Jason Scott with the Internet Archive goes into more detail on how the MAME Artwork System functions and how more than 1,400 systems have used it thus far. The Calculator Drawer is currently comprised of the following 14 machines:
Hewlett-Packard 48G+ Hewlett-Packard 48GX Hewlett-Packard 49G Hewlett-Packard 38G Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Texas Instruments TI-73 Explorer Texas Instruments TI-81 Texas Instruments TI-82 Texas Instruments TI-85 Texas Instruments TI-86 Texas Instruments TI-89 Texas Instruments TI-92 Texas Instruments TI Voyager 200 VTech Electronic Number Muncher
Depending on your age, a graphing calculator like one of the above examples from Texas Instruments might have been a requisite for upper-level math classes in middle or high school. If memory serves me correctly, I mostly worked with the TI-82. I never went too deep down the rabbit hole but I do recall other students working out all sorts of neat tricks on their calculators and even figuring out how to load games onto them.
The collection is accompanied by a heap of instruction manuals for those who need a refresher on how to get the most out of them. For those who crave the real thing, Texas Instruments still markets some of the calculators listed above including the TI-73 Explorer and the TI-84 Plus. Older models like the TI-82 are readily available on third-party marketplaces like eBay for a fraction of what they sold for when brand new. Found is a TechSpot feature where we share clever, funny or otherwise interesting stuff from around the web. Image credit: Aaron Lefler
