THX-1138 Graphing calculator beats typical calculator | Linux Today

THX-1138 Graphing calculator beats typical calculator

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 6, 1999

John Lindal
writes:

While quite appropriate for a hand held device, the
bunch-o-buttons interface provided by a typical calculator is
ridiculous when implemented on a computer screen. Instead, THX-1138
provides an approximation to electronic paper. As you enter the
expression, it is displayed the way you would write it on paper,
and you can edit it directly.

You can also plot functions and print the graphs as PostScript,
and there is a window for base conversions. (e.g. hex to
decimal)

The binary and source distributions can be downloaded from:

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jafl/thx/

License:

THX-1138 is free.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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