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I'm always looking for interesting or unusual old calculators, late mechanical or early electronic. If you have a calculator which you feel may fit my interests, and want to find a new home for it, please contact me. Also, I have a few items for trade (listed at the end of this page) that you may be interested in checking out. If you have a something that would make a good addition to the museum, whether listed here or not, please send me an EMail.
The general criteria for machines that I'm interested in are:
Electro-mechanical calculators from Monroe, SCM/Marchant, Friden, Facit, Soemtron, or Diehl, built in the mid '50's through late '60's. Must be calculators (e.g., can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically), generally rotary type. I'm not interested in adding machines or accounting machines.
I am looking for electronic calculators from the beginning
(early 1960's) of the electronic calculator era through the mid-70's. I
generally do not collect 'handheld' calculators with LED or Liquid Crystal
displays. My primary interests lie in desktop electronic machines utilizing
early display technology (CRT, Nixie Tube, Burroughs Panaplex, incandescent displays, Numitron, early desktop (not handheld) LED (Light-Emitting Diode), and early discrete tube
vacuum-fluorescent devices. Electronic components include discrete diode/transistor, parametron (ferro-electronic logic), cold-cathode tubes, early bipolar (DTL & TTL) and MOS integrated circuit techology in small and medium-scale forms, and early Large-Scale MOS integrated circuit devices. Manufacturers include (but are not limited to):
Addo-X,
Sumlock Comptometer (Anita),
Brother,
Burroughs,
Busicom,
Canon,
Cintra,
Casio,
Commodore,
Compucorp,
Deitzgen,
Dero,
Diehl,
Denon,
Elka,
Facit,
Friden/Singer,
Hewlett Packard,
Hitachi,
Industria Macchine Elettroniche (IME),
Iskra,
MITS,
Monroe/Litton,
NCR,
Oi Electric,
Olivetti,
Olympia,
Philips,
Ricoh,
Sanyo,
SCM (Smith-Corona Marchant),
Seiko,
Sharp,
Soemtron,
Sony,
Sperry/Remington Rand,
Tektronix,
Toshiba,
Victor,
Walther,
Wang,
or Wyle Labs.
I also have a special interest in early programmable calculators.
I generally prefer machines that are
in operating and decent cosmetic condition, but if you have a broken calculator
that is listed on this wanted list or seems to meet my general criteria,
don't hesitate to contact me. If you have something that seems to fit my
criteria or interest list, but would rather trade, please see the Trade
section at the end of this page. Of course, if your old machine is laying
around gathering dust, and you'd love to see it exhibited in the museum,
donations are gratefully accepted. I do not yet have non-profit organization
status as of yet, so I can't offer a tax deducation for your donations,
but I will most certainly credit you for your contribution.
The museum also has 'guest exhibits',
that are exhibits provided "on loan" from the owner of the machine.
I can arrange to pay packing and shipping costs to get your calculator
to me for documentation for an exhibit, and then pay return shipping costs
to return the calculator to you. Guest exhibits are credited to the owner
of the machine. A guest exhibit is a great way for your old relic to
be documented for others to see and learn from. Please visit the
Old Calculator Web Museum FAQ for more information
on guest exhibits.
Here's a list of calculators that I have
particular interest in documenting for the museum. If the make/model of the
calculator is a link, you can click on it to see a picture and perhaps
other information about the machine. Just because you may have a machine
which isn't on this list doesn't mean you shouldn't contact me. If a calculator
you have meets the general criteria above, please don't hesitate to get
in touch. If you have one of the calculators on the list, all the better.
Items with a magenta 'arrow' in front designate the most recent
changes/additions to the Wanted area.
Of course, should you have any questions about any of the machines
exhibited in the museum, or listed here in the Wanted area, please don't
hesitate to drop me an EMail.
Looking for any information or examples of Wyle Laboratories' Model WS-02 "Scientific" calculator.
Wanted - Any information on, or examples of a calculator called the Aleph Zero, made by Oi Electric, a Japanese electronic equipment manufacturer.
Wanted - Any information on, or examples of a calculator called the Sage-1, made by Dero Research and Development Co.
Addo-X 9910
Early printing electronic calculator made by A.B. Addo of Malmo,
Sweden. 18 digit capacity (with four additional guard digits), 10-key
keyboard.
Addo-X 9357
14-digit capacity, fixed decimal at 0, 2, 4 and 6 digits
behind the decimal point. Constant for multipliation and division.
Addo-X 9958
Early hybrid calculator mixing a few small-scale IC's, amongst
a majority of discrete transistor and diode-resistor logic.
OEM'd by Addo-X from Sharp Corporation. 16 digit capacity with
Nixie tube display, two memory accumulators. Fixed decial
at 0, 2, 3, 4, or 8 digits behind decimal point. Very similar
in function to the Burroughs C-3350
exhibited in this museum.
Anita Mark 11
Interesting hybrid calculator utilizing both transistor
and cold-cathode (thyratron/dekatron) circuitry. First Sumlock Anita calculator
to utilize 10-key keyboard versus the "full" keyboards of earlier machines.
Anita Mark 12
Interesting hybrid calculator utilizing both transistor
and cold-cathode (thyratron/dekatron) circuitry. Functionally similar
to Mark 11, with 10-key keyboard, but adds a memory register.
Anita 1011
Third Generation Sumlock/Anita Nixie tube calculator. Ten digit, four function with percent and memory. Mostly discrete transistor circuitry
with a few IC's.
Anita 1011 LSI
3rd Generation Sumlock/Anita Nixie tube calculator. Ten digit, four function with percent and memory. Essentially a re-implementation of Anita 1011 (see above) using early Large Scale IC's.
Busicom 141
Follow-on machine to Nippon Calculating Machine Co.'s first
electronic calculator, the Busicom 161. The 141 was a cost-reduced version
of the 161. 14-digit capacity, Nixie display four-function calculator with
single memory register. Discrete diode/transistor logic. Thumbwheel-
selectable fixed decimal point location.
Busicom 162C
16-digit capacity, Nixie tube display, automatic square
root, two accumulating memory registers. Utilizes small-scale DTL IC logic,
with a small core memory array for working register storage. Marketed in
the US by NCR as the NCR 18-3.
Busicom 202
A programmable desktop calculator sold by Nippon Computing
Machine Co. (NCM), but designed under contract by Wyle Laboratories.
Uses built-in punched card reader for program entry. 20 digit capacity,
with CRT display. Two memory registers.
Utilizes early small-scale DTL integrated circuit technology, and
magnetostrictive delay line for register storage.
Busicom 207/207P
A programmable desktop calculator marketed by Busicom, but
designed by Wyle Laboratories. Follow-on to the
NCM/Busicom 202. Uses built-in punched card reader for program
entry. 20 digit capacity, with CRT display. Seven memory registers.
Utilizes early small-scale integrated circuit technology. The Model 207P
provided a connection for an external printer.
Busicom 2017/2017P
Busicom's advanced programmable desktop calculator. Also designed
by Wyle Laboratories for exclusive marketing by Busicom. Uses built-in
punched card reader for programming. 20 digit capacity, with
CRT display. 17 memory registers. Utilizes early small-scale DTL
integrated circuit technology. Also available as the Model 2017P, with
an external high-speed printer.
Brother 614
Fourteen digit four-function printing electronic calculator.
Same functionality as the Brother 514. Utilizes early Mitsubishi-made
small-scale integrated circuit technology.
Burroughs C3120
Burroughs 12-digit Nixie display Desktop Calculator, circa late 1960's. One accumulator-style memory register. Four function only.
Burroughs C3316
Burroughs 16-digit Nixie display Desktop Calculator, Circa 1968-1970. Two accumulator-style memory registers. Four function with square root.
Burroughs C3661 Desktop Programmable
Burroughs 16-digit Nixie display Desktop Programmable Calculator, Circa 1971-1973.
Follow-on to the Burroughs C-3660
calculator, with additional of steps of program memory, and more comprehensive
test/branch capabilities. Mag-Card reader for program storage. Early
Large-Scale integrated circuit calculating engine. Wanted in any condition,
working or not.
Burroughs C7400
Burroughs Programmable Desktop Printing calculator, circa 1977-1979. Higher-level programming functions. Four function math, with arbitrary root
and power functions. Algebraic logic.
Canon 130
First Canon electronic calculator product, introduced in
late 1964. All transistor circuitry. Four function, 13 digit capacity.
Display uses unique electro-optical technology designed by Canon. See exhibit
of Canon 161 for more information.
Canon 163
Canon Nixie-display desktop electronic calculator from the late 1960's. 16 digit with memory functions, square root. The Monroe 990 may be the Monroe-sold
version of this calculator.
Canon 167
An interesting calculator designed using a small magnetic drum as the storage element for
the working registers of the calculator. 16 digit capacity with four functions and square root. Utilizes Canon's unique
electro-optical display technology, same as used in the Canon 161. Seven memory
registers (five store/recall, two accumulating registers).
Canon 1614P
Canon Punched-Card Programmable, 16-digit Nixie Display. Appears to be virtually identical to Canon 167P, with more memory registers (14), and
possibly larger program storage space.
Canon Canola SX-320 Programmable
Complex programmable calculator, from the 1977 timeframe.
LED display, 16-digit mantissa, 2-digit exponent, with signs. Mostly LSI
IC technology, with a lot of small-scale glue logic. Built-in thermal
alphanumeric dot-matrix printer, and magnetic tape cassette drive.
Fixed or floating decimal. Large compliment of scientific functions built-in.
Casio 001 Desktop Calculator
Casio's first solid-state electronic calculator.
Nixie tubr display, four-function, AC-powered desktop calculator.
Constant set by front-mounted rotary switches.
Casio 101 Desktop Calculator
Follow-on to Casio's first solid-state desktop calculator, the
001 (see above) from Casio. Ten-Digit Nixie
display, four-function, AC-powered desktop calculator. Single memory
register that can automatically accumulate sum of products or quotients.
Seven-digit constant set by front-mounted rotary switches.
Casio 101P Desktop Calculator
Printing version of the Casio 101 calculator.
Four-function, AC-powered printing desktop calculator. Single memory
register can automatically accumulate sum of products or quotients.
Seven-digit constant set by rotary switches. 20 character-per-second printer records results on adding machine tape. Casio's first
printing electronic calculator.
Casio 120 Desktop Calculator
Casio Desktop Nixie-Tube Calculator. 12-Digit, four-function
AC-powered desktop calculator.
Casio 121-B or AS-B Desktop Calculator
Casio Desktop Nixie-Tube Calculator. Identical machines with
two different model numbers...photo shows 121-B, but AS-B is identical with
exception of model number. Looking for either or both machines. 12-Digit,
four-function with accumulating memory register. AC-Powered. Sold by
Sperry Remington in the U.S. as the EDC-1201GT "Lektronic".
Casio 121-K Desktop Calculator
Casio Desktop Nixie-Tube display Calculator. 12-Digit, four-function with constant and accumulating total register. Circa late 1970, uses
early Fairchild 4-chip LSI calculator chipset. AC-Powered.
Casio 122 Desktop Calculator
Casio Desktop calculator. Nixie-Tube Display. 12-Digit,
four-function AC-powered desktop calculator.
Casio 152 Desktop Calculator
Second-generation Casio Desktop calculator. 15-digit Nixie-Tube
Display. Four-function with two memory registers. Fixed and floating
decimal point modes.
Casio AL-1000 Desktop Calculator
First-generation, transistorized electronic calculator from
Casio. Casio's first programmable calculator. Identical machine marketed
by Commodore as the Commodore AL-1000. Wanted dead or alive.
Casio AL-1000S Desktop Calculator
Updated version of the AL-1000 (see above) that provides
input/output capabilities via an external typewriter).
Casio AS-C Desktop Calculator
Casio Desktop 12-digit Nixie-Tube Calculator from early 1970's.
Early 4-chip LSI chipset made by Fairchild. Electronically
simiar to the Casio 121K.
May also have been marketed as Casio 121-C, but as yet this has not been
positively verified.
Casio FX-3 Scientific Desktop
Early casio desktop scientific, follow-on to the
Casio FX-1. 12-digit Vacuum-Fluorescent display.
Cintra/Tektronix "Statistician" Model 911 Desktop Calculator
10 digit (plus 2 digit exponent) Nixie display, statistical
functions calculator. Probably introduced in late '69 to early '70.
Originally made by Cintra, but later rebadged by Tektronix, when Tek
purchased Cintra in May of 1971. Physical appearance virtually
identical to the Cintra/Tektronix 909 with
only difference being keyboard nomenclature.
Commodore 412
Commodore 12-digit desktop electronic calculator. 7-segment
display. Selectable fixed decimal point location.
Commodore 612
Commodore 12-digit desktop electronic calculator. Nixie tube
display. Accumulating memory register for sum of products/quotients. Automatic
constant for multiply/divide. Hybrid fixed/floating decimal, with location set
by position of decimal in first number. Small and Early Medium-Scale MOS
Integrated Circuitry.
Commodore US*3
Commodore 8-digit desktop electronic calculator.
Vacuum-fluorescent display, with individual tubes. Four function with
memory register and constant. Floating decimal.
Compucorp 110 Scientist
Compucorp AC-Powered Desktop Scientific Calculator. Shared
styling with other first generation Compucorp calculators. Nixie tube display,
scientific notation capable.
Compucorp 155 Surveyor
Compucorp AC-Powered programmable printing desktop calculator
specifically designed for surveying applications. First-generation HTL
Large Scale chipset shared with other 100-series calculators. Drum impact
printer. Optional card reader for loading programs from punched cards.
Compucorp 327 "Scientific"
Compucorp 360 Bond Trader
"Portable" Compucorp Bond Trading (Financial) Calculator. Panaplex display, can operate on battery (rechargeable NiCd) or external charger. Learn-mode programmable.
Data Acquisition Corp. DAC-512
An early advanced programmable desktop calculator made
by Data Acquisition Corp., of Hamden Connecticut. Machine was introduced
in mid-1965, and was arguably the most powerful desktop electronic calculator
available at the time, and for some time thereafter.
Four-function, arithmetic logic with parentheses. Nixie display.
Keyboard/display unit with cable to remote electronics package. Transistor
and magnetic core memory technology. Wanted dead or alive. Also looking
for documentation, marketing literature, or user anecdotes.
Deitzgen 7400P
Eugene Deitzgen Co. OEM version of Computer Design Corporation's Desktop Nixie-Tube
display scientific programmable calculator. Calculator provides Trigonometric
Functions, Factorial, Square Root, Logarithms, Exponential functions.
128-Step Program Memory.
Denon DEC-411
2nd Generation Denon Desktop Electronic Calculator. 12-digit Nixie display, four function, fixed decimal, with constant function.
Denon DEC-521
Early Denon Desktop Calculator. 12-digit Nixie display.
Denon DEC-621
Early Denon Desktop Calculator. 14-digit Nixie display.
Dero Sage 1
One and only calculator made by Dero Research & Development
Corp., a company that built military radio equipment. The machine has a
ten-digit 7-segment display (of unknown technology, probably incandescent
lamps). a capacity of 20 digits, with apparently no ability to handle decimal
points, and appears to provide the standard four math functions,
along with some kind of storage register capability. It appears to have
come onto the market in the late 1966 to early 1967 timeframe. If you have
one of these machines, or have information about it, please contact the
curator by clicking the EMail link above.
Diehl Combitron
First electronic calculator by German firm Diehl, introduced
in 1966. Print-only calculator. Acoustic delay line
register storage. Metal punched tape loads at power-on with "operating
instructions" (microcode).
Facit 1121
Very similar to Sharp Compet 20. Nixie display, 16 digit, (versus
14 for Compet 20) all transistor (no IC's). Circa 1966.
Facit 1122
Similar to Sharp Compet 20. Nixie display, 14 digit, with memory.
All transistor. Fixed or floating decimal. Circa 1966.
Facit 1123
14-digit Nixie desktop calculator, 4 function, fixed decimal. Small-scale IC logic.
Facit 1125
16-digit Nixie desktop calculator, 4 function, fixed decimal with 2 accumulating memory registers. Small-scale IC logic.
Friden 5005 Computyper
Late '60's-vintage business "billing" machine integrating
functions of a programmable calculator into a 2nd generation Friden Flexowriter.
Any information, documentation, stories/recollections, and, of course, if you
have one, the museum wants it, working or not.
Singer/Friden EC1150
Friden's first electronic printing calculator. Base model
in series, similar to to Friden 1152 calculator.
Small-scale integrated circuit technology.
Singer/Friden EC1151
A programmable version of the 1150 (see above), providing
learn-mode programming capability of 30 steps. Small-scale integrated
circuit technology.
Friden SRW or SRQ
Friden Electro-mechanical, Automatic Square Root(SRW), Automatic Square Root and Square (SRQ).
Friden
SVE
Friden Electro-mechanical, early 1960's. Shortcut multiply,
automatic decimal point placement.
General Teknika 1600
Manufactured by The General Corporation of Japan, the
Teknika 1600 is a large desktop electronic calculator from the early
1970's. The machine provides sixteen digits of capacity, with fixed
decimal point settings ranging from zero to nine digits behind the
decimal. The machine uses gas-discharge seven-segment display tubes.
The circuitry is implemented with Mitsubishi small-scale DTL/TTL
integrated circuits, and a small core memory array for working register
storage.
Hitachi KK-461
Hitachi's original of Singer/Friden's
EC-1118. Singer/Friden
purchased these machines under OEM agreement (making some cabinetry an
color changes) with Hitachi and marketed it under their brand name in the
Americas. Nixie tube display. 14-digit capacity. Four function with
two memory registers. Marketed by Hitachi in Japan and Europe.
Hitachi KK-471
Hitachi's original of Singer/Friden's
EC-1117. Singer/Friden
purchased these machines under OEM agreement with Hitachi and marketed it
under their brand name in the Americas. Nixie tube display. 12-digit
capacity. Four function with one memory register. Marketed by Hitachi
in Asia and Europe.
IME 26
Follow-on, lower-cost version of the original IME 84
and IME 86 calculators. All transistor circuitry
of same architecture as the earlier machines. 12 digit capacity with fixed
decimal. Nixie tube display, four function with single accumulating memory
register.
IME 84
First electronic calculator by
Italian calculator company Industria Macchine Elettroniche (IME). One
of the earliest all-transistor calculators. Uses core memory for register
storage. 16-digit capacity with Nixie tube display. Four function.
Introduced in 1964.
Logicon "Computer"
Programmable desktop electronic calculator designed for in-house
engineering use by Logicon, Inc. of Redondo Beach, California. CRT Display.
Learn-mode programming. Core memory for register and program storage.
First prototype operational early to mid-1965. Machine never
became a product -- it was designed and manufactured (somewhere between
two and six were apparently made) strictly as a tool to help with engineering
calculations within Logicon.
MITS 816
MITS four-function, 8 digit desktop calculator. First calculator
offered by MITS, euther as a kit, or a fully assembled unit. First announced
in November, 1971 Popular Electronics magazine as a construction
article.
MITS 1440
MITS general-purpose desktop calculator. 14 digit LED display.
Square root, percent, and memory functions. Circa 1973.
MITS 7440 Programmer
Before the Altair, widely recognized as the first practical
"personal computer", MITS (among other things, such as an infrared communicator
and various telemetry systems for model rockets) marketed electronic
calculators that were avialable in assembled or kit form. The museum is
looking for the "7440 Programmer", an add-on device that when connected
to the 7440 calculator, would allow 128 or 256 (depending on memory option)
step programs that included looping and branching capabilities.
Monroe EPIC 2000 Programmable Calculator
Printing only, all transistor "Learn Mode" programmable
calculator. Two part design, printer/keyboard unit connects to suitcase-sized electronics package. Specifically looking for keyboard/printer unit, but any
and all parts wanted.
Monroe EPIC 3000 Programmable Calculator
Printing only, all transistor "Learn Mode" programmable
calculator from Monroe, circa 1967. Follow on to earlier EPIC 2000 calculator
(see above). Two part design, printer/keyboard unit connects to suitcase-sized
electronics package where all the brains are. Four function with square root.
Any and all parts wanted.
Monroe 820A
14 pound desktop CRT display four-function office calculator.
Fixed and floating decimal settings. Two row, 14-digit CRT display, with
seven-segment digit rendition. Circa 1970.
Monroe 1610 Scientific
Desktop Nixie-tube display scientific calculator, circa
1971-1972. Made by Computer Design Corp. for Monroe.
Monroe 1655 Scientific Programmable
Made by Compucorp for Litton/Monroe. Nixie display, 10 digit plus
sign mantissa, 2 digit plus sign exponent.
Monroe 1710 Statistical Calculator
Desktop Nixie-tube display scientific calculator, circa
1971-1972. Made by Computer Design Corp. for Monroe, similar (if not
identical) to model 110 Scientist from Computer Design Corp.
Monroe 1765 Surveyor
Desktop Printing-only Programmable Calculator, with specialized
functions for surveying applications. 256-step program storage. Can connect
to external punched card reader for loading programs. Circa 1971.
NCR 18-1
Manufactured by NCM/Busicom(Japan) and sold by NCR through an OEM
license with NCM. 14-digit Panaplex-style gas-discharge display.
Utilizes small-scale integrated circuit technology, and small
magnetic core memory for register storage. Four function, with single
accumulating memory register. Fixed decimal. Introduced slightly later
than NCR's first machines marketed through their OEM relationship with
NCM/Busicom, the NCR 18-2, and
the NCR 18-3.
NCR 18-3
Manufactured for NCR for sale in USA by NCM/Busicom(Japan), who
marketed the identical machine as the Busicom 162C. 16-Digit Nixie display
calculator, utilizing small-scale integrated circuit technology, and small
magnetic core memory for register storage. Four function with one key automatic
square root. See exhibit on the NCR 18-2 for information on the 18-3's little brother, same calculator without square root function.
NCR 18-15
Manufactured for NCR for sale in USA by NCM/Busicom(Japan).
Medium-Scale integrated circuit logic implementation.
12-digit Vacuum-Fluorescent display, four function, fixed decimal.
NCR 18-16
Manufactured for NCR for sale in USA by NCM/Busicom(Japan). Uses
first single-chip calculator IC made by Mostek. 12-digit Vacuum-Fluorescent
display, four function, fixed decimal.
Oi Electric Aleph-Zero
Early desktop electronic calculator utilizing Parametron
ferromagnetic devices as logic elements. Only calculator made by Oi Electric
in Japan.
Olivetti P-602
Circa 1971. Follow-on to Olivetti Programma 101.
Mag-card reader/writer for offline program storage. Built-in drum printer
for output.
Olympia RAE 4/15
Olympia's first electronic calculator. All-transistor
construction with magnetic core memory, Nixie tube display. Four function
with multiple memory registers. 15-digit capacity.
Olympia RAE 4/30-2
First generation Olympia electronic calculator. Mid-range machine
the RAE 4/30 series, with two memory registers. Magnetic core memory, Nixie
tube display, all-transistor construction.
Olympia RAE 4/30-3
First generation Olympia electronic calculator. High end of
the RAE 4/30 series, with three memory registers. Functionally identical
to the Monroe 770, which was a cosmetically
modified version of the RAE 4/30-3 (keyboard color changes, badging, power
switch location, and overflow/sign indicator indication) marketed in North
America by Monroe.
Olympia ICR-412
12-digit Nixie display (with 'double precision' 24-digit
capacity) four function desktop calculator with single memory register. Circa
1970.
Omron 800
8-digit Vacuum Fluorescent display, four function calculator
using early Hitachi-designed 4-chip LSI calculator chipset from the 1971
timeframe. Functionally identical to the
Miida MC-840 and
Adler 804 calculators, which
were OEM 'clones' of the Omron 800.
Philips P 249/P 250/P 251/P 252
Printing desktop electronic calculators from
Philips, circa 1969. Early small-scale DTL integrated circuit design,
utilizing magnetic core memory as working storage.
70 character-per-second serial 7-pin dot-matrix printing mechanism, an
apparent first of its kind in electronic calculator use. No display.
14-digit capacity. Model P 249 and P 250 have no memory capability,
while the P 251 and P 252 have one and two memory registers respectively.
All models feature a percentage calculation. Model P 252 includes
one-key automatic square root. All models have fixed decimal with trailing
zero suppression and automatic rounding. Approximate dimensions of 19"
deep, 13 3/4" wide, 8 1/4" high and weight of 33 pounds.
Ricoh Ricomac 1200D
Basic early '70's four function, 12-digit desktop calculator.
Manufactured by Unicom (a division of chip manufacturer AMI), and sold
through OEM customers including Ricoh and Commodore, as well as under the
Unicom brand name. Unicom's first calculator product.
Ricoh Ricomac 1200
An updated version of the Ricomac 1200D using newer AMI LSI
technology to shrink the size of the machine, by reducing the chip count.
Manufactured by Unicom division of AMI, and sold
through OEM customers including Ricoh and Commodore, as well as under the
Unicom brand name.
Sanyo ICC-121
Late 1960's small-scale MOS Integrated Circuit-based
four-function desktop electronic calculator. Unique modular seven-segment
incandescent display. 12-digit capacity, sliding fixed decimal selection with
0 to 6 digits behind decimal.
Sanyo ICC-141
Small scale MOS-IC-based desktop electronic calculator from the
late 1960's. Unique modular seven-segment incandescent display.
14-digit capacity, fixed decimal, four function single accumulating memory register.
Sanyo ICC-162
Late 1960's small-scale MOS Integrated Circuit-based
desktop electronic calculator. Modular seven-segment incandescent display.
16-digit capacity, sliding fixed decimal selector 0-15 digits behind decimal, four function with single-key square root. Two accumulating memory registers.
Any Rockwell 900-Series Programmable Calculator
Mid-1970's vintage programmable electronic calculators from
Rockwell. Models include 920, 930, 940, and 960. Display and printer.
Magnetic card reader for program/data storage. 14-digit capacity with scientific notation.
SCM/Marchant Cogito 566PR
1968 vintage programmable printing electronic calculator. Four
function with automatic square root. 16-digit capacity, eight memory registers.
66 step learn-mode programmability.
SCM/Marchant Model 410
Low-end model of SCM/Marchant 400-series desktop electronic
calculator. Nixie tube display, 10 digits. Unique 'dimmed' leading/trailing
zeroes. Floating point (as opposed to settable fixed point on
Cogito 412(12-digit) and
Cogito 414(14-digit) models. Does not provide
division function! Note that this model is designated "Marchant 410" as
opposed to the "Cogito" designation on the 412 and 414 machines.
Seiko S-301
Sharp Compet 10 (Model CS-10A)
Sharp's First All-Transistor Electronic Calculator. "Full Size" keyboard, similar to older style electromechanical calculator. Nixie tube display.
Sharp Compet 12
Similar in function to the Sharp Compet 17 (see below), but
uses vacuum-fluorescent display technology in the form of Itron tubes,
instead of Nixie tubes. 12-digit, four function, fixed decimal machine
utilizing small-scale MOS integrated circuitry. See the exhibit on the
Sharp QT-8D for an example
of Itron vacuum-fluorescent display technology. Introduced in 1969.
Sharp Compet 17
A lower-cost version of the
Sharp Compet 16 omitting the memory
functionality. The machine utilizes identical circuitry to the Compet 16, just
omits the keys on the keyboard for the memory functionality. Priced $100 less
than the Compet 16.
Sharp Compet 18
MOS-IC-based desktop calculator utilizing unusual Itron
Vacuum-Flourescent display tubes. Same design as the Sharp Compet 12
listed above, but adds a memory register. Identical in function to the
Sharp Compet 16 with only difference
being the Itron vacuum-fluorescent display.
Sharp Compet
20
All-transistor electronic desktop. 14 plus sign Nixie display. See Facit 1121.
Sharp Compet
21
Sharp Compet 23
Reduced cost version of the
Sharp Compet 22, removing accessory connection
capability. Four function, one accumulator-style memory register, 14-digit Nixie
display.
Sharp Compet 30
Similar in appearance and architecture to the
Sharp Compet 20, but utilizing fixed decimal point logic, adding a memory register for ease in processing multi-step calculations. Two versions were manufactured, the CS-30A, and CS-30B. The difference between the versions is unknown, but likely related to design changes to reduce cost.
Sharp Compet 31
16-digit Nixie display, with single memory register. Sharp's
first calculator to utilize early small-scale bipolar integrated circuit
logic. A small number of IC's, combined with discrete diode/transistor logic
and magnetic core memory make up the brains of this machine. Very similar
in appearance to its follow-on machine, the
Sharp Compet 32.
Sharp Compet 32
Follow-on machine to the Sharp Compet 31 adding an additional
memory register and automatic square root operation. Limited number of
small-scale bipolar integrated circuit logic combined with a large amount
of discrete
diode/transistor logic. Magnetic core memory array for register storage.
Sharp Compet 261
16-Digit Nixie display desktop.
Sharp Compet 361 / 361R
Sharp Desktop electronic calculator, introduced in early '69.
16-digit Nixie tube display. Small-scale MOS IC design, with small magnetic
core memory array for working register storage. Four function (model
361R adds two-key square root function), fixed decimal, with two
accumulating memory registers.
Sharp Compet 364P
Sharp Desktop Programmable. 16-digit Nixie tube display, magnetic
card reader for program load/store. Appears to pre-date the 363P, using earlier
technology. Optional 'snap-on' printer module adds printing capability.
Sharp Compet 662
Printing desktop calculator utilizing "ticker-tape"
style serial printer, circa 1969.
Sony ICC-100
Sony ICC-200
Sony Desktop Electronic Calculator. 16 digit, 2 memories, square root.
Sony ICC-550W
First-generation Sony Desktop Calculator. Upgraded version
of Sony ICC-500W, adding 'comma' digit
grouping, memory subtotal, and constant functions. Hybridized
transistor circuitry. 14 digit capacity, Nixie tube display with lead-zero suppression.
Sony ICC-600W
First-generation Sony Desktop Calculator. Upgraded version of
Sony ICC-550W, adding square root function. Hybridized
transistor circuitry. 14 digit capacity, Nixie tube display.
Sony ICC-2700W
Sony's top-of-the-line programmable calculator, and also last
of Sony's line of electronic calculators before they left the calculator
business. Very similar to Sony ICC-2550W in the
museum, except adds additional memory registers (12) and larger program storage
space (253 steps).
Sperry Remington EDC-I / EDC-ID
Sperry-Remington Nixie desktop, late 1960's. 13 digit with
fixed decimal. Small-scale IC circuitry, with IC's made by Philco. EDC-1D
offers thumbwheel-selectable decimal point, while EDC-1 provides no obvious
means for setting decimal point selection.
Sperry Remington EDC-III/EDC-IIIA
Sperry-Remington Nixie-display desktop.
Follow-on to the EDC-I (See above). Fixed decimal. Small-scale IC
circuitry, with magnetostrictive delay line for register storage. Two accumuating memory registers. Introduced in Fall, 1968. EDC-IIIA offered slightly later,
but no information on the differences between the EDC-III and EDC-IIIA available
at this time.
Tektronix Model 21
Tektronix entry-level programmable. Circa 1972. Panaplex-style
7-segment display. Thermal printer. Mag-card program storage.
Texas Instruments SR-60 (or SR-60A) Programmable Scientific
TI Desktop, 5x7 Dot Matrix LED Display, Mag Card Reader, Thermal Printer. Existing machine in museum has developed problems. Parts machines or fully working units wanted.
Toshiba TOSCAL BC-1201
Early Toshiba entry-level low-cost desktop four-function
electronic calculator. 12-digit capacity, Nixie tube display.
Discrete diode/transistor logic. Fixed decimal at 0 or 3 digits behind
decimal point. Constant function. No memory.
Toshiba TOSCAL BC-1211
12-digit, four-function desktop electronic calculator.
Identical in style to the
Toshiba BC-1211S.
Toshiba TOSCAL BC-1213
Second-generation Nixie Tube display desktop electronic calculator. 12-digits.
Toshiba TOSCAL BC-1412
Early (late 1960's)
Toshiba Nixie Tube electronic calculator. 14-digit, five function (percent
function) calculator with memory. Fixed decimal, thumbwheel selectable to
0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 digits behind the decimal point. All-transistor circuitry.
Toshiba TOSCAL BC-1414
Early (late 1960's)
Toshiba Fluorescent display electronic calculator. 14-digit display w/memory.
Fixed decimal w/ rotary-switch selectable decimal point location.
Early Toshiba Small-Scale MOS integrated circuit design, circa 1970.
Toshiba TOSCAL BC-1421
Early (late 1960's)
Fluorescent display desktop electronic calculator. 14-digit display two memory
registers. Fixed decimal w/ rotary-switch selectable decimal point location.
Early Toshiba Small-Scale MOS integrated circuit design.
Toshiba BC-1621
Late 1960's Nixie-display electronic calculator.
16-digit display, thumbwheel-selectable fixed decimal, two memory registers.
Square root and percent functions.
Toshiba BC-1623
Late 1960's Nixie-display electronic calculator. 16-digit display, four-function with automatic square root and percent calculations. Small-scale integrated circuit logic.
Electro-mechanical item counter.
Toshiba BC-1623G
Follow-on to the BC-1623 adding 30 steps of learn-mode programmability and an additional
memory register.
Toshiba BC-1624
Late 1960's
Nixie-display electronic calculator. Four function with percent.
16-digit display. Two accumulator-style memory registers. Small-scale
integrated circuit logic. Electro-mechanical item counter.
Toshiba BC-1625
Late 1960's Nixie-display electronic calculator.
16-digit display, extended memory capabilities. At the high-end of Toshiba's
2nd generation of desktop electronic calculators.
Uchida Yoko USAC 10B
Product of large Japanese manufacturing conglomerate,
Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd. Claims to be the world's first all integrated circuit
desktop electronic calculator, though this is a claim that is unlikely to be
true. Introduced sometime in mid to late '67. Ten digit, four function
machine with single accumulating memory register. Nixie tube display.
Interested in the machine itself, as well as any other information about
the company and its electronic calculators.
Victor 1400-series Calculator
Early Victor CRT-display calculator, introduced in 1969. Early
Small-Scale Integration circuitry with magnetostrictive delay-line register
storage, similar technology-wise to Friden 1162.
Three line CRT display. 14 Digit capacity, fixed decimal, four function
plus memory function, and constant. Two versions: 14-321 provides
a single memory register, while
14-322 offers two memory registers. A later revision of both machines
replaced the delay line with two MOS shift register ICs.
Any Victor 1500-series Calculator
Desktop printing electronic calculators, made in
West Germany by Wanderer Werke, AG. Nixdorf Computer later
acquired exclusive distribution rights for the Wanderer calculators,
and offered the machines through OEM agreement. Victor Comptometer
signed up, and marketed the machines as the 1500-series calculators, after
its bad experience with its in-house designed Victor 3900.
Known models: 1503 (3 memories), 1503R (3 memories, square root),
1510 (10 memories), 1510R (10 memories, square root).
Victor 1800-1721 Scientific Calculator
The high-end of the Victor 1800-series display calculators.
Scientific functions, including trig and logarithms. Panaplex display, 14
digit capacity. Automatic floating decimal.
Any Victor 4000-series Programmable Calculator
A series of four calculators, models 4800, 4700, 4600, and 4500.
Programmable printing-only calculator with magnetic card
reader for program/data storage. Model 4800 has up to 1000 program steps
and 102 register memory storage. 5x7 dot-matrix alphanumeric printer. 14-digit
capacity.
Any model Wanderer "Conti" Calculator
Desktop electronic printing calculators produced by German
company Wanderer Werke, AG. Numerous models, including the Conti 10, Conti R,
Conti 10R, Conti MR, Conti AF, Conti AFD, Conti D, Conti P, Conti M. Any
machines or documentation for these machines is wanted. Nixdorf Computer
later acquired exclusive rights to the Wanderer Conti calculators, and
provided the machines to OEM customers, most notably, Victor Comptometer
in the US. The machines were marketed by Victor as the Victor Model 1500.
Walther
ETR-1
Any Wang
LOCI-1 Calculator
Wang Laboratories' first electronic calculator, introduced
sometime in 1964. Quickly superceded by the Wang LOCI-2, which added more accuracy and programming capabilities.
Any Wang
100-series Calculators
Introduced in mid-1970, the 100-series calculators filled a
niche between the now dated Wang 300-series
calculators, and the higher-end Wang 700-Series
calculators. 12-digit capacity. Nixie display and print-only versions. Small and Medium-Scale
DTL & TTL Integrated circuits make up the logic of the machines. Models targeted
at business, scientific, and statistical applications.
Wang 370
Programming Keyboard
Programming Keyboard for Wang 300-series Calculating System.
Nixie tube display.
Wang 380
Programming Keyboard
Programming Keyboard for Wang 300-series Calculating System.
10-digit Nixie tube display, mag-tape cartridge in back of cabinet for program storage.
Any Wang
400-series Programmable Calculator
Wang's final generation of programmable electronic calculators.
Various models, including advanced statistics(Model 462), surveying(Model 487), and
scientific(Model 450, 452). Up to 320 steps of learn-mode programmability.
Approx. 10 1/2" Wide, 14" Deep, 5 1/2" High. Burroughs Panaplex-style
7-segment planar display versus Nixie tube displays of
earlier Wang calculators. Introduced late 1972/early 1973.
Uses solid-state MOS RAM and ROM versus magnetic RAM/ROM of earlier Wang
calculators. Design based on architecture of earlier Wang 700-series
calculators, but updated with newer IC technology.
Any Wang 500-series Programmable Calculator
Programmable 3nd Generation Wang Scientific Calculator.
Available as Model 500 or Model 520, with varying program step and
memory capacities. Single-row Nixie tube display. Optional built-in Magnetic
Cassette tape drive and 21-column 160LPM drum printer. Based on architecture
of Wang 700-series calculators, but somewhat
scaled back to reduce cost. Uses small and medium-scale integrated
circuit technology, with Wang's first use of solid state (Intel 2102
1Kx1 bit RAM) memory instead of magnetic core. Utilizes ferrite transformer
microcode store design of Wang 700-series.
Any Wang
C-series Desktop Calculator
Wang's last generation of desktop calculators. Very similar
to the 400-series calculators, but without learn-mode programming capabilities.
Burroughs Panaplex-style 7-segment planar display. Introduced late
1972/early 1973. Uses solid-state RAM and ROM versus magnetic RAM/ROM
of earlier Wang calculators.
Wyle Model WS-02 'Scientific' Electronic Calculator
Early desktop programmable, introduced in late 1964.
Eight inch integrated CRT display. Six lines of 24 digits (grouped in
three digit chunks) on display. One-key Square Root, three 'memory'
registers. Optional punched card reader. A product of Wyle Laboratories,
El Segundo, California.
Old Calculator Accessories and Documentation WANTED
Wang 301 Column Printer
Wang 300-Series drum impact printer peripheral, introduced
late 1969.
Wang 703 Data Editor
Punched paper-tape editor/reformatter peripheral for
Wang 700-Series programmable calculators. Allows
data to be fed to a Wang 700-Series calculator, with on-the-fly formatting
and blocking occurring as the tape is read. Rack-mounted or table-top
form factor, with the rackmount version adding a series of plugboards and
switches to allow the formatting and blocking operations to be configured.
High-speed eight-level paper tape reader reads data from punched tape
on command from the Wang 700-series calculator. Used primarily for input
of data to the Wang 700 calculator from other data processing or data
acquisition sources which generate punched tape as their output.
Book: "Calculator Users Guide and Directory", By Charles J. Sippl
Copyright 1976, Matrix Publishers, Champaign, Illinois. ISBN 0-916460-06-1.
Any manuals for Hewlett Packard HP-85
Memory Expansion or ROM Modules for Hewlett Packard HP-85
Magnetic Cards for Sony Sobax ICC-2500W or Sony Sobax ICC-2550W Calculators
Magnetic Cards for Texas Instruments SR-60 Calculator
Any manuals for Texas Instruments SR-60
Owner/Operator Manual: Sharp Compet 20
Other Related Items WANTED
McGraw-Hill Publishing's "Product Engineering" Magazine - February 24, 1969 Edition
Featuring Calculator Innovator Dr. An Wang. and New Wang 700 Calculator
McGraw-Hill Publishing's "Product Engineering" Magazine - February 24, 1969 Edition
Featuring Calculator Innovator Dr. An Wang. and New Wang 700 Calculator
Wang Laboratories "Field Facts" Magazines
An internal periodical published by Wang Laboratories, focusing
on providing information to the field sales and service forces on Wang's
calculator and other products.
Wang Laboratories "Programmer" Magazines
Monthly periodical published by Wang Laboratories, focusing
on their electronic calculator technology and its applications.
Specific editions wanted: July 1967 (Vol. 1, No. 1);
August 1967 (Vol. 1, No. 2), September 1967 (Vol. 1, No. 3);
November, 1969 (Vol. 3, No. 10); January, 1971 (Vol. 5, No. 2);
June, 1977 (Vol. 11, No. 2); December, 1977 (Vol. 11, No. 4)
Scientific American Magazines
Any "Scientific American" Magazines in good condition from 1963 through 1967, January-March 1968, and 1973 through 1975.
Radio-Electronics Magazines
Any "Radio-Electronics" Magazines in good condition from 1965
through 1975. Specifically looking for May, 1967 edition.
Administrative Management Magazines
Any "Administrative Management" (The Magazine of Methods, Personnel and Equipment)" Magazines in good condition
from 1961 through 1973.
Popular Electronics Magazines
Any "Popular Electronics" Magazines in good condition from 1963
through 1975. Specifically looking for November, 1971 issue.
Calculators and Related Items For Sale/Trade
The items listed here are for trade. If you have an interest in any of the items shown here, and have an item that you believe may be of interest to me, please EMail me. If you wish to purchase rather than trade, I'll consider offers, but generally prefer to trade if possible.
HP98210A String-Advanced Programming ROM Cartridge for HP9825
Works fine. Provides a number of enhancements to the HPL
programming environment on the 9825.
HP 98216A 9872A Plotter - General I/O - Extended I/O ROM Cartridge for HP9825
Works fine. Provides enhancements to HPL programming environment
to allow for I/O to external devices (via external device interfaces plugged
into the 9825) and plotting capabilities for the HP9872A Plotter. No
interfaces included, just the ROM cartridge.