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Just found out this interesting calculator & abacus produced by SHARP...
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I wonder if the abacus part functions as a single register XD

Image from http://www.dentaku-museum.com/calc/calc/...rocal.html
So 27-digit personal calculators with digital displays are actually essentially as old as the Atari 2600 (if one discounts that they might in technicality have been two entirely separable devices)?
see link in OP for image of digital calculator and abacus separated
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