zip | finance.zip | finance.zip |
GAME | 08/30/1997 | game.zip | game.zip | game.zip |
HYPERGEO | 08/30/1997 | hypergeo.zip | hypergeo.zip | hypergeo.zip |
LEONTIEF | 08/30/1997 | leontief.zip | leontief.zip | leontief.zip |
MEDIAN | 08/30/1997 | median.zip | median.zip | median.zip |
NUMINT | 04/14/1998 | numint.zip | numint.zip | numint.zip |
PDIST | 02/23/2006 | pdist.zip | pdist.zip | pdist.zip |
PIE | 08/30/1997 | pie.zip | pie.zip | pie.zip |
PIVOT | 02/23/2006 | pivot.zip | pivot.zip | pivot.zip |
PIVOT1 | 02/23/2006 | pivot1.zip | pivot1.zip | pivot1.zip |
QQPLOT | 08/30/1997 | qqplot.zip | qqplot.zip | qqplot.zip |
SERIES | 08/30/1997 | series.zip | series.zip | series.zip |
SIMPLEX | 02/23/2006 | simplex.zip | simplex.zip | simplex.zip |
SIMULAT | 08/30/1997 | simulat.zip | simulat.zip | simulat.zip |
STDNORM | 04/12/2007 | stdnorm.zip | stdnorm.zip | stdnorm.zip |
TWOWAY | 08/30/1997 | twoway.zip | twoway.zip | twoway.zip |
Many people have asked about being emailed a version of the programs so that they can enter them into their calculator. Since the programs are binary code, sending them the text in an email was impossible. I finally got around to preparing a PDF file of the source of the programs.
View source code of all programs [PDF]
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