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This page has links to reproductions of advertisements of vintage calculators on this website. They illustrate the transition from mechanical to electronic calculators, and the introduction of hand-held calculators.

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1957

• Sumlock and Plus (Bell Punch Co.), mechanical calculators.

1958

• Monroe LA7-160, mechanical calculator.

1960

• Comptometer Comptograph, mechanical calculator.

1961

• Calculating Services, a calculating service provider. Companies would provide calculators and operators.
• Olivetti Suma Prima 20, mechanical calculator.

1962

• Diehl V Series, mechanical calculator.
• Monroe 8N-213, mechanical calculator.
• Curta, hand-held mechanical calculator.
• Hamann 500, mechanical calculator.
• Friden SRW, mechanical calculator.
• Bohn Contex, mechanical calculator.
• Anita MkVIII, desktop electronic calculator. With the Anita MkVII was the first desktop electronic calculator.

1963

• Burroughs Duplex, mechanical calculator.
• Anita MkVIII and Comptometer 993S, desktop electronic and desktop mechanical calculators.
• Facit IC-13, mechanical calculator.
• Marchant, mechanical calculator.
• Olivetti Divisumma 24, mechanical calculator.
• Nisa, mechanical calculator.

1964

• IME 84rc, desktop electronic calculator. One of the first all-transistor calculators.
• Monroe LN160, IQ213, 8F213, Mach 1.07, mechanical calculators.
• Friden EC-130, desktop electronic calculator. One of the first all-transistor calculators.

1966

• Anita Mk10, desktop electronic calculator. Has Sterling currency (£sd) display capabilities.
• Sharp Compet 20, desktop electronic calculator.

1967

• Olympia RAE 4/15, desktop electronic calculator.
• Sharp Compet 15, Compet 20, Compet 21, Compet 30, desktop electronic calculators.
• Monroe Epic 2000 and Epic 3000, programmable, desktop electronic printing calculators.
• Monroe Epic 3000, programmable, desktop electronic printing calculator.

1968

• Olivetti Programma 101, programmable, desktop electronic printing calculator.
• Sharp CS-22A and CS-17B, desktop electronic calculators.
• Hewlett Packard 9100A, picture 2, desktop electronic calculator.
• Wang 300 Series, desktop electronic calculators.

1969

• Comptometer 993S, mechanical calculator.
• Commodore, mechanical calculator (British Sterling currency model).
• Sharp Micro Compet QT-8D, desktop electronic calculator. The first calculator with LSI (Large-Scale Integration) integrated circuits.

1970

• Addo Ten/3 MkII, desktop electronic calculator.
• Monroe 920, desktop electronic calculator.
• Sharp Micro Compet QT-8B, hand-held electronic calculator. The first hand-held (battery-powered) electronic calculator.
• Dictaphone, desktop electronic calculators.
• North American Rockwell Microelectronics Company, manufacturer of LSI calculator integrated circuits for Sharp.
• Precisa 364, mechanical calculator.

1971

• Singer-Friden 1116, desktop electronic calculator.
• Sharp EL-8, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Electronic Arrays, manufacturer of LSI calculator integrated circuits.
• Canon Canola L121, desktop electronic calculator.
• Adler 1200, desktop electronic calculator.
• Tektronix Scientist 909 and Statistician 911, desktop electronic calculators.

1972

• Commodore C110, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Sanyo ICC82D, ICC1122, ICC1415P, desktop and hand-held electronic calculators.
• Rapid Data Rapidman 800, hand-held electronic calculator.
• J.T.A. 8P, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Hewlett-Packard HP-35, the first hand-held scientific electronic calculator.
• Hewlett-Packard HP-35, the first hand-held scientific electronic calculator.
• Sinclair Executive, was then the thinnest calculator and the only calculator to be powered by button cells.
• Unicom 1000P and 1010P, desktop electronic calculator.
• Mostek Corporation, manufacturer of calculator integrated circuits.
• Texas Instruments Klixon keyboard, picture 2, high-quality calculator keyboard.
• Texas Instruments TI-2500 Datamath, hand-held electronic calculator.

1973

• Hitachi KK-181B, KK-521, KK-521P, desktop and hand-held electronic calculators.
• Hewlett Packard HP-80, the first hand-held financial electronic calculator.
• Rapid Data Rapidman 800, Rapidman 801, Rapidman 1208LC, Rapidman 1212, Rapid Printer 2000, picture 2, desktop and hand-held electronic calculators. The Rapidman 1208LC was one of the first calculators with a Liquid Crystal display.
• Bowmar MX50, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Sinclair Cambridge, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Otis King, cylindrical slide-rule. This was about the last gasp for the slide rule.
• Litronix 1100, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Advance mini Executive, hand-held electronic calculator.

1974

• Heathkit IC-2006, hand-held electronic calculator, catalog listing.
• Heathkit IC-2009, hand-held electronic calculator, catalog listing.
• Texas Instruments SR-11, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Hewlett-Packard HP-65, picture 2, the first programmable hand-held electronic calculator.

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