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Detron's Calculator Experience, or even more proof I am a nerd

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za Offline Max Stone

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Re: Detron's Calculator Experience, or even more proof I am a nerd
Reply #300 on: March 25, 2019, 06:08:04 AM
Thanks GLBM. Technology from another age...  :hatsoff:
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Re: Detron's Calculator Experience, or even more proof I am a nerd
Reply #301 on: March 25, 2019, 12:00:28 PM
Thanks GLBM. Technology from another age...  :hatsoff:
Oi.... That's a slide rule that you're thinking of. :D
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Reply #302 on: March 25, 2019, 02:55:13 PM
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Re: Detron's Calculator Experience, or even more proof I am a nerd
Reply #303 on: March 27, 2019, 06:42:18 PM
Got a quirky one yesterday  the Casio fx-9860G Slim

a Graphing calculator that sports a clam-shell design.





it even has a backlight!

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Reply #304 on: March 27, 2019, 08:26:30 PM
Lovely! Not seen that one before.  :like:

Electro-luminescent (EL) backlight. I bet you it buzzes when lit? Due to higher voltage signal to the tile.

Looks like it has a few good built-in apps. Enjoy!  :cheers:
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Reply #305 on: March 27, 2019, 08:36:52 PM
Lovely! Not seen that one before.  :like:

Electro-luminescent (EL) backlight. I bet you it buzzes when lit? Due to higher voltage signal to the tile.

Looks like it has a few good built-in apps. Enjoy!  :cheers:

no buzz that I can detect.  I am familiar with items that do buzz due to voltage.
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Reply #306 on: March 27, 2019, 09:17:49 PM
Did you get any user/programming guides with it? Would be fun to see a lunar lander or other vintage game...  :like:
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Reply #307 on: March 27, 2019, 09:23:27 PM
Did you get any user/programming guides with it? Would be fun to see a lunar lander or other vintage game...  :like:

no guides,   :oops:

but here are the manuals

https://support.casio.com/manualfile.php?rgn=5&cid=004002003
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Reply #308 on: March 27, 2019, 09:39:16 PM
Comprehensive 600 software manual! But only a few sample graphical programs.  :(

You’ll have to write your own games  :tu:
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Reply #309 on: March 27, 2019, 10:01:38 PM
Comprehensive 600 software manual! But only a few sample graphical programs.  :(

You’ll have to write your own games  :tu:

in 1993 or 1994 I was writing games in my Ti-85.  I had that calculator mastered.
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Reply #310 on: March 27, 2019, 10:29:13 PM
A lot of the older online resources seem dead but this one seems to have some good stuff http://www.casiopeia.net/forum/downloads.php?cat=12&sid=9c85bd70353f83a14b61c99edea3d7dc
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Reply #311 on: March 28, 2019, 12:48:33 AM
A lot of the older online resources seem dead but this one seems to have some good stuff http://www.casiopeia.net/forum/downloads.php?cat=12&sid=9c85bd70353f83a14b61c99edea3d7dc

thank you.

I never programmed any Casio calculators, I have only programmed Ti and HP
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Reply #312 on: March 28, 2019, 02:30:28 AM
Got a quirky one yesterday  the Casio fx-9860G Slim

a Graphing calculator that sports a clam-shell design.

That is quite interesting(in a unique kind of way) and a cool find!  :like:
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Reply #313 on: March 28, 2019, 11:10:21 PM
I picket up a SHARP ELSI MATE EL-500

this late 70s calculator was sold for under $15, which at the time was cheap for a pocket calculator.



works like a champ, and seems pretty solid.
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Reply #314 on: March 28, 2019, 11:15:32 PM
Cool scientific with memory. Nice!  :like:
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Reply #315 on: March 28, 2019, 11:38:06 PM
Cool scientific with memory. Nice!  :like:

this calculator is really nice.  I like it a lot!
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Reply #316 on: March 29, 2019, 12:21:47 AM
got this badboy today too.



I paid $80, for this 11C with manual and a 12C with manual. 

I wanted a printed manual for my 12C, and they seem to go for $15 and up.  the 11C seems to go for quite a bit with the manual.

the seller (a friend) was selling them for his Dad.  he told me "$40 for the pair, I do not know what is fair"  I told $60 was fair, and more if you have manuals.  He had manuals, so I said $80
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Reply #317 on: March 29, 2019, 03:40:44 AM
Very nice recent acquisitions, detron!  :dd:
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Reply #318 on: March 29, 2019, 05:26:18 AM
Nice detron. Has the ‘user defined’ top keys like later HPs and even a random number generator.  :like:
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Reply #319 on: March 31, 2019, 07:00:15 AM
This Radio Shack EC-4035 is from the late 1980s, and was described as an "Engineering Scientific Calculator"
it is just a re-branded Casio FX-580



this calculator has a gamma function, which I have not seen on many scientific calculators.
another cool feature of this model is the "unit" mode, which allows electrical units to be used and calculated.
Volts, Amps, Time, Watts, Farads, coulombs, and ohms can be assigned as units, if you multiple volts time amps, the answer will be in Watts. (and other similar conversions)  (under the 0-6 keys)
the units for electrical calculations can be combined with the engineering units such as kilo, mega, giga, etc.
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Reply #320 on: March 31, 2019, 07:19:47 AM
Nice detron. Those 80s Sharps rock and had good Japanese quality construction. I love the brown plastic flip covers you got with them.  :like:
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Reply #321 on: March 31, 2019, 07:46:36 AM
Reminds me of this Sears calculator from late 70s. Called a ‘Universal Calculator’ it has a whole lot of conversation features. So say you want to know how many metres 0.25 miles is, you tap in 0.25, press the white ‘convert’ button on the right, press the ‘mile’ key (= key) and then the ‘m’ key (8) to get the answer (402.336). Has this cool vinyl hard carry case with a belt loop. You must have been the envy of your buddies with this guy on your hip!  :tu:
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Reply #322 on: March 31, 2019, 07:54:29 AM
Reminds me of this Sears calculator from late 70s. Called a ‘Universal Calculator’ it has a whole lot of conversation features. So say you want to know how many metres 0.25 miles is, you tap in 0.25, press the white ‘convert’ button on the right, press the ‘mile’ key (= key) and then the ‘m’ key (8) to get the answer (402.336). Has this cool vinyl hard carry case with a belt loop. You must have been the envy of your buddies with this guy on your hip!  :tu:

that is a cool calculator!   very nice
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Reply #323 on: March 31, 2019, 08:04:05 AM
 :hatsoff: and still works, but I don’t think I can trust all the conversion functions.  :)
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Reply #324 on: March 31, 2019, 08:49:33 AM
Wow. Those are fantastic conversion tools! :like:
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Reply #325 on: April 02, 2019, 08:49:49 AM
Love this thread.


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Reply #326 on: April 04, 2019, 04:36:58 AM
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Reply #327 on: April 07, 2019, 08:13:03 PM
Picked up a 1970 Texas Instruments Slimline 35 that I do not think was ever used.  the manual even creaked when I opened it.







this calculator has a metal body, and has a good weight.
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Reply #328 on: April 07, 2019, 08:15:36 PM
Picked up a boxed Radio Shack EC-4020.  this one has a pretty good sized manual.



I love these Casio's (and re branded versions) that have a slide power switch on the side like this one.
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Reply #329 on: April 07, 2019, 08:17:44 PM
a "New on Card" SHARP EL-506G.

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