Programmable calculators

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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
=== TI 58/59 ===
 
=== TI 58/59 ===
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More information in [[TI-59 magnetic card]] article
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-59_/_TI-58 TI-59 / TI-58 (Wikipedia)]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-59_/_TI-58 TI-59 / TI-58 (Wikipedia)]
 
* [http://www.ti59.com/ TI-59 "fan page"]
 
* [http://www.ti59.com/ TI-59 "fan page"]

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Name Programmable calculators
Ontology
Released 1977


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.

References

TI 58/59

More information in TI-59 magnetic card article

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