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This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race - Bill Duncan - 09-04-2018 03:40 PM
An amusing article on slashdot, linked to a twitter thread as well.
This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race
RE: This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race - edryer - 12-27-2018 07:45 PM
I followed the link above to the twitter account and images:
https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/1030830856720527360?s=09
What is fascinating is I hadn't heard of the 1967 "Cal tech"...
![[Image: Dk5AruIXcAAIINa.jpg]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dk5AruIXcAAIINa.jpg)
Nor.... the 1970...
![[Image: Dk5BcJnWwAES1CY.jpg]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dk5BcJnWwAES1CY.jpg)
These surely were the first true battery powered "portable" calculators... solid state as well.
RE: This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race - Didier Lachieze - 12-27-2018 08:04 PM
(12-27-2018 07:45 PM)edryer Wrote: What is fascinating is I hadn't heard of the 1967 "Cal tech"...
You may be interrested by the detailed story of How the Computer Got Into Your Pocket.
RE: This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race - John Keith - 12-27-2018 09:50 PM
Kinda cute how the Pocketronic's tape doubles as the display. I guess it saved the cost of LED displays.
RE: This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race - Dave Frederickson - 12-27-2018 11:00 PM
Dave Britten posted this link to a BEGIN Japanology battle between Casio and Sharp to make the first sub-1mm thick calculator.
http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-3860-post-35156.html#pid35156
Here's a current link to the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKVvvvkshtk&t=1s