Programmable calculators
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A programmable calculator works like a normal scientific calculator, with various mathematical functions and a small LED or LCD display, but has the ability to store an entire program to be executed later. A program consists of a series of stored keypresses designed to perform functions on the calculator, but this is changed from a simple macro-storage capability to full-fledged programming by the addition of some special operators for program constructs such as labels, branching, and input/output. | A programmable calculator works like a normal scientific calculator, with various mathematical functions and a small LED or LCD display, but has the ability to store an entire program to be executed later. A program consists of a series of stored keypresses designed to perform functions on the calculator, but this is changed from a simple macro-storage capability to full-fledged programming by the addition of some special operators for program constructs such as labels, branching, and input/output. | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-59_/_TI-58 TI-59 / TI-58 (Wikipedia)] | ||
| + | * [http://www.ti59.com/ TI-59 "fan page"] | ||
| + | * [http://www.rskey.org/CMS/index.php/the-library/12 TI manuals and documentation] | ||
| + | * [http://www.datamath.org/Sci/WEDGE/TI-59.htm Calculator museum entry] | ||
| + | * [http://www.scribd.com/doc/58444524/TI-59-Service-Manual TI-59 Service Manual] | ||
Revision as of 02:03, 7 December 2012
Programmable calculators were first introduced by Texas Instruments in 1977 with the TI-58 and TI-59, the latter of which supported a card reader to load and save programs.
A programmable calculator works like a normal scientific calculator, with various mathematical functions and a small LED or LCD display, but has the ability to store an entire program to be executed later. A program consists of a series of stored keypresses designed to perform functions on the calculator, but this is changed from a simple macro-storage capability to full-fledged programming by the addition of some special operators for program constructs such as labels, branching, and input/output.
