new calculator coming next year - casio fx-8200 AU II (2 Viewers)

[tywebb]

this be a real photo of a working prototype

it coming july 2026

it has a improvement over the 8200 AU in that it has nPr and nCr as shift functions

casio have a page on it at https://casioeducation.shriro.com.au/casio-fx-8200-au-ii-scientific-calc/

 

[tywebb]

maybe i get to use the prototype over the next few days. they are going to show it at wollongong novotel northbeach level 4 if u wanna come and have a look. haven't had a go at it yet though.

 

[coolcat6778]

this piece of shit calculator is reprehensible. why are they making another version of this same garbage?

 

[Tony Stark]

I feel like the main issue with the fx-8200 AU (atleast the current version) is that it is more time consuming to do the same things. The navigation to get the function you want is longer, for example to write a % sign you have to go through 3 menus. On the fx-82 AU all you had to do was press 2 buttons

 

[Tony Stark]

Other than that, performance is better with greater character length, more modes, improved variable function, more output formats, and better log button. I do think the round buttons look kind of bad, there is a little too much negative space, and I don't know what the point is of a scroll button when we already have navigation buttons for vertical and horizontal.

 

[tywebb]

i find the blue shift functions are not a good colour, at least not on black plastic

there is a japanese version, the fx-JP900CW which has gold, not blue


it's a much better colour contrast

they should have replaced the blue with the gold for the 8200 au ii

maybe they ran out of gold ink!

 

[Tony Stark]

i find the blue shift functions are not a good colour, at least not on black plastic

there is a japanese version, the fx-JP900CW which has gold, not blue

View attachment 49028
it's a much better colour contrast

The japanese versions are really nice looking, I like how they remix the calculator. But for some reason, some of their models have a different menu? What's up with that?

 

[tywebb]

the main issue with the japanese one is the language.

if u know japanese then fine, but there is a way to convert it to english. i forgot how to do it.

maybe later i rediscover and post the steps to do this

 

[coolcat6778]

lol is nsw the only state that deals with shitty ncr and npr that only our calculators have a dedicated button for it?

 

[tywebb]

the main issue with the japanese one is the language.

if u know japanese then fine, but there is a way to convert it to english. i forgot how to do it.

maybe later i rediscover and post the steps to do this

i worked it out

in the fx-JP900CW the home screen looks like this



not much use if u don't read japanese but u can convert to english this way

OK -> SETTINGS -> V -> OK -> V -> V -> OK -> OK -> HOME

which makes home screen look like this now



so that together with the gold shift functions (instead of blue) makes it a much better calculator

 

[tywebb]

notice the japanese one is solar powered too

 

[tywebb]

another thing in the japanese one is a scrollable home screen.

it also has these if you scroll down: