Due to massive amounts of caffeine & sleep deprivation, Mr. Self Destruct
said:
>Hi, I saw the post on the old calculator so here's mine:
>A buddy of mine used to work at a Salvation Army so I got
>a lot of stuff that they threw out. One was an old TI
>calculator that had these strips you fed in one side and
>a motor pulled them through (almost like a credit card reader)
>
>What is it? How old is it?
>
>Les
Sounds like you might be talking about the TI-59 (? did the TI-58 have this
capability also? I've never seen a 58). I used one in high school... really
neato once you got used to TI's programming practices. It also had a 32 or
40 column thermal printer that the calculator mounted to, and then the
printer served as the base.
The mag strip was mainly for data storage or user-created programs, as it
also had the capability to use pre-programmed ROM cartridges. They even had
a cartridge of games! ISTR a football game that printed out all the team
stats on the printer.
A very interesting piece of hardware. Hope this helps,
"Merch"
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Received on Thu May 08 1997 - 08:18:28 BST