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Anarchist Calculator

Humorous Windows calculator remake with a calendar and memo pad.

WindowsWindows Legacy

Legacy software. Retired and no longer supported. It can’t be downloaded here.

Overview

Anarchist Calculator was an early PyroSoft Productions release that Mike shared on the PyroSoft forum in October 2004: a playful remake of the Windows calculator. It kept the familiar calculator but moved parts of the window around and rewrote the menus and messages with a sense of humor, so “Windows Help Topics” became “Help! I'm stupid!”

Over the following days it gained a calendar that follows the Windows date and time (v1.1) and a built-in memo pad for jotting down results without opening Notepad (v1.2). Windows 98 builds followed for forum members still on that system, and the resource source files were posted on the forum in November 2004.

Highlights

  • Rewritten menus, help titles and messages with a sense of humor
  • Rearranged display layout that keeps the classic Windows look
  • Calendar that stays in sync with the Windows date and time (v1.1)
  • Full calendar in scientific view, list calendar in standard view (v1.1.5)
  • Built-in memo pad for noting results while you calculate (v1.2)
  • Separate builds for Windows XP and Windows 98
  • Resource source files shared on the PyroSoft forum

Details

Platforms
Windows
Version
v1.3
First released
Oct 10, 2004, on the PyroSoft forum
Status
Retired
Timeline
Oct 2004

Arrow keys move through the results, Enter opens one, Command or Control with Enter opens it in a new tab. Tab and Shift+Tab change which kind of results are shown.