{"id":3964,"date":"2023-01-29T23:03:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T23:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/29\/check-out-these-emulated-calculators-at-the-internet-archive\/"},"modified":"2023-01-29T23:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T23:03:15","slug":"check-out-these-emulated-calculators-at-the-internet-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/29\/check-out-these-emulated-calculators-at-the-internet-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out these emulated calculators at the Internet Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">The Internet Archive calls this new collection the Calculator Drawer. There are 14 calculators to choose from, including the HP 48GX, TI-82, TI-83 Plus, and even the Electronic Number Muncher, which is an 80s-era toy calculator. The Internet Archive doesn\u2019t just emulate the interface of each device, either; it incorporates their physical design and buttons, making it feel like you have the actual device right in front of you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"my-9 lg:mx-0\">\n<div class=\"duet--media--content-warning relative\" style=\"padding-top:54.90196078431373%\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0\"><noscript><img alt=\"Doing some tough math problems on the good ol\u2019 TI-83 Plus.\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:2448x1344\/376x206\/filters:focal(1224x672:1225x673):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24394668\/web_archive_ti_83.png 376w, 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style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-black text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-e9 [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63\"><em>Doing some tough math problems on the good ol\u2019 TI-83 Plus.<\/em><\/figcaption><cite class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline not-italic [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-63 text-gray-63 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:text-gray-bd [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray\">Screenshot: Emma Roth \/ The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">The Internet Archive gets into more detail about how this all works <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.archive.org\/2023\/01\/29\/a-calculated-move-calculators-now-emulated-at-internet-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a post on its blog<\/a>. It uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mamedev.org\/index.php\/Layouts_and_Rendering_for_MAME_Artwork_System\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAME Artwork System<\/a> to power its calculators \u2014 a branch of the open-source framework that recreates classic arcade games on various systems \u2014 which is how the Internet Archive managed to incorporate actual images of the calculators in the emulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">As noted by the Internet Archive, MAME \u201chas two different ways it can render an emulated device that needs \u2018additional\u2019 drawing to augment the part of itself that\u2019s reflecting the screen or lights of the device.\u201d While the MAME system can create a vector-based drawing of the buttons and screen, the MAME Artwork System replaces these drawings with an actual image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">With these emulations, you can click on the buttons to input numbers and functions, just like you would if you were to physically press a button on the calculator with your finger. While you can also use your keyboard to type in numbers, it\u2019s a bit more limiting since it doesn\u2019t look like you can input any functions. Some of the devices, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/hp48gp-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HP 48G+<\/a>, even have sound, which is a nice touch. And if you need a refresher on how to use these calculators, the Internet Archive even uploaded a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/calculatorstash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original user manuals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">While I don\u2019t have a personal history with any of these devices, it\u2019s still cool to get the chance to try them out without physically touching them. I have great memories with my TI-84 Plus in high school and college, which allowed me to avoid learning how to factor since I just programmed it to do the equations for me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/29\/23576677\/emulated-calculators-internet-archive-mame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet Archive calls this new collection the Calculator Drawer. There are 14 calculators to choose from, including the HP 48GX, TI-82, TI-83 Plus, and even the Electronic Number Muncher, which is an 80s-era toy calculator. The Internet Archive doesn\u2019t just emulate the interface of each device, either; it incorporates their physical design and buttons, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}