Sharp EL-5100 Applications Text - PDF Manual

[robve]

   
Perhaps interesting for historical research purposes: Sharp EL-5100/5101 Scientific Calculator Applications Text (PDF) by Sharp 1980

[toml_12953]

(11-04-2021 04:29 PM)robve Wrote:  Perhaps interesting for historical research purposes: Sharp EL-5100/5101 Scientific Calculator Applications Text (PDF) by Sharp 1980

This copy might be a little easier to read

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rl1v416h748r7c....pdf?raw=1

[Xorand]

This is rather timely, as I recently picked up an EL-5100S (not sure what the S version added, if anything). An EL-5100 was my weapon of choice during my brief stint as an electrical engineering student.

[srk00]

I think the S version had a silver-tinted LCD (?) rather than the yellow LCD used on the EL-5100. I don't know if this version fared any better with the dreaded screen rot issue. My EL-5100 from 1980 (which I also used extensively in my engineering classes) is fortunately still working and very legible, with very little degradation.

I hadn't seen this application book before, thank you for posting!

Steve

[Xorand]

(11-10-2021 04:26 AM)srk00 Wrote:  I think the S version had a silver-tinted LCD (?) rather than the yellow LCD used on the EL-5100. I don't know if this version fared any better with the dreaded screen rot issue. My EL-5100 from 1980 (which I also used extensively in my engineering classes) is fortunately still working and very legible, with very little degradation.

I hadn't seen this application book before, thank you for posting!

Steve

This one does have the silver-backed LCD vs. the yellow. However, in browsing eBay listings, I did see at least a couple EL-5100 without the "S" designator that had silver-colored LCDs. (I checked the item photos, not just the listing heading).

Not sure on other silver-backed ones for longevity, but I can see a little faint darkness trying to creep into the top-left side of my display.

[Eddie W. Shore]

Much gratitude!