timppu: Since this necro-thread was resurrected and I have mumbled something in it already
Good thing, too.
dtgreene: 3. A bit different, but how are graphing calculators from a hacker's/tinkerer's perspective? Specifically, I would want one where I can run ASM code on, and one with a USB connection to the computer (ideally USB OTG). Price is an issue; being usable on standardized tests is explicitly not. (The nice thing about graphing calculators, compared to other embedded devices, is the presence of a screen and keys, plus they have batteries and good battery life.)
Curious why you'd want to? I like that idea, too, until i discovered better ways for what i wanted (portable machine that I could code and optimize for). I actually got a specific version of a TI-nSpire just to do that, and ended up never using the version specific stuff. Alot of phones and tablets now have nice emulators for specific processors, too. And if you use android, termux is your friend. I can actually code for my arduino in assembly and "compile" and upload via my OTG-supporing tablet.