DATAMATH  CALCULATOR  MUSEUM

Testimonials

January 24, 2003:

Joerg,

Wow, what a great site.  Nice to see such a variety of machines.  I am really an HP fan, but my first couple of calculators were the SR-50A and the TI-57. 

I'd forgotten all about the TI-88.  What a pity it was cancelled.

Regards,

Mark.

January 24, 2003:

Just wantd to let you know that you have the best website on the internet about TI calculators. 

The information on Battery Packs and Chargers are very helpful and I have reffered to your restoration
techniques frequently. 

Thanks for taking the time to provide people with this great amount of knowledge.

Jesse Scott

January 24, 2003:

Just wanted to send you a quick note saying I really enjoyed browsing your web site with the extensive information on Texas Instruments calculators.

I purchased a TI-55 III for college circa 1986. I used it ALOT and at that time knew it well. Since then I have kept it using it for mundane tasks like balancing my checkbook, and converting measurements between metric & English units.

Recently I signed up for a beginning electronics class at a local community college. The professor suggested TI-36X. But after looking at that model and considering the subject matter, I intend to continue using the TI-55 III. It should be a conversation piece anyway!

I found your site through a Google search. I was looking to see if manuals for the old TI calculators were available. It appears they are not. It wasn't a large issue as I was pretty familiar with all of the functions I would need for my current class. But the good news is, after going into the depths of my storage bins, I found the manual for my TI-55 III! A little worn, but there at least.

The fact that I am still using this calculator and have been for the past 15 years, I think speaks well for the quality. Again I really enjoyed your web site, even if you do appear slightly obessessed. You must have a very
understanding wife and family. If you ever decide to open a museum I would make it  a must see if I ever do get to Europe.

Thanks,
-Paul Zerkel

January 25, 2003:

Hello,
I just have a flash in my head :

I'm collecting TI too and actually have :
2 x TI-59 (one brand new in box), SR50, SR-51 II, TI-57, BA.

I often back visiting your DataMath web site for references & beleive that You have the best TI calculator's Web site & its collection in the world.

Congratulations & Thanks for sharing your precious informations,
Pyerre

 

March 22, 2004:

Recently I found myself reminicing about the toys I had growing up.  I was so pleased to find the TI site had exactly what I was looking for and then some.  I had completely forgotten about the Little Professor calculator I received in my stocking one year until I visited the datamath section.  I found it absolutely amazing and was very appreciative of the fact that you have sound clips from the original Speak & Spell, which again I remember playing with for hours.  So I wanted to say thank you for bringing back the memories and to ask you if you might know where I could find these products now.  Any information you have will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
JoAnn Drake

March 25, 2004: 

Dear Sir:

My wife and I received an SR-50 calculator as a wedding present in 1975.  I am trying to refurbish it and I found a great deal of useful information on your datamath website. I appreciate it.

I am trying to locate a replacement for the AC9200 charger for this system. My local electronics store, Radio Shack, was very confused by the specifications for this charger. I would appreciate an answer to two questions:  

1)  Does the charger change 120V AC current to 8V AC current or 8V DC or, saying it in another way,  does the SR-50 require 8V AC current to recharge its batter?   It appears from the datamath web site that 8V AC current is needed.

2)  Where can I purchase a AC9200 or equivalent?

Are there any other suggestions you might have.

The physical condition of my SR-50 is good, however, I have not been able to operate it in years because the battery pack died.  The reconstruction of a BP1 battery pack on the Web site is very helpful.

Thank,

Alan A. Schreier PhD

March 26, 2004: 

I want to compliment you on your very excellent site.  It has historical significance.  It is a source of important info, such as- how to rebuild a battery pack!  Unfortunately many of these excellent machines end up in a drawer due to bad batteries.  I have obtained several fine specimens along with bad battery packs which I will rebuild.  My first calc was a SR-51A for Engineering school (really wanted an HP-25) but the 51A proved to be a better tool.  I still have it in very good condition.  I have recently obtained several examples of the TI-59 Programmable and it seems that they tended to have problems with the card readers.  A section on servicing the card reader mechanism would be helpful.  Maybe I can contribute my own experiences.

Thanks again for providing this excellent reference!

Marty Boggan

March 29, 2004: 

Hallo Herr Woerner,

vielen Dank für die Informationen, die ich in Ihrem Calculator-Museum gefunden habe.
Nach der Reparatur des Battery-Packs für meinen TI 51-III von 1979 funktioniert dieser wieder einwandfrei.
Ansonsten bin ich total fasziniert von Ihrem Online- Museum.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Matthias Tonn

April 9, 2004: 

Joerg,

Just a note to tell you what a nice web site you have for such seemly obscure desktop items as calculators. I did a quick search on the web for my trusty TI-5015 and your site came up on top. Actually as the only site for vintage calculators. My calculator dates back to 1980, when I purchased it new as a close-out sale from a local ham radio flea market. Used every year since, this calculator never ever skips a beat, and just keeps on working fine. I have no plans on replacing it, nor do I see a suitable replacement for it made today, with its no-distraction lack of digital display and its nice desktop size, keys and functions that make it the perfect accounting calculator.

Best Regards

Bill Greeley

May 9, 2004: 

I just discovered the Datamath Calculator Museum site, and wanted to tell you how impressed I am with it. Great info on all those vintage TI calcs. I've used the site a lot when searching for calculators on Ebay to compare the features, battery packs, AC adapters, etc.

On the Product Manual page, you ask for suggestions about what manuals to add. I need manuals for the TI-55 and TI-57 (in English). I've looked on the official TI web site but can't find them. So, there's a suggestion...........

Thanks again for all your work on the Datamath site. Keep it up!

Guy Nelson

October 15, 2004:

Dear Mr. Joerg,

First I want to thank you for your fantastic work with gathering information about Texas Instruments  products. 

Even though  I work on Texas Instruments Customer support and have access to different data bases I use your site on a daily basis to find information. I just discovered a  small fault. The back up battery in the Voyage 200 is a CR1616 and not a CR2032.

Thanks again for a very good web site.

Malena Bohlin.

October 16, 2004:

Sehr geehrter Herr Woerner,

mein Name ist Steffen Schöler und ich habe hier einen TI-30 LCD, der mit n! :-) ) von meinem Schwiegervater zu liegen. Die Tasten sind nur noch sehr schwer zu bedienen. Der Taschenrechner stammt aus seiner Studienzeit und er hängt sehr an diesem Stück. Wir, meine Frau und ich, wollten Ihm eine Freude machen und ihn reparieren. Ich war schon beim Uhrenmacher und habe auch schon mit Herrn Marcus Bering von Texas Instruments gesprochen, doch keiner wußte wie man ihn öffnen kann. Herr Bering meinte, Sie seien einer der Wenigen, der mir da noch helfen könnte: Wie kann ich den Taschenrechner öffnen, ohne ihn kaputt zu machen, oder reparieren Sie auch Taschenrechner?

Über eine Antwort würde ich mich sehr freuen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Steffen Schöler

October 30, 2004:

Hey,

I am an engineering student here in the USA. I found this site out of a personal interest. I always wondered how all the Texas Instruments calculators I use were related to older models and other interesting facts about them. Unfortunately TI's website provides minimal info. Just a cool thing to look at, your site is the most comprehensive site dedicated to calculators.  Personally I want to thank you for providing such a fine site on a subject that even though only a select few would be interested in, it is important nevertheless. 

I had just purchased a TI-36X Solar before going to you site, and it raised a little interest to me about what are the real physical difference between it and all the other calculators with identical cases, like the TI-30Xa, BA35 Solar, etc.  I bought the TI-36X even though I already have a TI-30X IIB, I wanted the extra functions of the TI-36 for my chemistry and science classes.  It is a little frustrating not having that 2-line display considering I am used to my TI-30X IIB and TI-86 and TI-89Ti graphing calculators.  I still need that pocket calculator like the 30X and 36X for some classes and labs.  Anyway, your site answered some of my technical questions about the circuits and stuff.  It is amazing the 36X I bought just now in 2004 is really the same as the 35X from 1991 nearly 14 years ago!

The log bug in the 36x I just bought was news to me.  Kinda freaky, we all just assume our calcs are pretty much perfectly correct but apparently that is not always the case.  Interesting information, something I would assume could cause problems for some people.  I know to watch out for it if I ever have to calculate the situations presented in the table.

Good site, hope you never shut it down, and I hope you keep it updated like you have thus far.  It is just neat to see the little technicalities behind the instruments we use all day everyday.

Regards,

J. D. McGee

December 17, 2004:

Dear Joerg

Just came across your calculator museum and the page on the TI-35 solar. You may be interested to know that I still use this calculator almost every day since I bought it new about 1985/86. It has been 100% reliable.

Regards

Alvin Enns

December 17, 2004: 

Hallo Jörg,

BOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ist das eine geile Seite !!! Ich bin noch nie mit so vielen Informationen über Taschenrechner konfrontiert worden wie auf Deiner Seite. Vor allem ist die ganze Sache auch noch saumäßig interessant. Ich habe zwar nur einen Hand voll TIs aber ich bin seit 15 Minuten am lesen und am Unterschiede finden und muß mal zwischendurch die Info ablassen. 

GENIAL, KOMPLIMENT !!!

Wirklich saugeile Seite !!!

Grüße

Herby

March 10, 2005: 

Hi,

You have a fantastic site, and a very useful resource.

Don't worry, I'm not trying to scrounge a link exchange! I have just obtained a TI Little Professor, mainly for my daughter to do a bit of arithmetic practice (using retro technology of course!). It is the 1982 UK model, and I was hoping to download the manual from your site, but the link doesn't work. 

Thanks again for providing a terrific and valuable site.

Regards,

Bill Ayers

February 10, 2005: 

Hi Joerg:

I just want to thank you so much for maintaining this TI museum. 

I'm a CPA in New Jersey and the 18 year old extension of my right arm know as the" TI-5160" was beginning to die last month. As I'm sure you know, TI exited the desktop printing calculator market a few years ago. I wish I could find a old "new" one, but I was not having much luck hunting. I settled for a Canon from OfficeMax and was not happy with it's "feel" or any other ones out there in the current retail market.

After finding your site, I was able to identify some old model numbers from the late 90's that would suit me and searched the Internet for one, new or used.

I could not find the TI-5660 I wanted new, although oddly there are people fighting over used ones on Ebay! Can you believe it!

Eventually I found a "brand new" (old stock) TI-5640 (an LCD model made in Thailand) on Amazon that was not listed there a few weeks before.  Could you believe it was being sold by some company only a few miles away from my office.  It came yesterday and I was so thrilled I immediately ordered a second so I could put it in deep storage in case the new one ever fails. ( he's still got 2 units left!)

So thanks again.  I see that you are missing your TI-5640 photo on your website.  So the least I can do is e-mail you the photo if you'd like.  If your collecting I'll give you the link to where you can buy your own (good luck on the shipping to Germany).

Regards,

Fred N Boehm, CPA

March 21, 2005:

Dear Mr. Joerg Woerner,

I recently visited your  DATAMATH CALCULATOR  MUSEUM webpage. What a fasinating page for someone who grew up in the 1980's. I wanted to know more about the  Texas Instruments Speak & Learn  Magic Wand. I was given one as a child, while it's not in the condition that it was in when I was five I would like to get a old memory out of it. I no longer have any books for it so I can't tell if it still works. It powers up with that pleasent greeting, but that is all I can get out of it. I originally had the Talking E.T. Wordbook infact I learned to spell my first word with it. If you have anymore information on this unit please write me back.

Sincerely,

Otto Bismark

April 24, 2005:

Hi Joerg,

many thanks for information about cleaning!

To collect calculator i go into your museum and my referement was scientific calculator until ti 59.

In several cases i have more than one because not alvays quality is good for me. In the next days i will begin selection to obtain better result.

The best congratulations for the work you made in the years to collect a big mass of information about TI calculator. It is very great!!!!!!!

alberto

April 29, 2005:

Hello again Joerg,

I wanted to personally thank you for all the valuable information you've placed on your Datamath website.  Until recently, I hadn't needed to take advantage of it.

I bought a couple TI-55 calculators dirt cheap, not knowing whether they worked or not.  I'm generally an HP/RPN fan, but the ol' TI-55 is special to me because it's the first calculator I had in high school in the '70s.  It was stolen at college and I bought an HP-15C to replace it.

If only I had checked your website sooner - it would have saved me a lot of fiddling around with a multimeter and a power source, trying to divine the inner workings of the BP-7 battery pack.  The AC9132 adapter I have is toast, so being used to HP adapters I blithely soldiered on assuming the 5.7 volts output listed on its back was *DC*.  "Gee, that capacitor sure is getting warm on the little circuit board..."  Fortunately I didn't fry anything, and my brief experimentations determined that both TI-55's were operable.

Not having a proper adapter, I'll probably just install a 9V connector in each calculator and use disposable 9V batteries.  I'll watch out for the possibility that red=negative, as you've noted!

Regards,

Doug Trader

April 30, 2005:

Hi there!

I was doing a google search in a frantic effort to locate a guidebook for my old calculator and happened across your site. I am amused to think this old thing is a collector now! The amazing thing is, it is still running on its original batteries!! Some of the buttons are worn off, so thanks for the picture posted to remind me.

Got any ideas on what kind of paint I can use to mark them again? I haven't used this calculator since college in 1988 and I've recently enrolled in school again and had to dig it out.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and that my old relic is still going. I may replace the batteries this weekend, it seems a little sluggish and I have a midterm on Wednesday - don't want to take any chances!

Ciao,

L.J.M.

June 6, 2005:

Hi there!

Thanks a lot for putting a picture of the Texas Instruments TI-34 calculator on the web! Mine stopped to work after I passed it on to my daughter. I was a bit sad because there is no good replacement available these days (10+2 digits, works well in low light). So I took it apart and could indeed fix it. But I would not have been able to put the keys back in their right places if it hadn't been for your picture :-)

Best regards,
Beat Kappert, from Switzerland

June 27, 2005:

Speak & Spell: Datamath Calculator Museum

In jahrelanger Sammel- und Dokumentationsarbeit hat Jörg Wörner das Datamath Calculator Museum zusammengetragen. Hier werden hunderte Taschenrechner, von den ersten Texas Instruments Datamaths aus den ganz frühen 70er Jahren bis zum Mickey Mouse Rechner aus den 90ern, ausführlich vorgestellt.

Besonders spannend finde ich die Abteilung Texas Instruments Speech Products. Hier räumt Jörg nämlich ganz nebenbei mal mit ein paar Mythen der Popmusik auf:

Die von Kraftwerk auf dem Album Computerwelt / Computerworld verwendeten “Roboterstimmen” sind nicht etwa selbstgebastelt, sondern stammen aus dem Chip des TI Language Translators von 1980. Auch die Speak & Spell - Spielzeuge (Foto) haben Spuren in der Musik hinterlassen. Wie auf Gesamtkunstwek von Dopplereffekt finden sich auf unzähligen Electro-Releases Speak and Spell-Synthese-Samples. Und dass das Depeche Mode Debut Album von 1981 ebenfalls Speak and Spell heisst, ist wohl auch kein Zufall.

Glück auf! - Andreas sein Weblog.

June 5, 2005:

Super das Sie den Galaxy 40 so ausführlich bescheiben und noch ein Pdf zum downloaden haben. Ich nutze ihn regelmässig und besuche zurzeit eine höhere fachschule und muss noch einige zusätzliche anwendungen wissen, so kann mir ihre Seite zugute.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

B.Wyss

September 1, 2005:

Hi!

Klasse Site, herzlichen Glueckwunsch.

Dirk

Dr Dirk Pilat, MRCGP
Central Medical
Oamaru
New Zealand

September 12, 2005:

Your speak and spell page simply rocks on toast!

Brough back some fond memories.

Roger

September 11, 2005:

Hi,

I just wanted to thank you and Dennis Fortin for the procedure you provided the community with to replace a TI58 battery pack
(http://www.datamath.org/Batteries/BP1_Repair.htm).

I had found my quite old TI58C from high school digging up my stuff before moving and was quite sorried about its faulty crusty BP1A.

After digging thru a few cordless phone stores here in France I found at a Darty chain store a battery pack that could match (3.6v 600mA as ref T401/60AAS3BX from GP - www.cipa-gp.com).
I followed your procedure, took off its original tabs and solder my TI58 ones onto it, plugged it in, and it worked just fine... bringing me almost twenty years back at school!... memories ;)

Thanks a lot to both you and Dennis.

Best regards,

Richard Blanchet

September 14, 2005:

Hey, Joerg,

I found a TI-5008 (2nd edition) in a drawer, but the old Eveready (pre-Energizer) batteries had leaked all over the battery compartment.  I sent it in to Energizer, and they actually cleaned it up and got it going again!

Problem was: I had no idea where to find the thermal paper rolls for it.  It's no longer mentioned anywhere on the TI calculator site.  Then I Googled to your site and found the TI-5008 history pages.  So the real reason I'm writing is to thank you for the link to the PM paper company rolls.

Thanks,
Joel Knack

September 23, 2005:

Hello Jörg,


Your Web-Site relating to Calculator Museum is one of the very rare place where the PS-3600 DATA BANK is addressed.
I was very much interested by the useful information and data you bring about this Organiser and I have a further question :

Do you know were it would be possible to download the manual relating to this "PS-3600 DATA BANK".

Thank you in advance for your help.

Robert Giordano, from Belgium

November 3, 2005:

Hi Joerg,

sorry to read some ignoramuses have been abusing your images.

I have found your site an invaluable resource and inspiration, whilst indulging in a little Speak & Spell collecting of my own ;)

Kind Regards,

Chris
-===-

P.S Why are the German Sprechende Buddys so hard to find? 
Even on ebay.de LOL.

September 23, 2005:

Thank you and Texas instruments for the information on this product.  I have the Speak & Spell and Speak & Math I bought for my kids in the 80s and now my grandchildren will use them. I needed to find out which AC ADAPTOR was used with these products. Your site was given to me by Texas Instruments and was very useful in obtaining my answer.

Donna

 

December 19, 2005:

Hello, Joerg,

congratulations for your work supporting information about the golden era of the eletronic calculators.
For years I search the web looking for more information about the TI-59. 
My interest is first , repair my own TI-59 and further make some experiences like connect to a parallel 40 columns printer and show the "black beauty" to my childreen.
I don't know why Texas is so conservative about the TI-59 project. Nowadays they could release all the information like schematics and listings of  the libraries. Indeed, I don't know what exactly is the
policy of TI for this information.
I'm writting to you because I read in a forum (HP) that you have some more info and to ask your help.
There is a maintenance or repair or technical manual ? I heard rumors...
Do you know about? And the schematics?

I don't know if you feel comfortable, talking with a stranger...
I'm a electronic engineer, 46, married, brazilian, and hopping to hear from you about TI-59!
Thank you for your quality work, and for any help you can offer me.
Merry Christmas!!

Luis Caruso

January 20, 2006:

Dear Joerg,

I am writting to you on behalve of "The Wall Street Journal" and we are running the story about TI-2500 calculator and we found this one image on the page Datamath Calculator Museum and I am asking you if i would be able to use the image or if you have this big image - photograph in bigger format.

Thank you

Margaret

January 22, 2006:

Hello Joerg

Thank you so much for the manual - and it has saved me a great deal of frustration.

Thank you
Wolfwoman

January 23, 2006:

Hi Joerg,

Thanks for posting the TI-34 manual. Hard to believe this is a "calculator museum". I still have one of these TI-34s in perfect working order -- long since lost the manual, so your site was a big help.

Jeff

February 2, 2006:

Hi Joerg,

Thank you so very much for the calculator instructions. I'll print them and store them as a PDF file. What a splendid person you are! Have a good springtime.

Bye,
Carolyn Jane Gillis

February 3, 2006:

Dear Joerg,

I’m the technical support from TI in Brazil. I have a customer needing TI-60_US Manual. Could you send me this manual?

My best regards,

Raphael Luchi
Technical Support - Semiconductors
Texas Instruments

February 17, 2006:

Hi Joerg

I was very interested to view your excellent website – fascinating!
I am the proud owner of a Texas Instruments 
TI-5035 II, which has been using the same ink roller since new, about 15 years ago!
It has reached the point where the printout is virtually invisible.  Do TI have a spares service, or would you have any idea where I could obtain a replacement roller in the UK?

Thanks in anticipation
Bob Boaden

February 8, 2006:

Dear Joerg Woerner:

I have a TI-31; it's a fine calculator, but I've long since lost the manual.  I knew I could use the TI-31 to convert from polar to rectangular coordinates, but couldn't recall how to do this.  I 'googled' "TI-31 manual" and found datamath.org and the TI-31 page.
Thank you very much for making the manual available on-line;  this is a great gift!
Sincerely,

Charles L. Hall

February 9, 2006:

Good day Joerg,

I have to say your website is a lifesaver. I was just given a Texas Instruments TI-5640 calculator to use here at my work....it has been here quite awhile with no one using it.
I had no clue what all of the buttons were for. I found your website by searching on google and was amazed at how quickly & easily I found the guidebook...you saved the day. I couldn't even find anything on the manufactures website!!

Thanks again,

Jacqueline Clarke

March 25, 2006:

Dear Joerg,

Thanks for your BP1A accu pack repair hints! My SR-50A is back in life again! Excellent description of how to proceed when replacing the cells.

The SR-50A was my first scientific calculator that I used during my studies in the late 70s. So many memories...

And now it works again. Really great. Many thanks again!!!

Holger, Hamburg/Germany

March 25, 2006:

Good morning,

Thank you so very much for sending me this manual.

Now I can use this organizer after 10 years of it sitting in a drawer.

Have a great day!!
Meri M. Zaicos
Secretary - Construction Department

April 4, 2006:

I just wanted to say thanks. My father had a TI PS-2400 data bank I found while packing up the old house. (He passed away a couple years ago and we have now sold the old house) 

I could not find any info about this thing, TI dosen't even have any, and was going to just throw it away. Then I found your site and was so pleased. You even have the user guide! I know it is not worth any money and it is old school low tech but hey, waste not want not. Even if the kids just use it.

Anyway, thanks again!

Best wishes,
Chuck Ajemian

June 4, 2006:

Just wanted to offer my sincere thanks for your awesome webpages on TI battery packs.

Been trying to get a MBA model working after the battery pack failed by using a standard 9V battery. 

Never had any luck at all getting the calculator to work again... which baffled me until just by luck I noticed your comment about polarity anomalies on "some calculator models use the black wire as positive".

Your thoroughness saved the day.  My hat is off to you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

May 1, 2006:

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

here in the Netherlands on the 30th of april you find a lot of old stuff on huge flee markets in the centre of Amsterda, Utrecht and Rotterdam...
I came across an SR50a in beautiful conditions and a dead battery pack.

your article helped a lot.

between the description and what I had to do there was only one difference: I had to remove the plastic wrapper as the new pack would otherwise not fit in the BP1 housing.

again, thanks a lot.

Mario

June 14, 2006:

Thank you for putting manuals on line. TI website did not have my manual for my TI-34 and I did not want to go out an buy another calculator just because I forgot how to use it.
Thank you, your website was very helpful.

Michelle

September  2, 2006:

Dear Joerg,

It 's always a great pleasure to visite your calculator site with huge amount of informations.
I'm refering to your site for introduction date of my collection.
I'm an occasional calculator collector living in Korea.
I'm writing you, as I discover that my Palmtronic 8M is of different color.
You can have a look on my blog.
But sorry as the pages are not in english...

http://blog.naver.com/naviguer/19597687

Sincerely

Chang

September  12, 2006:

Hi,  I was browsing through the museum and came across the calculator I still use to this day, the TI-36 Solar.  This calculator has been going
strong for 20 years now, and its still as good as it was back then.  I must have bought it for my second year in High School (1986), and I'm still
using it as a hydrogeologist in my adult life.  This little calculator will run long after I'm gone, I'm sure.  Anyway, your museum is great!

Thanks,
Bill Lukash

February 3, 2006:

Great website……. 

I have always hoped to find a way of replacing or rebuilding a BP1a battery pac for my SR 52.

Thanks for all the great information and work placed into the site!    

Haile Macurdy

February 4, 2007:

Subject: BA-35 legacy manual, THX!

I just wanted to say how great this site is, as I was able to get the manual, that I had lost. TI referred me to your site!

Again thx!

Lonney Vogt

February 4, 2007:

Hello again,

I forgot to say: Thank you for maintaining such an interesting site! :)

All the best,

-Daniel.

February 4, 2007:

Subject: BA-35 legacy manual, THX!

I just wanted to say how great this site is, as I was able to get the manual, that I had lost. TI referred me to your site!

Again thx!

Lonney Vogt

February 16, 2007:

Goede Dag, de Heer, Ik denk wij kort sommige jaren geleden correspondeerden. Op dat ogenblik, herinner ik aan het vertellen van u hoe prachtig en uitstekend uw datamathplaats is.
Ik gebruik het een om anderen op te leiden vooral mijn studenten (ik onderwijs part-time fysica bij een universiteit)
Één vraag die ik nu heb gehad: hebt u plannen om recente Ti-84 plus Uitgave op uw plaats te verzilveren te omvatten en? 
Ik zou aanbieden om u te helpen, maar ik ken veel over het nieuwe model niet behalve dat heeft het meer geheugen (opslag) en beter vertoningsscherm. Opnieuw, dank voor het uitstekende middel en de informatie over de vele prachtige calculators van Ti.

In vrede,
David

February 22, 2007:

I wanted to look up information on my trusty TI-35X, which serves my limited needs as a web site designer, and found your site, and not only got the manual that I wanted, but a wealth of other information as well about the calculator, it's history, chips, etc. Having my first degree in Classical Civilization (AKA - History in a dept separate from the History dept.), I'm always interested in history, especially 'anonymous' histories of the technical aspects of our lives - like the history of the bath, irrigation systems or the mechanization of death (slaughterhouses) - stuff like that.

Anyway, I exceptionally enjoyed your site, and the information on it.

Thank you for your work.

It was was greatly appreciated on this fine February morning in Austin Texas.

enjoy!

--
Jim Tom Polk

February 25, 2007:

Joerg - I must say - You made my day!!!  Thank you. The timing was outstanding and I had really not much optimism remaining as far as getting a TI-5038 Manual.

I'm somewhat compulsive-obsessive when it comes to having instructions for anything mechanical, electronic, or organic.  I truly believe when all else fails, read the book.  Actually, when possible, I read before starting with anything new.

Again, thank you for your efforts - what you do is very much appreciated.

Bob

February 25, 2007:

RE: http://www.datamath.org/Sci/Modern/TI-30Stat.htm

Thanks for the manual link !

I just replaced the batteries in my TI-30 Stat for the first time, and hopefully it will last another twenty years.

best regards,

Andrew Webb

March 30, 2007:

Hello,

Thank you very much for making this site on the internet.

It was very helpful for me.

I needed to know what batteries i have to by for my TI 30.

Greetings from Annie in Holland.

June 10, 2007:

Hi,

Your website is great. It's an invaluable calculator information resource. I just picked up the latest version of the venerable TI-30 the TI-30XS Multiview. It's great to see this further refinement of this class of calculator. When will you update your website to include this new version of the calculator?

What I would really like to see is for TI to release a modern non-graphing programmable calculator. The graphing calculator is also well past due for an overhaul. I'd like to see a brand new model incorporating a modern higher resolution LCD display, a fast RISC processor, and plenty of flash memory. Wireless connectivity would be nice as well. (Bluetooth anybody?)

Regards,

Barry Reeves

June 10, 2007:

Subject: TI-60_US Manual Request

Please e-mail the English manual for the Texas Instruments TI-60 calculator if available.

Thanks,

Jim Risoli 

 

June 15, 2007:

Joerg

Thank you VERY, VERY much. I have been searching for this for 2 years. It is greatly appreciated.

Jim Risoli

 

June 26, 2007:

Subject: HELP WITH BA-II

FOUND USER GUIDE ON YOUR WEB SITE!!! 

TI RECOMMENDED YOU.  WHAT A GREAT SERVICE YOU PROVIDE.  THANKS.

LAND COMPANY OF MICHIGAN - COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOGAN

August 15, 2007:

Hey there,

I enjoyed reading a lot of your TI calculator web museum.

Except maybe for the part where you mention that TI replaced TI 55-II's with TI 55-III's for free; I had 2 of the II's and then got one III that's still running; I paid for all 3.  Wish I knew I could have got a III for free.  :-)

Anyway, one thing I don't seem to see on the site is an explanation and description of the evolution of AOS over the years.  The RPN info at the HP calculator web site correctly explains that, on the TI calculators I'm used to, the single parameter functions (sin, cos, tan, ln, log, etc) are postfix. 

However, at some time TI must have changed this, as my kids' calculators no longer work this way.  I sheepishly admit I'm a bit lost using their calculators due to this. :-)

Just FYI, the list of calculators I've owned, ignoring 4-function & similar, would be something like this: TI-30 (+ rk(2?)), [played with a friends TI-55], TI-55 II (twice, going on after keyboard got too bouncy), TI-55 III, HP-48GX.  There may have been a LCD TI-3x in there that I don't recall; we have a couple of them, and I don't know if they're my wife's or mine.

On the keyboard bounce problem, often one of the first keys to go was the ON/C key, with the press once for clear entry, press twice for clear all functionality.  Clear entry was a dangerous operation, because if the key bounced you lost everything, not just the number you entered. 

I'm sure I'm not the only one who came up with the work-around of pressing the PI key instead?  It would replace the number you're entering with PI, and if you started to enter a different number, it would replace PI, and it would give the same results as a successful clear entry.

Thanks again for the memories!

Steve Wahl

July 14, 2007:

Subject: Geat Website

Was looking up info on an old calculator I've had for 30+  years but rarely used until recently - a Texas Instruments BA-Solar. I'm just realizing what a great calculator it is, and your website gave a really interesting history of this calculator. Many thanks & keep up the great work!!   

R. Bradford

July 25, 2007:

Subject: TI-60_US Manual Request

Dear Mr. Woerner,

Thank you so much for your prompt response. I really didn’t even expect that the site was still manned, so it was a really wonderful surprise to receive the PDF. Thanks again for your help!

Sincerely,

Genny Dalton

August 31, 2007:

Subject: TI-1100

Dear Joerg,

I have checked your website http://www.datamath.org/BASIC/LCD_Modern/TI-1100_2.htm Good job with the info!

I own a TI-1100 which I bought back in 1985 (I think!). I have been using it regularly since then (22 years). The amazing part in the whole story is that I have never changed the battery!!! It works like the first time!!! Is this reasonable? Please give me your insight.

Regards,

Alex

October 9, 2007:

Subject: TI-60_US Manual Request

Could you help me learn how to calculate and use the functions nPr and nCr?  I need to use them for my Stats class, but do not know which buttons to push. 

Thank you,

Lynn

 

October 9, 2007:

Subject: TI-60_US Manual Request

Thank you so much!  You have helped me tremendously.

October 10, 2007:

Subject: Thank you!

Could you

Thanks for putting together the great site with the old TI calculator m manuals. I'm still using my TI-35X from junior high, and now that I'm taking graduate level statistics I can use it to help me to things like combinations and permutations (nCr, nPr).  I would've had no idea how to do them without use of the manual you provided on your website .

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Robert Pickard

October 28, 2007:

Subject: manual for TI E-2000+

What a surprise;

Let's call it miracle, superpro, or ultimate database, who can tell...

A million thanks!

If I can help provide datas or devices to your datamath, I will; To start with, this calculator E-2002+ is yours, as soon as I replace it!

Just give me a postal address to send it to when is the time.

Thanks again,

Mfg

Thierry

November 11, 2007:

Subject: Thanks

After 20-years of daily faithful service, the ORIGINAL batteries in my TI-BA-II Business Analyst calculator died. After replacing them I couldn't remember how to set the number of decimal places (since I hadn't changed that function in nearly 20 years). If it wasn't for your web site, I may have had to replace the best calculator I've ever owned. Thanks for maintaining this data base of information.

Sincerely,

Ken Cass

November 20, 2007:

Thank you so much for your article on the Texas Instruments BA-35.

We still use ours, but had lost the manual.  With your help, I found the manual and was able to figure out what was going on! 20 years, or so, and still working on the same battery.

Paula Nelson

December 5, 2007:

Thanks for posting on the Net all the info. on the Texas Instruments calculators.

I have a ti-36 Solar and I have lost the booklet. I have found one on your site.

Thanks again. Have a nice day.

Carl

November 22, 2007:

Hi,  
I came across your website linked from classroom solutions.

I just wanted to say, awesomely put together and very well done.  Good work!

Dave

January 22, 2008:

Subject: Your site

Just came from your site. It was great and just what I needed.

We have this TI Hot Calc calculator that surfaces every now and then around here. The decimal point is completely worn off, the minus sign is well on its way as are the 1 and 4. 0 is on it's way as well as fading/scraping marks are showing on the top row function buttons. 

This past year whenever I happened to pull it out, push the ON button and it worked, I was amazed and wondered just how old it was.

This morning I decided to try and find out. I started out searching the TI site to no avail. After several google search inputs I found your site. YIPPEE! There it was. I remembered being in Wal-mart purchasing this calculator for one of our daughters, but couldn't even come close to remembering what year. I guess I could have come close on paper after a lot of calculating this and that (LOL), but that would have taken forever.

Thanks to your diligence in cataloging these calculators, I found out that our Hot Calc will be 14 years old this year. I used it again just this morning to figure a book order amount for our youngest (16 yrs).

Over all, this is the best, cheapest, basic calculator I have ever purchased.

Thanks,

Susan
November 17, 2007:

Subject: Texas instrumenst TI-60

Hello,

I have a texas instruments ti 60. In my class everyone has this very common casio and they always make jokes about my prehistoric calculator, but i really like my ti 60. The problem is that we are now doing permutations, and i dont know how to use do it on my calculator.

I press a number that is n and then i do second and equals button, and then i would expect to put r and press equals, but instead, at the point when i press the npr button, 1 shows on the display. I have no more ideas how to do it. It doesnt say in the manual either. I would very much appreciate your

help.  Thank you in advance.

Micheal Klicnik

 

 

 

 

 

February 11, 2008:

Subject: TI-7000

My TI-7000 has been in constant use since I purchased it, probably in 1992. It fitted perfectly into my wallet, was protected by its vinyl cover, and I'm sadly searching for a similar replacement since the LCD display has become eccentric!  I love this calculator and was thrilled to see it described in my Google search. I'd love to find one in decent working condition, and it will probably outlast my eighty years!

Barbara

February 16, 2008:

Subject: Business Analyst I

Joerg,

Thanks very much or your information on my Business Analyst calculator.  It does still work, I had just forgotten how to use it.  After reading the manual from your site it was easy!

That is an amazing site you have.  You must have spent a great deal of time compiling the entries.

Thanks again for the great help you gave me.  I sincerely appreciate it.  I used my Business Analyst when  I brokered real estate here in Houston in the late 70s.  It was a great boon to us real estate people as up to that time we had to calculate amortizations using factors to multiply times dollars.  With the touch of a few buttons we could tell how much a person could borrow or what the monthly payment would be on any loan.  I loved that little machine.

John

 

February 11, 2008:

Joerg,

Don't know if you recall, but I bought the User's Manual and Application Guide from you a few months ago for the TI Financial Investment Analyst.
In my mind, this is one of the finest and least appreciated calculators ever. There's nothing on the market today in the financial or business category that even comes close.

Len
May 7, 2008:

Subject: TI-60_US Manual Request

Hello,

Thank you for having the manuals available.  My wife works in a lab and they retired the calculator for a newer one and it’s becoming more obvious that I need one at my work but she does not have the manual.  Any info will be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you,

Len

May 7, 2008:

Subject: Where can I find a workable TI-59C simulator on my Windows XP?

Dear Joerg

Thank you for your help, and hope that there will be more and more people get to know this amazing programmable calculator !

Do keep in touch

Kind regards

John Ho

May 20, 2008:

Subject: TI-1500 S/N 109708 still in use

I thought it might be of interest to you, that one of your TI-1500's was still in use.

It was purchased in the mid seventies, at the Broadway dept. store in West Covina Ca.

The charger no longer works, the on/off switch has intermittent contact problems, but it just keeps on chugging along. this is not a seldom used unit, but one that is used on a regular basis.

Congratulations to TI for such a fine piece of workmanship

Thank you,  Lee Bryant   
May 21, 2008:

Subject: Thank you

Dear Mr. Woerner,

Thank you very much for your wonderful Datamath museum. 

I especially enjoyed your reminiscence about your letter to TI about the broken IC in the dice circuit.  Today we often are oblivious to the ways little events can have big effects.

Best regards,

Keith

June 14, 2008:

Herr Woerner:

Thank you so much for your prompt attention to this auction.  I will leave you positive feedback as soon as the Galaxy 67 arrives.  

Thanks also for all the hard work you do at datamath.org. It is a wonderful resource for the TI collector.

Sincerely,

Jesse Dodd

 

 

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