In the course of the 1970s, handheld electronic calculators transformed the way tens of millions of people did arithmetic. Engineers abandoned slide rules, business people gave up desktop calculating ...
Students in MATH 1110 will typically be going on to MATH 1180 (for eventual calculus) or MATH 2000 (brief calculus). The TI-83 (not Plus), TI-86, TI-92 and the TI-92 Plus are no longer manufactured.