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TI-59
1977
The TI-59, Texas Instruments' 1977 programmable calculator with magnetic cards and plug-in solid-state software modules.
TI-59 Online Emulator
Play TI-59 using JavaScript directly in your browser.
Controls
Boots the TI-59 to its red LED display showing 0., ready for entry. Type on the on-screen TI-59 keyboard, or use your physical keyboard for the digits, . , + − × ÷, = (Enter) and the CLR key (Space). Press 2nd (Esc) and INV (i) as prefixes; LRN, R/S, SST, BST, RST, STO and RCL drive programming. Open the debugger to single-step the TMC0501 arithmetic chip, read and write its A/B/C/D/E digit registers and the data RAM, set breakpoints and RAM write-watchpoints. The TI-59 system ROM is copyright Texas Instruments; the reverse-engineered dump is self-hosted for emulation.
Configurations
| Configuration | Emulator | Machine | OS | Legal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TI-59 | TI-59 | TI-59 | grey | Open ⛶ |
Chips
Emulators
| Emulator | Type | License | Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| TI-59 | online | LGPL-2.1 | Website ↗ |