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Adler
(German company, was a division of Litton Industries)
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Adler LS822 (yellow LCD)
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Baron
(We have no details about this company, if you have any information please get in touch)
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Baron LCD Calculator (yellow LCD), 4-function, %, memory, sq. rt., change sign, 2-button cells, 114x62x10mm / 4.5x2.4x0.4", Japan.
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Busicom (these LCD
calculators under the Busicom name were probably sourced by the British company Broughtons of Bristol, which acquired the rights to the name after Busicom went out of business)
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Busicom LCD119 (yellow LCD), 4-function, %, memory, square root, 2-AA rep. batt., 86x136x28mm / 3.4x5.4x1.1".
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Canon (Japanese company)
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Canon Palmtronic LC-5 (yellow LCD), photo with unusual battery cover removed,
4-function, %, memory, square root, Lithium "coin" cell, 68x115x5mm / 2.7x4.5x0.2", c1976, Japan.
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Casio
(Japanese company)
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Casio College fx-80 (yellow LCD).
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Casio fx-58 (grey LCD), scientific functions and clock/stopwatch, credit card sized, late 1970s.
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Casio MG-880 (grey LCD), game and melody calculator. Has a rudimentary game and you can play tunes on it - manufacturers were starting to add other features to boost sales, 113x68x7mm / 4.4x2.7x0.3".
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Casio micro-mini (M800) (yellow LCD), in fitted case,
tiny but thick calculator, 4-function, 43x62x14mm / 1.7x2.4x0.6", 1976, was also available with a grey LCD, see below. Featured calculator
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Casio micro-mini (M800) (grey LCD), in fitted case,
tiny but thick calculator, 4-function, 43x62x14mm / 1.7x2.4x0.6", 1976, was also available with a yellow LCD. Featured calculator
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Casio micro-mini (M810) (yellow LCD), tiny but thick calculator, 4-function, %, memory, 43x62x14mm / 1.7x2.4x0.6", 1976. Featured calculator.
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Casio Mini Card LC-78 (yellow LCD), the first credit card sized calculator. Featured calculator.
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Casio Mini Card LC-78G (yellow LCD), looks identical to the LC-78. Featured calculator.
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Casio MQ-1 (yellow LCD), tiny calculator with clock. Featured calculator.
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Casio MQ-2 (yellow LCD), tiny calculator with clock. Featured calculator.
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Casio pocket-LC, 4-function, %, memory, 8 digits yellow LCD, 2-button cells, 63110x13mm
/ 2.5x4.3x0.5", 1975, Japan, the first calculator to use the now standard TN (Twisted Nematic) LCD with its black numerals. Featured calculator
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Casio pocket-LC II, 4-function, %, memory, 8 digits yellow LCD, 1-AA rep. batt.,
63110x17mm / 2.5x4.3x0.7", 1976, Japan. Featured calculator.
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Commodore (CBM - Commodore Business Machines - Canadian/U.S.A. company. See the Calculator Companies section for more information.)
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Commodore CIL55PD (yellow LCD), 10 digits, 4-function, %, memory, square root, 4-AA rep. batt., 114x238x40mm / 4.5x9.4x1.6", Japan.
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Commodore CIL-80 (grey LCD), 8 digits, 4-function, %, memory, 2- button cells, 92x60x5mm / 3.8x2.4x0.2", Japan.
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Commodore LC43SR, photo2 (yellow LCD).
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Commodore LC4512 (yellow LCD), scientific, 2-AA rep. batt., 78x160x23mm / 3.1x6.3x0.9", Japan.
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Commodore LC5K3 (yellow LCD), inside, 4-function,
%, memory, square root, 2x button cells, c1978, Japan.
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Commodore LC925 (yellow LCD), 4-function, %, memory, square root, 2-AA rep. batt., 75x139x30 mm / 3.0x5.5x1.2", Hong Kong, similar to vfd display model 9R25.
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Dataking
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Dataking LC800 (reflective LCD) model made by Rockwell, unusually powered by two PP3 9v batteries (1973-74).
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Decimo
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Decimo Goldfinger World Traveller (yellow LCD), 4 function, %, memory, square root, time/alarm, gold-coloured finish.
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Elektronika
(made in U.S.S.R.)
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Elektronika B3-30 (yellow LCD), 4-function, quare root, 70x109x10mm / 2.75x4.3x0.4", 2-button cells, looks similar to Sharp EL-8020.
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Enterprex
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Enterprex MS-1500 (yellow LCD), 4-function, %, memory, 2-silver oxide cells, Taiwan.
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General Electric (Sold by Australian General Electric Distribution/(Appliances) Pty. Limited.)
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General Electric Genius 78 (yellow LCD), %, memory, square root, clock, stop watch, 68x135x8mm / 2.7x5.3x0.3", China.
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Ibico
(Swiss office equipment company, calculators made in Japan.)
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ibico 086 (reflective LCD), same as Dataking LC-800.
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Ingersoll
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Ingersoll XK100 Micro Cassette Recorder/Calculator combination (yellow LCD), 4-functions, %, memory, square root, 65x147x27mm / 2.6x5.8x1.1", Japan.
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Lloyd's
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Lloyd's Accumatic 40 (reflective LCD), same as Dataking LC-800.
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Maruman
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Maruman cigarette-lighter/calculator yellow LCD, photo 2. Details.
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Mathix
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Mathix 1502 (yellow LCD), 4-function, %, memory, sq. rt., change sign, 116x67x9mm / 4.6x2.6x0.4".
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Prismatic
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Prismatic 500 (aka P500) (reflective LCD), same as Dataking LC-800.
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Ragen
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Ragen Microelectronic Calculator. Early low-cost, LCD calculator, probably never went on sale -
announced early 1972. Featured calculator.
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Royal (Royal Typewriter Company. U.S. company, distributed in Britain by Imperial Typewriter Company, both Litton Industries companies)
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Royal MemoCalc (yellow LCD) - unusual mini-cassette recorder/calculator.
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Royal Solar I (yellow LCD), one of the first models to employ solar cells. Featured calculator.
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Sears
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Sears LC-80 (grey LCD), 4-function, %, Hong Kong.
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Sharp (Japanese company - One of the most innovative calculator manufacturers with many firsts to its name. Its first LCD models used its COS (Crystal on Substrate technology). For more information about Sharp see the Calculator Companies section.)
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Sharp EL-805 (reflective COS LCD), the first pocket-sized LCD calculator, 1973. Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-808 (reflective LCD). Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-5805 (grey LCD), circuit board front, circuit board rear, c1977, Japan, early use of a, now standard, grey LCD in a calculator.
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Sharp EL-8001 (reflective LCD). Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8008, photo of display (reflective LCD). Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8009 & EL-8019 folding "clam-shell case" calculators. Sharp EL-8009 (reflective LCD). Sharp EL-8019 (yellow LCD), available in 4 different finishes, 2 metallic and 2 leather-type. Sharp EL-8009 is a Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8009S (reflective LCD), clam-shell case. Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8010, rear with batteries (reflective LCD). Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8015 (reflective LCD). Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8026 (grey LCD), the first calculator with solar cells,
on the back! for recharging the batteries. Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8110 (reflective COS LCD). Featured calculator.
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Sharp EL-8125 (grey LCD), 4-function, %, memory, sq. rt., 8 digits grey LCD, 3-button cells, 110x66x5mm / 4.3x2.6x0.2", Japan.
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Sharp PC-1211 (yellow LCD), one of the world's first pocket computers, programmable in Basic, 1980. Featured calculator.
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Silver Reed
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Silver Reed LCD-21, 4-function, %, memory, sq. rt., 8
digits yellow LCD, 2-button cells, 105x61x8mm / 4.1x2.4x0.3".
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Teal (Tokyo Electronic Application Laboratory Ltd., Japan, and Teal Industries Inc., Carson, California, U.S.A. For more information see the Calculator Companies section of this site.)
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Teal LC-842 (yellow LCD).
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Teal Photon version 1, Teal Photon version 2, (yellow
LCD), one of the first solar powered calculators. Featured calculator.
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Texas Instruments
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Texas Instruments DataChron (yellow LCD), inside,
4-function, %, memory, square root, clock, stop watch, 2x button cells, 68x135x11mm / 2.7x5.3x0.4", Japan, c1976.
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Texas Instruments LC2500 "Minimath" (full view), Texas Instrument's LCD version of the
Datamath from late 1972 (prototype or very limited production model). Close-up of LCD display Featured calculator
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Timex
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Timex Timemate (yellow LCD), calculator and alarm clock. Details.
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Toshiba
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Toshiba LC-825 (yellow LCD), 4-function, %, memory, square root, 111x64x6mm / 4.4x2.5x0.25", Japan, c1980.
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Toshiba LC-830 (yellow LCD), inside, 4-function, %, memory, square root, Japan.
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