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IME 84 Desktop Calculator
Image Courtesy Klemens Krause, Computermuseum der Fakultät Informatik
The IME 84 is the first electronic calculator introduced by the Italian company
IME. The machine is one of the earliest transistorized desktop calculators
produced, coming to market in 1964. Only Sharp and Friden
(at least as known so far) preceded IME to market with transistorized desktop
calculator technology (the Sharp Compet 10 and Friden 130). The machine uses a magnetic
core memory for register storage, nixie tubes for display, and utilizes
a three register architecture similar to that of mechanical calculators.