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Calculator drawer in Internet Archive
01-29-2023, 07:20 AM
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Calculator drawer in Internet Archive
It seems that there is an initiative in internet archive to preserve digital devices of the past including calculators.
They have presented this in a blog post https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/29/a-ca...t-archive/

It is a very nice initiative and those calculators are available to run in the browser. There is a variety of calculators supported and they can be found in

https://archive.org/details/calculatordrawer

I thought it might be interesting for some people here.
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01-29-2023, 09:49 AM
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Excellent initiative and resource, thanks for sharing.
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01-29-2023, 05:39 PM
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Everyone always loves the GX and not the SX Sad
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01-29-2023, 06:06 PM
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(01-29-2023 05:39 PM)EugeneNine Wrote:  Everyone always loves the GX and not the SX Sad

The SX arguably has a nicer "classic" look but the GX has significant software improvements and language extensions. It does seem odd that they include both the 48GX and 48G+ since they are essentially identical from the perspective of emulation.
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01-30-2023, 08:45 PM (This post was last modified: 01-30-2023 08:50 PM by Jlouis.)
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The SX Keys is a little bit better, but the G, G+ and GX are superior, IMHO.

I have a SX with black display, a really joy. But unfortunately the heat of summer in my city toasted the display. It's fixable, someday I will send it repair.

By the way, it's a vey nice site.

Cheers

JL
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01-30-2023, 11:40 PM
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Ars Techica has a brief article on this that was published today.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/...mulations/
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01-31-2023, 04:23 AM
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(01-30-2023 11:40 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  Ars Techica has a brief article on this that was published today.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/...mulations/

I have seen this initiative mentioned in multiple news site. It seems everyone has a sweet spot for their calculators even when they do not spend time talking about them.
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01-31-2023, 03:17 PM
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Most news sites need click counts for their ad companies so they will report anything.

I guess I'm partial to the SX over the GX since thats what I own.
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