| Marketed by: |
Commodore Business Machines, Inc. |
| Model Number: |
AL-1000 |
| Casio Internal ID: |
14B |
| Serial Number: |
Three Units in Museum |
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#1: 50923 |
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#2: 51601 (Faulty) |
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#3: 51294 |
| Date of Manufacture: |
#1: Early-1968 |
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#2: Mid-1968 |
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#3: Mid-1968 |
| Manufactured In: |
Japan, by Casio for Commodore under OEM agreement
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| Original Price: |
$1,495 |
| Weight: |
24 pounds |
| Size: |
15" Wide, 17 1/2" Deep, 9" High |
| Power Requirement: |
34 Watts, 117V AC |
| Display Technology: |
NEC-Made Nixie Tubes, type LD-866, 0-9 w/Right Hand Decimal
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Discrete Neon Sign (-) Indicator
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| Logic Technology: |
Discrete Transistor, 430 Transistors |
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14x8x4 Ferrite Core Memory for register/program storage |
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Ten Plug-In Circuit Boards |
| Digits of Capacity: |
14 |
| Decimal Modes: |
Full Floating w/thumbwheel selectable rounding position |
| Arithmetic Logic: |
Arithmetic |
| Math Functions: |
Four Function plus Square Root |
| Constant: |
No |
| Memories: |
4 Multi-Function (Two 14-digit signed, two 7-digit unsigned registers) |
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Can be used as accumulators, read-only constant registers, or store/recall |
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registers depending on memory mode switch setting. |
| Programmable: |
Yes, 30 steps. Strictly linear, no test/branch |
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Program codes stored in non-volatile core memory.
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| Base Clock Frequency: |
~66 KHz |
| Performance: |
Addition/Subtraction: 8ms |
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Multiplication/Division: 20-200ms |
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Square Root: 20-200ms |
| Notes: |
Designed & Manufactured for Commodore by Casio |
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Introduced by Casio in October, 1967.
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Casio claims AL-1000 to be the first programmable desktop |
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calculator. Not true. The Mathatronics Mathatron calculator holds this title.
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