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Datamath Calculator Museum
Posted by Michael on 14 November 2004, 06:40 GMT

I was doing my customary random browsing this evening and I rediscovered one of the nerdiest calculator sites you will ever find on the Internet. Everyone should visit the Datamath Calculator Museum. The creator, Joerg Woerner, has compiled pictures, specifications, circuit board scans, and tons of information on all Texas Instruments calculators. If the calculators in the album aren't enough for you, there's a "Technology" page where you can view everything from the evolution of display technologies to calculator x-ray images.

You can spend an entire week browsing through the Datamath museum, at least. It's a fantastic site that every calculator aficionado should have bookmarked (or URL memorized).

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Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
Andy Sharrow  Account Info
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Quite a large site with tons of information. I found a few of the odd TI-s that i had come across in the years. I know someone with a TI-95 datamath.org/Sci/Modern/TI-95.htm
and I actually own a couple of ti-30's (click the link)

What about everybody else? Any odd calculators?

Reply to this comment    14 November 2004, 08:22 GMT

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elbarto  Account Info

fear my uberleet TI-66 programmable scientific calc! .. it did have a port to plug it into a printer or something of the sort... but now this site seems to say I could plug it into a Calcu-talk device or something, not quite sure what it means.. a speach synthesizer for my scientific calc ?

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 16:14 GMT


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Jake Griffin  Account Info
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I have what I believe is a TI-34 (the label is worn out). It was my mom's scientific calculator from when she was in college. She gave it to me when I bought my first calc (an 83+) and I still have it to this day (although, because it doesn't use "normal" batteries, aka AA's or AAA's, but has a custom battery pack and no charger, I am not able to actually use it)

Reply to this comment    16 November 2004, 23:23 GMT


Re: Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
Datamath  Account Info
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Thanks for all your comments !
Good to know that it is worth to spend all the time with the Museum ;-))
Regards, Joerg

Reply to this comment    17 November 2004, 18:35 GMT

Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
Dr_Enigma Account Info
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You should also go to www.vintagecalculators.com

(Another calculator museum)

Reply to this comment    14 November 2004, 09:06 GMT

Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
Exbzurg Account Info

Finally a news article. I was begining to think we were starting up another drought... Good site though. Im gonna got there alot when im bored.

Reply to this comment    14 November 2004, 12:10 GMT

HP have also one as complete as TI's museum
geologie  Account Info

There is also the TI's dark side : HP museum is very impresive HP vintage calculators site. www.hpmuseum.org .

Reply to this comment    14 November 2004, 18:27 GMT

Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
bizpile  Account Info
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I had this calculator when I was a kid: http://www.datamath.org/ Edu/Professor-76.htm

Reply to this comment    14 November 2004, 18:32 GMT


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dogman6400  Account Info
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Yea I had the Math...To Go! (see link). I remember having (and using) that in kindergarden.

How come that site doesnt include the modern graphing calcs in the main page. you can see they do have them if you look in the update section

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 01:01 GMT

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saitei Account Info

Graphing calculators are listed under Scientific, Financial and Programmables (think of them as programmable scientific calculators). Of course, it would be easier if they added the word Graphing to that...

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 03:29 GMT

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Andree Chea  Account Info
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It's there under 'Scientific, Financial and Programmables' down towards the bottom (see link). A big hint that gave it away was 'Programmables' :) This is an AWESOME site!

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 03:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
Datamath  Account Info
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Do you suggest that I put the Graphing calculators on a separate page ? Like

BASIC - SCIENTIFIC - GRAPHING - DESKTOP - EDUCATIONAL

What is your opinion ?

Regards,
Joerg

Reply to this comment    17 November 2004, 18:39 GMT


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burntfuse  Account Info

That might be good...after all, they are a large step up in functionality even from scientific calcs.

Reply to this comment    18 November 2004, 21:48 GMT


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dogman6400  Account Info

mabye add "graphing" or "modern" to the list

Reply to this comment    18 November 2004, 21:59 GMT

Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
saitei Account Info

Nice little site there. They have all the calculators I've ever seen (not to mention 100's of others), and even the personal organizers!

We (family) got a bunch of the PS-2000's for about $5 a pop at Service Merchandise (I think they're all defunct now) a long while back...makes good presents. I went through two of 'em myself (the first one disappeared on me...).

Then there's the ones that dock with the computer...I forget exactly which he got, either the 6300 or the 6500, with the dock 6155, but my dad got one of those years back...

Alrighty, I'm done. *shrug*

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 03:48 GMT

Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
W Hibdon  Account Info
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I may not care, but I do agree that it is a quite impressive database. I wish that I had that kind of time to devote to.... anything really.

-W-

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 04:00 GMT


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elbarto  Account Info

you can always "make" time .. it's easy, give up some of the duties you have to do... such as (home)work ;-) nothing more is needed!

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 16:17 GMT

Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
benryves  Account Info
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OMG OMG OMG OMG
The memories!
Click the Web Page link... I had one of these!

Reply to this comment    15 November 2004, 15:08 GMT


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Cheesecake Account Info

This is very odd... Your all lucky! I'M TOO YOUNG TO HAVE MEMORIES OF THESE THINGS!!! But man its cool.. But they also have this thing called a "Dialer". You would type in the phone number, it would change it into a tone digit by digit, and then Viola! it would put out sounds of all the tones right from the loudspeaker in back!

Reply to this comment    16 November 2004, 01:15 GMT


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Travis Evans Account Info

Don't worry--just wait maybe 10 or 20 years or so, and you'll have memories when they add the "vintage" TI-83+, TI-84+, TI-89/92+, etc. calculators to the museum. :)

Reply to this comment    20 November 2004, 23:40 GMT

Re: Datamath Calculator Museum
Matt Long  Account Info
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This (link) is a pretty interesting Soviet calculator.

Reply to this comment    16 November 2004, 03:53 GMT

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