Calculator emulators

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A calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics.

The first solid-state electronic calculator was created in the early 1960s. Pocket-sized devices became available in the 1970s when microprocessors were first developed.

Computer operating systems as far back as early Unix have included interactive calculator programs such as dc and hoc, and calculator functions are included in almost all personal digital assistant (PDA) type devices, the exceptions being a few dedicated address book and dictionary devices.

In addition to general purpose calculators, there are those designed for specific markets. For example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations. Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher-dimensional Euclidean space. Basic and scientific calculators are cheaper than graphing models.

Even gaming is possible on some TI models, the TI-83 is an example and it can run Pong, Tetris and Doom. The newer model TI-Nspire is the most powerful and it can run 3D graphics and emulators.

Texas Instruments[edit]

TI-83 / TI-84 series[edit]

Generations of TI-83/84 hardware[edit]

There are actually 3 generations of TI-83/84 hardware, despite all of them being categorized under the same TI-83/84 model number. Notice that assembly programs written for one generation won't be able to run on a TI-83/84 with another generation of hardware.

Monochrome Z80: Featuring Zilog Z80 microprocessor, monochrome LCD, and AAA batteries. Including TI-83/84 Plus (Sliver Edition) and all their variations such as TI-83 Plus.fr, TI-84 Plus Pocket etc.
Color Z80: Featuring Zilog Z80 microprocessor but with color LCD and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. There is only one model in this generation: TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition.
eZ80: Featuring Zilog eZ80 microprocessor with color LCD and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Including TI-83 Premium CE (Python Edition) and TI-84 CE (Python Edition).

Orion TI-84 Plus[edit]

Orion TI-84 Plus is a specifically modified TI-84 Plus released by Texas Instruments, in cooperation with Orbit Research, for people with vision impairment. This model has a speech module attached powered by its own ARM processor and reads out keys being pressed, calculation results, error messages, etc., and such voice messages could be redirected to an external Braille display.

None of the emulators could fully emulate this model yet. MAME lists this model as a "bootleg", with its basic functionalities works, but the speech module is left completely undumped and unemulated.

Name	Platform(s)	Version	Monochrome Z80	Color Z80	eZ80	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
Wabbitemu^{[M 1]}		git	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
TilEm^{[M 1]}		2.0	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
CEmu		git	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
TI-SmartView		1.1.0 4.0.0.x	✓	✓	✗	✗	?	✓
TI-SmartView CE		5.6	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
MAME		0.255	✓	~^{[M 2]}	~^{[M 2]}	✓	✓	~
Mobile / ARM
Wabbitemu^{[M 1]}		git	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Calculator
TI-84 Mode	^{[M 3]}		✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Browser
jsTIfied			✓	✗	✗	✗	?	✓
MaClasseTI.fr^{[M 4]}			✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	~

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Also supports emulation for other Zilog Z80 based calculators including TI-73/81/82/85/86.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Listed but doesn't work yet.
↑ Only available on non-CAS monochrome TI-Nspire models with TI-84 keypad attached.
↑ Very strict website security. Requires French residential IP address to access.

TI-89 series[edit]

TI-89 is a series of graphic calculators equipped with Motorola MC68000 microprocessors and computer algebra system called Advanced Math Software (AMS).

TI-89 could be considered as a miniaturized version of TI-92/Voyage200, as they share literally the exact same hardware and software architecture (that is also why some TI-89 emulators could also emulate TI-92/Voyage200), while TI-92/Voyage200 is huge in size thanks to their horizontal screen and QWERTY keyboard.

Name	Platform(s)	Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
TiEmu^{[N 1]}		3.03 macOS	✓	✗	✓
MAME	^{[N 1]}	0.255	✓	✓	~
Virtual TI-89		2.5 beta 5	✗	✗	?
Mobile / ARM
Graph 89^{[N 1]}		1.1.3c	?	✗	✓
Browser
TI-89 Online Simulator			?	✓	✓

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Also supports emulation for other Motorola 68000 based calculators including TI-92(II/+) and Voyage 200.

TI-Nspire series[edit]

TI-Nspire is the flagship series of Texas Instruments graphics calculators, equipped with QVGA monochrome/color LCDs, ARM-based processors, a mini laptop-style trackpad for controlling the mouse cursor, and a computer algebra system (depending on model) inherited and enhanced from TI-89's AMS.

Name	Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
Firebird	git	✓	✓	✓
TI-Nspire™ (CX) (CAS) Student Software	5.3.2	✗	✓	✓
kArmTI	1.81	✗	✗	~
nspire_emu	0.70	✓	✗	✗
Mobile / ARM
Firebird	git	✓	✓	✓

Hewlett-Packard[edit]

monochrome graphic models[edit]

HP monochrome graphic calculators are a big family of products sharing similarities while each product has its unique features.

Older models run on in-house developed 4-bit "Saturn" processors. Newer models have an unusual practice that emulates the Saturn processor via an ARM processor, so technically speaking those calculator models are actually emulation boxes.

Name	Platform(s)	Version	Emulates	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
Emu48	^{[Q 1]}	1.65^{[Q 2]}	38G, 39G, 40G, 48S, 48SX, 48G, 48G+, 48GX, 49G, 39g+, 39gs, 40gs, 48gII, 49g+, 50g	✓	✓	✓
Emu28		1.36	18C, 28C	✓	✓	✓
MAME		0.255	38G, 39G(✗), 48G, 48GX, 48G+, 48S, 48SX, 49G(✗), 49G+(✗)^{[Q 3]}	✓	✓	~
Alucin		1.1	48G, 48S	✗	✗	✗
NeXTStep EM48		1999/12/14	48SX	✓	✗	✗
saturn		4.1.1.1	40G, 48GX, 49G	✓	✗	✗
Mobile / ARM
Emu48		1.65	38G, 39G, 40G, 48S, 48SX, 48G, 48G+, 48GX, 49G, 39g+, 39gs, 40gs, 48gII, 49g+, 50g	✓	✓	✓
Emu28		1.36	18C, 28C	✓	✓	✓
Droid48		1.72	48G, 48S	✗	✗	✓
iHP48		1.6	38G, 39G, 48G, 48GX, 48S, 49G, 49G+, 50g	?	✓	✓
i48		1.15	48GX	?	✓	~
m48 ^{[Q 4]}		2020/06/06	38G, 39G, 40G, 48SX, 48GX, 49G	✓	✗	✗
Power48		1.0.0/1.5.1	48SX, 48GX, 49G	✓	✗	~
Consoles
PSPX48		1.0.5	48G	✓	✗	~

↑ Mac OS X version is only available for PowerPC based Macs and there is no plan to port it to x86/ARM platform.
↑ Platforms besides Windows and Android are no longer maintained so their versions could be left way behind.
↑ Models with a ✗ means it's listed, but doesn't work.
↑ Has to be manually compiled and deployed.

HP Prime[edit]

HP Prime is HP's new flagship product of graphic calculators, featuring a multipoint color touchscreen, 400 MHz ARM processor, and a much-improved computer algebra system.

Name	Version	FLOSS	Free To Use	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
HP Prime Virtual Calculator Emulator	2.1.1.14596^{[P 1]}	✗	✓	✓	✓
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App	2.1.14582.0-Free 2.1.14582.70-Paid	✗	~^{[P 2]}	✓	✓
Mobile / ARM
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App	2.1.14584-Free 2.1-Paid	✗	~^{[P 3]}	✓	✓

↑ Offical download portal is not available for individuals, only for signed up educators.
↑ Free version with limited functionalities available seperately.
↑ Free version with limited functionalities available seperately.

scientific and financial models[edit]

Just like monochrome graphic calculators, HP scientific and financial calculators are also a big family of products sharing similarities while each product has its unique features (besides the HP SmartCalc series which are basically just ripoffs of Casio Natural-V.P.A.M. series calculators). Older models run on in-house developed 4-bit "Nut" processors. Some newer models have an unusual practice (especially for scientific calculators) that emulates the Nut processor via an ARM processor so technically speaking those calculator models are actually emulation boxes, while some other models use ASICs as their kernel.

Name	Version	Emulates	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
Emu42	1.36^{[R 1]}	10B, 14B, 17B, 17BII, 20S, 21S, 22S, 27S, 32S, 32SII, 42S, 19BII, 28S	✓	✓	✓
Free42	3.0.7	42S	✓	✓	✓
HP SmartCalc 300s Emulator	2012.11.29 Build 19029^{[R 2]}	SmartCalc 300s	✗	✗	✓
WP-34s emulator	3.3	WP-34s	✓	?	✓
HP 12C Emulator (Offical)	2012/11/29	12C	✗	✗	✓
HP 12C Emulator	1.0	12C	✗	✗	✗
Mobile / ARM
Emu42	1.36^{[R 1]}	10B, 14B, 17B, 17BII, 20S, 21S, 22S, 27S, 32S, 32SII, 42S, 19BII, 28S	✓	✓	✓
Free42	3.0.7 ^{[R 3]}	42S	✓	✓	✓
awp34s	0.0.6	WP-34s	✓	✓	✓
HP 12C Financial Calculator	?	12C Platinum Edition	✗ ^{[R 4]}	✓	~
Calculators
WP34S-4NS	git	WP-34s	✓	✗	~ ^{[R 5]}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Platforms besides Windows and Android are no longer maintained so their versions could be left way behind.
↑ Offical download portal is not available for individuals, only for signed up educators.
↑ Windows Mobile and PalmOS versions are no longer maintained so their versions could be left way behind.
↑ Not Free to use.
↑ Despite the emulator itself being full-functional and bugs free, it's more for proof of concept and nostalgia as TI-Nspire, the host machine it runs on, is also a powerful calculator.

Casio[edit]

Most of the modern Casio graphic calculators run on 32-bit Hitachi SuperH-3/4 processors, while scientific, programmable, and financial models run on ASICs. More retro ones come with all kinds of different hardware architectures, like VX-4 and PB-1000 that runs on Hitachi HD61700A processor, or fx-7000G that runs on NEC μPD1007G-008.

Community-driven, open-sourced emulators exist for some retro models, but unfortunately not for modern models yet. You can still get official emulators at the following site:

Name	Version	Emulates	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PB-1000 Emulator	v48	PB-1000	✓	✗	~
PB-2000C Emulator	v24	PB-2000C	✓	✗	~
fx-8000G Emulator	v09	fx-8000G	✓	✗	~
fx-7500G Emulator	v05	fx-7500G	✓	✗	✓
MAME	0.255	PB-1000, PB-2000C, CFX-9850G	✓	✓	✓

Sharp[edit]

Sharp's scientific and graphic calculators aren't as successful as TI or Casio when it comes to the education market, but many of them still present unique or interesting features.

Unfortunately, there aren't community-driven, open-sourced emulators for Sharp calculators yet. You can still get some of the official emulators at the following site:

Sharp calculator emulators

Canon[edit]

Canon currently offers emulators for only a limited number of scientific calculator models, and there are no community-driven or open-sourced emulators available yet.

You can find some Canon calculators emulators at the following links, but please note that a Serial Number is required to use them.

F-789SGA Emulator F-570SG Emulator F-715SG Emulator F-718SGA emulator F-960SG Emulator

Aurora[edit]

Aurora is a Chinese brand and calculators are part of their business. They offer emulators for their calculators for free on the following site:

Aurora’s calculator emulators

Notice the installation program of some emulators have bugs that will delete lnk files that aren't related to the emulator on the desktop, including operating system ones, such as "Computer".

This calculator brand doesn't seem to be very common and there aren't any community-driven or open-source emulators for it yet.

Elektronika[edit]

Elektronika calculators were made by the Soviet Union, including arithmetic (basic), scientific, and programming models. These calculators are rarely being used or even heard of outside the Soviet Union/Russia, but just like all Soviet Union products, they never lack fans.

Name	Version	Emulates	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
Calculators 3000	6.2	5 models emulated: B3-34, MK-56, MK-54, MK-61, MC-1104, with other 21 models simulated	✗	✗	✓
MK-90 Emulator	v17	MK-90	✓	✗	✓
MK-85 Emulator	v49	MK-85	✓	✗	✓
MK-87 Emulator	v06	MK-87	✓	✗	✓
eMKatic	0.41	MK-152, MK-152M, MK-1152, MK-161	✓	?	✓
Mobile / ARM
MK 61/54	2.3	B3-34, MK-54, MK-56, MK-61, MK-52	✓	✗	✓

Miscellaneous Calculators (1960 - 1989)[edit]

These Calculators have a higher chance of being emulated through MAME than getting their own emulator

Name	MAME support	ROMs	Description
Adler 1210	None
Advance L24	None
Anita 1011	None
Anita MK 8	None
Anita MK VII	None
Bohn Omnitrex 8	None
Burroughs C3300	None
Burroughs C5205	None
Busicom 141-PF	Preliminary
Busicom LE-120A	None
Canon Canola 1200	None
Canon Canola 130S	None
Canon Palmtronic LE-80M	None
Casio 121K	None
Casio AL-1000	None
Casio AS-C	None
Casio C-80	None
Casio CFX-400	None
Casio FX-7000G	None
Casio J-100	None
Casio Metcon	None
Casio TC-600	None
Check Tronic	None
Commodore 500E	None
Commodore C108	None
Compuchron Calculator Watch	None
Concept 2000 Mr. Mus-i-cal	None
Corvus CheckMaster	None
DD Brock 880/1	None
Descal ASI-5	None
Elektronika B3-21	None
Elektronika B3-34	None
Elektronika B3-36	None
Elektronika MK-18M	None
Elektronika MK-52	None
Elektronika MK-61	None
Elka 22	None
Facit 1123	None
Friden EC-130	None
Friden EC-132	None
HP-28	None
HP-41CX	None
HP-9100A	None
HP-9100B	None
Hitachi KK 521	None
Hitachi KK 562A	None
IME 26	None
IME 84	None
IME 84RC	None
IME 86	None
Iskra 123	None
Kessel 7-Melody Calculator	None
Kosmos 1	None
Kosmos Astro	None
Mathatronics Mathatron	None
Monroe Epic 3000	None
NCR 18-16	None
Olivetti Programma 101	None
Olympia CD200	None
Olympia CD602	None
Omron 60	None
Pulsar Calculator 3822-2	None
Remington-Rand EDC-III	None
Ricoh Ricomac 1200	None
Ricoh/Oi Electric Aleph-Zero	None
Rockwell 10R	Good
Rockwell 12R	Good
Rockwell 24K	Good
Rockwell 30R	Good
Rockwell 920	None
Royal IC-130	None
SCM Cogito 240-SR	None
SCM Marchant I	None
Sanyo ICC-1122	None
Sanyo ICC-805	None
Sanyo ICC-82D	None
Sanyo Scientific	None
Sharp Compet 20	None
Sharp Compet CS-10A	None
Sharp EL-8	None
Sharp EL-803	None
Sharp QT-8D	None
Sinclair Cambridge	None
Sinclair Enterprise	None
Sinclair Executive	None
Sinclair Oxford	None
Sinclair President	None
Sinclair Scientific	None
Sinclair Sovereign	None
Singer Friden EC1114	None
Sony ICC-400W	None
Sony ICC-500W	None
Sporting Life Super Settler	None
Sporting Life Super Settler MK II	None
Summit 3114	None
Takara Kaltor	None
Teal TL-2M	None
Tektronix Model 31	None
Toshiba BC-1411 Toscal	None
Toshiba BC-1623G	None
Uchida Yoko USAC 10B	None
Victor 1400 series	None
Victor 3900	None
Wang 360E	None
Wang 362E	None
Wang 720C	None
Wang LOCI-2	None
Wyle Laboratories WS-01	None

External links[edit]

[wabbit-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Also supports emulation for other Zilog Z80 based calculators including TI-73/81/82/85/86.

[MAME-Z80-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Listed but doesn't work yet.

[84mode-3] Only available on non-CAS monochrome TI-Nspire models with TI-84 keypad attached.

[maclasseti-4] Very strict website security. Requires French residential IP address to access.

[free-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Also supports emulation for other Motorola 68000 based calculators including TI-92(II/+) and Voyage 200.

[OSX-6] Mac OS X version is only available for PowerPC based Macs and there is no plan to port it to x86/ARM platform.

[deadplatforms-7] Platforms besides Windows and Android are no longer maintained so their versions could be left way behind.

[problem-8] Models with a ✗ means it's listed, but doesn't work.

[sourcecode-9] Has to be manually compiled and deployed.

[free-10] Offical download portal is not available for individuals, only for signed up educators.

[free2-11] Free version with limited functionalities available seperately.

[free3-12] Free version with limited functionalities available seperately.

[deadplatforms-13] 1.0 ^1.1 Platforms besides Windows and Android are no longer maintained so their versions could be left way behind.

[free-14] Offical download portal is not available for individuals, only for signed up educators.

[deadplatforms-Free42-15] Windows Mobile and PalmOS versions are no longer maintained so their versions could be left way behind.

[pay-16] Not Free to use.

[poc-17] Despite the emulator itself being full-functional and bugs free, it's more for proof of concept and nostalgia as TI-Nspire, the host machine it runs on, is also a powerful calculator.

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Calculator emulators

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Texas Instruments[edit]

TI-83 / TI-84 series[edit]

Generations of TI-83/84 hardware[edit]

Orion TI-84 Plus[edit]

TI-89 series[edit]

TI-Nspire series[edit]

Hewlett-Packard[edit]

monochrome graphic models[edit]

HP Prime[edit]

scientific and financial models[edit]

Casio[edit]

Sharp[edit]

Canon[edit]

Aurora[edit]

Elektronika[edit]

Miscellaneous Calculators (1960 - 1989)[edit]

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