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SR-50 Commemorative Calculator

DALLAS (January 15, 1974) * SR-50. This advanced slide-rule calculator with memory performed all the classical slide-rule functions including the SR-10's functions, universal powers and roots, factorials, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and their inverses, common and natural logarithms and e(x). Scientific notation. It also featured a 14-character LED display and pi key. Direct-marketed initially at $169.95; later sold through dealers.
© Texas Instruments, From "20 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY".

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the wonderful SR-50 slide-rule calculator the Datamath Calculator Museum gives you one as a present! 

Compared to the old-fashioned original calculator this Windows™ compatible Datamath Commemorative replaces the 4-bit single-chip calculator circuit with Pentium™ power, lacks the acid NiCd rechargable batteries and features even an Online-Manual. 

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Before downloading the SR-50 Commemorative Software read this chapter carefully.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. 
BY DOWNLOADING THE DATAMATH COMMEMORATIVE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
These terms and conditions of use may be changed in the future without further notice.

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Download SR-50 Commemorative 

SR50.EXE

SR50.ZIP

(692 kByte)   Version 1.6   January 13, 2004

(251 kByte)   Version 1.6   January 13, 2004

Version History

bulletVersion 1.2    Pre-release to 50 Beta-Testers 
bulletVersion 1.5a  Minor Bugfixes
bulletVersion 1.6    Official release

Installation Requirements

Windows 98, ME, XP, NT 4.0 and 2000 are ready for immediate usage.

System Requirements

bulletPentium 100
bulletMinimum of 800 x 600 screen resolution
bulletAt least 24-bit color mode settings, prefer 32-bit (true) color setting.
bullet32Mb of memory
bullet20 Mb free disk space
bulletInternet access for Online-Manual

Using the SR-50 Commemorative

Simply Download the SR-50 Commemorative and add the Program Icon to your desktop. Launching the SR-50 Commemorative will give you the look and feel of the original SR-50 slide rule calculator introduced 30 years ago. Please notice:

bulletCalculator precision differs from the original implementation.
bulletClicking the small TI logo will open an additional window.
bulletUse the <F1> key for help. You should be connnected to the internet.
bulletThe <ESC> key terminates the SR-50 Commemorative.
bulletRight-click on the mouse will open Contex-Menue

Uninstalling SR-50 Commemorative

To "uninstall" SR50.EXE, just delete the program from your harddisc drive. It has no side-effects at all that would require "uninstalling" in the normal sense.

Incompatibilities

During evaluation of the SR-50 Commemorative Software we noticed some incompatibilities with elder Windows NT 4.0 installations. Some Windows 2000 installations showed a red rectangular surrounding the SR-50 calculator.

 

Credits

Kirk B. Muri Spending dozens of hours with the design, software implementation and verification of the Datamath Commemorative
Barbara G. Woerner Creating the design and layout of the online User-guide.
Herb Foster Providing the continual support for the Datamath Calculator Museum and the SR-50 Commemorative project.

Copyrights

SR-50 Calculator emulation software
User-guide HTML documents
User-guide PDF documents
Original SR-50 calculator concept and design
© 2003 Kirk B. Muri
© 2003 Joerg Woerner
© 1974
Texas Instruments
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1973 Texas Instruments

 

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If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.

© Joerg Woerner, October 26, 2003. No reprints without written permission.