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Old Calculator Web Museum Change History
Last Updated 8/16/2008
This page documents the change history of the Old Calculator Web Museum over time. Changes are listed in order newest to oldest. Links are included where appropriate.
8/16/2008
Added Marketing Brochure
for the Wang 600 Series
calculators to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
8/12/2008
Added new exhibit: Wang 462 Statistal Programmable
Added new "Tech Note" Wang 400-Series Known Program Codes to the Articles & Other
Information section.
8/9/2008
Minor updates to the
Compucorp 140 exhibit.
7/3/2008
Updated the Wang 600 exhibit to include some tidbits about a solid-state Microcode ROM that may
have been offered in production (in place of the wire-rope/ferrite transistor
ROM), or as a factory replacement part.
7/23/2008
Updates to the Wanted page for
the Wyle WS-02
Updated the History of Compucorp
article to include a better photo of the Wyle Laboratories WS-02 calculator.
Special thanks to Randy Liebermann for providing some old calculator advertising
literature that he has in his collection for scanning and presentation in the Old Calculator Web Museum.
7/16/2008
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
7/2/2008
Updates to the
Wanted page.
5/26/2008
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
4/7/2008
Updated the FAQ
document in the Articles
section.
Updated the EMail
page to include additional information regarding repair recommendations
for calculators.
3/15/2008
Minor updates to the Hewlett Packard 9100B exhibit.
3/9/2008
Updated the Wang 720C exhibit to
include new information regarding a "preview" of the HP 9100A given to Dr.
Wang by Bill Hewlett of Hewlett Packard. Thanks to Steve Leibson
of HP9825.COM for
allowing use of this tidbit of information gleaned from an interview that
he did in February of 2008 with Tom Osborne, chief designer of the HP 9100A.
For more wonderful insights on the development of the 9100A, and to be able
to view the video of the interview with Tom Osborne, please visit Steve's Story of the Development of the HP 9100A.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
2/17/2008
Updated the
History of Compucorp article in the
Articles & Other Information
section. Added photo of Compucorp 275 Banker to the paper.
2/17/2008
Added Advertisement
for the Control Data Corporation "Remote Calculator" to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
1/5/2008
Added Advertisement
for the Canon 167 electronic calculator to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
1/2/2008
Added early (April, '68) version of the "Why Companies Standardize on Wang Electronic Calculators" Advertisement
for the Wang 300-Series
calculators to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
1/1/2008
Happy New Year!
Added early (February, 1969) Advertisement
for the Wang 700 calculator to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/27/2007
Added April, 1966 Advertisement
for the Mathatronics Model I calculator to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added August, 1965 Advertisement
for the Wyle Laboratories "Scientific" Electronic Calculator to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/24/2007
Added March, 1968 Advertisement for the Wang 300-Series calculators to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added May, 1966 Advertisement
for the unique expansion unit for the Mathatronics Version I calculators to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/20/2007
Update to the Commodore AL-1000 exhibit.
Sincere thanks to Matthew Currie for donation of a very nice, early
serial-number AL-1000 in fully operating condition to the Old Calculator
Museum.
Updated the Thanks &
Acknowledgements page to ackknowledge Mr. Currie's donation.
12/10/2007
Added March, 1968 Advertisement for the Mathatronics 8-48 Model II to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/9/2007
Added Jaunuary, 1968 Advertisement for the Monroe EPIC 3000 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
8/28/2007
Added front cover of Advanced Programming Reference Manual for Monroe 1800 Models to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Sincere thanks to John Engels for donation of this document to the Old Calculator Web Museum.
Added a new story to the "Recollections & Reflections"
section of the Articles & Other Information
page, about use of a Monroe 1880 calculator by Mr. John Engels at the Oregon
Bureau of Land Management to revolutionize the way that land management
calculations were performed. Mr Engels' story outlines the "discovery" of the power of the Monroe 1880
"Adding Machine" that was one day dropped on his desk, that eventually
resulted in a letter from then President Gerald Ford commending Mr.
Engels for his work in saving the BLM thousands of dollars by increasing
productivity.
8/25/2007
Updated the Wang LOCI-2
exhibit to include more accurate information about the Wang Laboratories
Linasec machine. Special thanks to George Finn for providing a great deal of
insight as to the true nature of the Linasec.
7/26/2007
Added Partial Line Advertisement for Sharp Calculators, Circa 1973 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
7/15/2007
Added Initial Wholesale Price List for the Casio Mini to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added Marketing Handout for the Casio Mini to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
7/14/2007
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
7/13/2007
Added Marketing Flyer for the Casio Mini to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
7/6/2007
Added Early Specification Sheet for the NCR 18-1 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
7/5/2007
Added the NCR 18-15 calculator to the
Wanted page.
7/2/2007
Added the NCR 18-1 calculator to the
Wanted page.
6/27/2007
Added Marketing Document for the NCR 18-3 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added the NCR 18-3 to the
Wanted page.
6/7/2007
Updated the Master H-1
exhibit to include information about SCM's OEM version of the machine,
marketed as the SCM F-16.
6/5/2007
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
5/14/2007
Updated the Commodore C112
exhibit to include information about "early" and "late" versions of the
calculator. Sincere thanks to Mark Wyman for providing information and photos
of his later C112.
5/5/2007
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
4/30/2007
Updated the
Sharp QT-8D exhibit with additional information relating to a copy
of the QT-8D made in the Soviet Union.
4/28/2007
Added Advertisement for the Toshiba BC-1412 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
3/2/2007
Added Wang 100-Series marketing brochure to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
3/1/2007
Added Sharp Compet 32 marketing brochure to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
2/25/2007
Added Sharp Compet 22 marketing brochure to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added February, 1973 Casio Electronic Calculator Retail Price List to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added Mathatronics Mathatron "CS" Calculator/Computer System Brochure to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
2/22/2007
Added Sharp Compet 17 marketing brochure to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
1/20/2007
Updated the
Cintra/Tektronix 909 exhibit with additional information. Special thanks to
Mr. Jack Gilmore for sharing some of his experiences as a Tektronix engineer involved in the reimplementation of the Cintra/Tektronix 909 into the Tektronix
Model 21 and 31 calculators.
11/24/2006
Updated the
Wang 700-Series Architecture Document to include information about a
mysterious microcode function (MOP14), which is listed in known Wang
documentation as an illegal or spare function, but has found to be used within
700-Series calculator microcode. Further evidence indicates that this particular
MOP code (1110) is also referenced in schematics, but the logic behind its
function is quite convoluted, and has yet to be deciphered. If anyone out
there knows the function of MOP14, please get in touch.
For now, this function remains a mystery, and the document has been updated
to reflect this mystery.
11/21/2006
Updated the
Wanted page to include the MITS 816 calculator. Thanks to Steve Shepard for
supplying a nice photo of his original MITS 816.
11/20/2006
Updated the
History of Compucorp essay in the
Articles & Other Information
section. Added reference to the Compucorp Model 322G. Thanks to Tom Cham
for pointing out this previously unknown (to the author) model.
11/19/2006
Added new exhibit: MITS 7440 Scientific
Added MITS 7440 Operation Manual
to the Advertising & Documentation
section.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
11/17/2006
Added Wang 700 Programming Form
to the Advertising & Documentation
section. This document is in PDF form, and is suitable for printing and use as a programming form for Wang 700-Series calculators.
11/11/2006
Updated the
Friden 1152 exhibit
to include additional photo of an OEM replacement ink roller.
11/5/2006
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
9/10/2006
Added Data Sheet for the
Wang 710-1 Fixed/Removable Disk Drive.
Updated Data Sheet for the Wang 701 Output Writer in the Advertising &
Documentation Archive.
Added Data Sheet for the
Wang 711 I/O Writer
to the Advertising & Documentation Archive.
Updated Data Sheet for the
Wang 703 Paper Tape Editor
in the Advertising & Documentation Archive.
Added Data Sheet for the
Wang 704 Punched Card Reader
to the Advertising & Documentation Archive.
Added Data Sheet for the
Wang 706/707 Teletype Interface
to the Advertising & Documentation Archive.
Added Prelimiary Data Sheet for the
Wang 712 Flat Bed Analog Plotter
to the Advertising & Documentation Archive.
Added Prelimiary Data Sheet for the
Wang 612 Flat Bed Analog Plotter
to the Advertising & Documentation Archive.
9/9/2006
Added Data Sheet for the
Wang 705-1A "MicroFace" External Device Interface
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
Added Front Cover for the Wang 500 Reference Manual to the Advertising &
Documentation Archive.
Added Wang 600 Specifications to the Advertising &
Documentation Archive.
8/30/2006
Major update to the Commodore AL-1000 exhibit.
7/26/2006
Added new exhibit: Remington-Rand EDC-III.
7/10/2006
Added image of original
Wang 700-Series Equipment Purchase Agreement dated May, 1972.
Thanks to Morris and David Greene for donation of this document to the Old Calculator Web Museum.
6/23/2006
Updated the Links page to include
a link to Jim Battle's Wang 2200.org website, documenting Wang's early computers running BASIC that were
follow on designs from Wang's high-end desktop electronic calculators.
6/6/2006
Added image of front over of the July, 1971 version of
the Wang 720 A/B Standard Trigonometric Program
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
Thanks to Morris and David Greene for donation of this document to the Old Calculator Web Museum.
5/27/2006
Updated the
Wanted page to include additional
information relating to two different versions of the Sperry Remington EDC-III,
the EDC-III and EDC-IIIA. Also removed the Canon 167P from the Wanted list.
5/6/2006
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
4/12/2006
Updated the Links page to include
a link to Nathan Zeldes' Possibly Interesting Website. A fun site to visit, with a section on vintage
calculating and computing machines, along with many other interesting topics.
4/9/2006
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
3/12/2006
Updated the
Compucorp 120 exhibit
to include additional information relating Monroe's OEM version of the
Compucorp 120, the Monroe 1652.
Added new exhibit: Sharp Compet 241.
3/9/2006
Updated the Sharp Compet 30
page in the Wanted section to include additional
information relating to two different versions of the Compet 30, the CS-30A,
and the CS-30B.
3/3/2006
Updated the Links page to include
a link to Dutch collector Nico Baaijens' " Calculating Machines - My Collection" site.
A fine and nicely presented collection of mechanical
calculating machines.
2/11/2006
Updated the Denon DEC-61A4
exhibit to include photos of some of the circuit boards in the machine.
1/18/2006
Added
Advertisement for the ill-fated Victor 3900 electronic calculator
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
1/11/2006
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
1/10/2006
Updated the Sharp Compet 20 and
Sharp Compet 16 exhibits
to include additional information on introduction dates of numerous Sharp
calculators as kindly provided by Mr. Iwase and Mr. Kimiya of Sharp
Corporation in Japan.
1/7/2006
Updated the Wang 144T Scientific exhibit to clear up the mystery of the "LRN" button. Thanks go out
to Mr. Andrew Klesh, a former Wang employee, for writing to the museum
with the solution to this mystery.
1/2/2006
Added new exhibit: Canon 130S. Sincere thanks to Katie Wasserman for donation of this wonderful artifact to the Old Calculator Web Museum.
Updated the Thanks &
Acknowledgements page to include credit to a number of recent contributors
to the museum.
12/27/2005
Updated the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section to include information about Sharp Corporation being
honored by receiving an IEEE Milestone Award. This award was established by
the IEEE in 1983, and is awarded in recognition of outstanding
historical achievement in areas of electrical and electronic engineering.
See Sharp's Press Release for more information on this great honor bestowed to
Sharp Corporation.
11/13/2005
Added Early Product
Marketing Datasheet for the
Friden EC-1115 calculator
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
11/9/2005
Added Early Product
Marketing Datasheet for the
Friden EC-1114 calculator
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
10/15/2005
Added Product Spec. Sheet
for the Wang 701 Output Writer
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
10/14/2005
Added new exhibit: Toshiba "TOSCAL" BC-1411. A debt is owed to Mr. George Kania for making it
possible for the museum to acquire this great artifact.
9/21/2005
Update to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
9/18/2005
Added page to the Wanted
section for the Diehl Combitron.
Added page to the Wanted
section for the Philips P-251.
Special thanks to Martin Willemsen for the great photos of his machines.
Update to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
9/10/2005
Added new exhibit: Wang 144T Scientific. Sincere thanks to my Mom & Dad for making the acquisition
of this rare machine possible.
Updated the Wang IC Reference Tech Note to include additional IC Part Numbers.
8/24/2005
Added new exhibit: Wang C-52 Advanced Scientific. Sincere thanks to Sean Meskill for donation of this machine to the Old Calculator Museum.
8/19/2005
Added cover of the
Preliminary Programmer's Guide for the Olivetti P602
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
8/17/2005
Added Product Spec. Sheet
for the Wang 711 I/O Writer
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
8/16/2005
Added Pre-introduction Advertisement for
the Wang 600-Series Desktop Electronic Calculators
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
8/5/2005
Update to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section to announce the death of Hiro Moyriyasu on
July 31. Mr. Moriyasu was a prolific engineer and skilled leader at Tektronix
for many years. He invented the concept of a digital storage oscilloscope; was
involved in the formation of the Tektronix calculator division with the acquisition of Cintra; a key player in the development of the groundbreaking
Tektronix 4051 desktop computer, which set IBM on its heels; and after his
tenure at Tektronix, forming two companies involved in high-tech development.
Mr. Moriyasu was 70 years old.
7/30/2005
Update to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section, announcing the passing of Dr. Irwin Wunderman, founder
of Cintra, on July 27. (For more information, see the exhibit on the Cintra/Tektronix 909. The exhibit is now permanently dedicated to the memory of this brilliant man.
7/16/2005
Updated the FAQ
document in the Articles
section.
7/15/2005
Created a new page to document the on-going project to create the "brick and mortar" (actually, wood & nails) Old Calculator Museum. This is
a work-in-process, and will be updated from time to time as the project continues. The page is called The Old Calculator Physical Museum, and is hosted in the Articles & Other
Information section.
7/14/2005
Updated the
Cintra/Tektronix 909 exhibit with a couple of additional photos of Cintra's initial employees and the company's first headquarters.
7/8/2003
Updated the SCM/Marchant
Cogito 240SR exhibit to add a photo of one of the circuit boards in
the machine.
7/6/2005
Updated the Links page to include
a link to Takaharu Yoshida's Calculator Site. A nice site with some great machines, including a Busicom 141PF, and an extremely unusual Sharp Compet 16 with Itron display. Great photographs of the machines inside and out. Note that most text is Japanese, but some English is interspersed.
6/21/2005
Update to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section, announcing the passing of Jack Kilby on 20-Jun-2005.
6/3/2005
Updated the Links page to correct the
link to Emil Dudek's Vintage Technology Website
5/10/2005
Minor updates to the Monroe 620 and
Monroe 650 exhibits.
Added a number of different early Sanyo calculators to the Wanted page.
5/6/2005
Updated the Links page to correct the
link to Alex Knight's Electronic Calculator History & Technology Museum
4/29/2005
Added advertisement for
the Victor 1800-Series Desktop Electronic Calculators
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
4/23/2005
Major update to the
SCM 240SR exhibit to include a great deal of more inforamation on
the story of Stan Frankel's calculator design, a connection with
Electrosolids Corp and the formation of Computron Corporation, and how
SCM ended up acquiring Computron and selling the calculator that had
been developed. Sincere thanks to Joseph Strick (President of Electrosolids)
for providing all of this information.
Updated the Links page to include
a link to Mark
Glusker's "Mechanical Calculating" site..
3/7/2004
Updated the Links page to include
a link to Ugo Mainieri's Collection of Calculating Tools.
3/4/2005
Update to the
Friden 1162 exhibit to add photo of inside of the Friden 116x-series
delay line.
2/23/2005
Added advertisement for
the Victor 4800 Programmable Desktop Electronic Calculator
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive.
2/16/2005
Added page to the Wanted
section for the Data Acquisition
Corp. DAC-512. Sincere thanks
to Charles Falconer, the chief architect/designer of the machine, for
providing a great deal of information relating to this wonderful machine.
Added videos of two vintage television advertisements for the Sharp EL-8 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive.
Warning - Videos are large (28 - 30 Megabytes, in MPEG-2 format), and are
hosted on my home server, so downloads may take a while. Videos are courtesy
the Perlinger Archives.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
2/6/2005
Added
schematic for
the power supply of Wang 200/300-Series Simultaneous
(210SE, 250SE, 320SE, 360SE) calculators to the
Wang 200/300-Series Logibloc
Inventory Tech Note.
1/22/2005
Update to the
Monroe 1860 exhibit to add scan of Monroe 1800-Series Mark Sense Program Card. Sincere thanks to Andrew M. Andrews III for donation of a large supply of these cards to the Old Calculator Web Museum.
1/19/2005
Added page to the Wanted
section for the Ricoh Ricomac 1200. Thanks
to Martin Willemsen for kindly providing the photo of his machine.
Some updates to the Commodore C112
exhibit, including addition of Spec Sheet.
1/14/2005
Added advertisement
to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive, touting the virtues of Monroe's customer service,
featuring a Monroe 740 calculator
tied to a customer service rep.
1/9/2005
Minor updates to the
Monroe 1860 exhibit.
12/29/2004
Updated the
Monroe 1920 exhibit to improve some photos, and add a photo of the
companion Statistical machine, the Monroe 1930, to the exhibit. Thanks
to Bernadette Fase for allowing use of the photo of the 1930.
Added front cover image of the
Olivetti Programma 101 General Reference Manual to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive
section.
11/26/2004
Updated the Links page to include
a link to Emil Dudek's Vintage Technology Calculator Page.
10/25/2004
Added front cover of Operating Instruction manual for the Monroe 1880 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Added front cover of Programming Reference manual for the Monroe 1880 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Thanks to Jeff Ritow for donation of these documents to the Old Calculator Web Museum.
Updated the Monroe 1860 exhibit
to include photo of second-design magnetic card.
Thanks to Jeff Ritow for
donation of an assortment of Monroe magnetic cards to the museum.
Added Friden 5005 Computyper
calculator to the Wanted page.
10/18/2004
Updated the
SCM 240SR exhibit to include more information on the magnetostrictive
delay line used in the machine.
10/15/2004
Updated the
SCM 240SR exhibit to remove information crediting Stanley Frankel
with the development of the MINIAC computer. This information turned
out to be incorrect. Sincere thanks to Mr. Steve Leibson for
his in-depth research on Mr. Frankel which clarified many aspects of
Frankel's work.
9/10/2004
Updated the
Victor 1800-1441 exhibit to include more detail regarding display
driver circuitry. Thanks to Godfrey Leggett for information about the
hybrid driver modules.
Various updates to the Thanks &
Acknowledgements page.
8/18/2004
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
8/15/2004
Added descriptive page to the Wanted
page for the NCR 18-16. Thanks
to John Kennedy for kindly providing the photo of his machine.
8/13/2004
Added advertisement for
Remington EDC-III to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
8/11/2004
Added additional advertisement for
Toshiba BC-1411 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
8/3/2004
Updated the
Wang 700-Series Logibloc Inventory to include more board schematics.
Updated the
Wang 700-Series Architecture Document to include additional microcode
opcode information.
8/2/2004
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
8/1/2004
Added new exhibit: Sharp EL-160.
Purged entries >2 years old from this change log.
7/28/2004
Added Sharp Compet 662
calculator to the Wanted page.
7/25/2004
Added new exhibit: Victor 14-322.
7/5/2004
Added more detail to the
Sharp Compet 361
calculator in the Wanted page.
Added more detail to the
Sharp Compet 12
calculator in the Wanted page.
7/2/2004
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
Updated the
Sharp Compet 22 exhibit to include more detail regarding the introduction
date of the machine.
6/21/2004
Added the
Sperry Remington/Rand EDC-III
calculator to the Wanted page.
Thanks to Jan Roosen for allowing the museum to use his photo of this machine.
6/5/2004
Updated the Links page.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
5/27/2004
Updates to the Compucorp 140 exhibit to include information about the function of the "LEFT" and "RIGHT" keys. Thanks to Mr. Anders Classon for explaining the function of these previously
mysterious keys.
5/8/2004
Added the
Facit 1125
calculator to the Wanted page.
Thanks to Rainer Fredrich for providing the nice photo of this machine.
5/2/2004
Significant updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
4/24/2004
Added datasheet for the
Cintra f(x) Repeater to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive
section.
4/22/2004
Updated the
Sharp Compet 363P exhibit with photos of magnetic card and storage sleeve.
Updated the Thanks &
Acknowledgements page to include Dr. Irwin Wunderman, founder and
President of Cintra.
4/19/2004
Added
Cintra Lease and Rental Terms document to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive
section.
Added
Cintra Scientist 909 advertisement to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive
section.
Added
Cintra 926 Programmer advertisement to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive
section.
Thanks to Irwin Wunderman for contributing copies of the original
Cintra advertisements from his archives.
4/15/2004
Added
Wang Sales Strategy document for the 100/500/600/700-Series
calculators to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive
section. Thanks to Dennis McNurland for contributing the scan of this
interesting document.
4/14/2004
Added image of front cover of
Wang "Field Facts" periodical to the
Wanted page.
Added image of front cover of
Wang "Field Facts" periodical to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section. Thanks to Dennis McNurland for contributing the scan of the cover of this uncommon periodical.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
2/17/2004
Added cover of
Victor 14-321 Operator's Handbook to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
2/16/2004
Updated the
Cintra/Tektronix 909 exhibit with additional information.
Added additional photo of the
Burroughs C7400 calculator to the
Wanted page. Thanks to Richard Brain for providing a nice photo
of his machine.
Museum News:For the next 12 to 14 months, the Old Calculator Web
Museum will see limited updates due the curator moving into temporary
quarters while awaiting the construction of a new home. All of the museum's
machines are in storage during this time. Once the new home
is completed, the museum will be moved into a 1800 sq. ft. heated/air conditioned
shop building which is currently serving as storage for all of our household
items (furniture, and many, many boxes of stuff) which will serve as a
physical museum, as well as the workshop for performing calculator restoration
and maintenance. For a period of time between February 5, 2004, and February
13, 2004, EMail directed to the museum bounced during the time the our
server was offline for the move. If you sent EMail to the museum during
this time, please resend your message.
1/16/2004
Added new Burroughs C-3000 Series Ad to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Updated link to Shinichiro Osaki's Pocket Calculator Museum site on the
Links page.
1/3/2004
Added a photo for the
Busicom 207
calculator in the Wanted page.
Other various updates to the Wanted
page.
1/1/2004
Added a page for the
Uchida Yoko USAC 10B
calculator to the Wanted page.
More updates to the Burroughs C-3350 exhibit.
12/30/2003
Added a page for the
Casio AL-1000S
calculator to the Wanted page.
Updates to the Commodore AL-1000 exhibit to include vintage photo of AL-1000S calculator.
12/28/2003
Added the
Canon Canola 167, Casio 101P
and Busicom 141
calculators to the Wanted page.
Updates to the Sharp Compet 20 exhibit to include 1967 photos of Compet calculator assembly line, and assembly line power supply testing.
Updates to the Canon 161 exhibit to include 1967 photos of Canon electronic calculator factory final assembly & test area.
12/26/2003
Added the
NCM/Busicom 202
and Toshiba BC-1402 calculators to the
Wanted page.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
Updated the exhibit on the Burroughs
C-3350 exhibit to include more information on its relationship to the
Sharp Compet 32.
Numerous updates to various exhibit specification sheets.
Numerous updates to various pages in the Wanted section.
12/16/2003
Added new Toshiba BC-1412 Ad to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/14/2003
Added new Friden 130/132 Ad to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/12/2003
Added Wang 300-Series Price List to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/11/2003
Added Wang 300-Series Service Maintenance Program Price Sheet to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
12/7/2003
Added Wang 300-Series Electronic Calculators Brochure to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Updated the
History of Compucorp essay in the
Articles & Other Information
section.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
12/1/2003
Added advertisement introducing three
new SCM/Marchant calculators, including the Cogito 240SR, to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
11/29/2003
Added advertisement for the Marchant Figuremaster to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Many thanks to Michael Cain for donation of this vintage ad to the museum.
11/26/2003
Added Data Sheet for Busicom 2017/207 programmable electronic calculator to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
10/25/2003
Updated preview exhibit for the Mathatronics Mathatron 8-48MII to include additional photos.
11/24/2003
Added Flyer for Busicom 162C to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
11/19/2003
Added very early advertisement
for the
Friden 130
electronic calculator to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Updates to the Burroughs C-3660 exhibit.
Added Burroughs C-3660 Product Flyer to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Sincere thanks to Mr. Thomas Roughton for donation of this teim to the museum.
11/14/2003
Added Mathatron 8-48M Information Sheet to the Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
11/13/2003
Added Ad Flyer for Mathatron III Calculator System to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added Computers & Automation magazine March, '64 New Product Article to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Added Mathatronics, Inc. October, '64 Price List to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive page.
Thanks to the Charles Babbage Institute for providing copies of old Mathatronics materials in their archives.
11/12/2003
Added the
Busicom 162C to the
Wanted page.
Sincere thanks to Mr. Peter Broughton for providing the image of the 162C
11/3/2003
Updated the Wanted
page to add a number of additional machines the museum is seeking.
11/2/2003
Updated the NCR 18-2
exhibit to include information about machines OEM'd by NCR from Busicom.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section to include information on introduction
dates for some Busicom calculators.
10/31/2003
Added the Busicom 2017
/ 2017P to the Wanted page.
Updated the
History of Compucorp essay in the
Articles & Other Information
section, adding additional information about one of the calculators
designed by Wyle Labs for marketing by Busicom, the Busicom 2017.
Thanks to Mr. Peter Broughton for providing information and images
of the machines.
.
10/21/2003
Added cover of
Sharp Model CSA-12 "Memorizer 60" to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Added copy of
Sales Invoice for Sharp CSA-12 "Memorizer 60" to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
10/4/2003
Added link to Dan Veeneman's Calculator Collection site to the
Links page.
10/2/2003
Added preview exhibit for new acquisition: Mathatronics Mathatron 8-48M
Added Sperry-Remington 663 to the calculator list. This
calculator came to the museum through a generous donation from Mr. Eli
Messenger of Oakland, CA. The exhibit for the machine will be forthcoming.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
9/24/2003
Coming Soon: Victor 1400-321. CRT Display calculator from
1970, utilizing small scale bipolar logic, and a couple of early MOS shift
register integrated circuits as recirculating working register storage.
9/10/2003
Updated the SCM/Marchant
Cogito 240SR exhibit to include information about Thomas Osborne's early
and short-lived involvement in the 240SR project at SCM.
9/4/2003
Updated the
Sharp Compet 22 exhibit to include a photo and additional information
about the Sharp CSA-12
Memorizer-60 accessory that could be connected to the Compet 22 to allow simple
learn-mode programming capabilities. Sincere thanks to Dick Rubenstein for
providing the photo of this device to the museum.
8/29/2003
Updated the
Sharp Compet 22 exhibit with additional information on the "Memorizer"
accessory that could be added to the Compet 22 to allow simple
learn-mode programming capabilities.
8/21/2003
Updated the
Cintra/Tektronix 909 exhibit with additional information. Re-did
Spec. Sheet for the machine in new format. Many thanks to Robert Krten for
providing a copy of the original Tek 909 reference manual.
8/19/2003
Added images of marketing flyer for the
MITS 1440 desktop calculator
to the Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Added the Sharp Compet 12 (CS-12A) to the Wanted page.
8/13/2003
Updated the
Wang 700-Series Board Inventory to include the Wang 700C calculator.
8/5/2003
Added new exhibit: Toshiba BC-1211S.
7/30/2003
Added link to
Katie Wass' Calculator Manual Repository site to the
Links page.
7/10/2003
Updated the
Wang 700-Series Board Inventory to include schematics for a number
of the boards. Sincere thanks to Jim Battle for going to all the work
to find and scan these documents for the museum.
6/22/2003
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Toshiba BC-1211S.
6/18/2003
Added link to
Paulo Boselli's Conheça o Museu da Calculadora site to the
Links page.
Updated the Friden 130 exhibit
to include information and photos of another early Friden 130 circuit board
prototype. Sincere thanks to Dick Ahrens for donation of this artifact to the
museum.
6/17/2003
Added front cover of
Instruction Pamphlet for the Monroe 820A calculator to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
6/12/2003
Added new exhibit: Friden 132.
6/8/2003
Added advertisement for the
Hewlett Packard HP 9100A to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
6/6/2003
Added advertisement for
Victor 3900 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
6/3/2003
Updated the Friden 130 exhibit
to add photo of Friden 130 Playing Cards, an early marketing giveaway
to publicize the machine.
Profound thanks to Dick Ahrens for donating this wonderful artifact to
the museum.
4/29/2003
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Friden EC-132.
4/6/2003
Updated the
Brother Calther 412 exhibit to include additional photos, and improved
versions of earlier photos. Also some updates to the text of the exhibit.
4/2/2003
Added a
video of the Casio fx-1
calculator in operation.
3/29/2003
Updated the Thanks &
Acknowledgements page in to include Mr. Carlos Tomaszewski, and
Mr. Mark Paulin.
3/27/2003
Updated the
Singer/Friden 1117 exhibit to include a photo and information about
the Hitachi KK-471, which was the machine that Singer/Friden OEM'd from
Hitachi as the Friden EC-1117.
Added
Hitachi KK471
to the Wanted section.
Many thanks to Mr. Steven Smith for providing the photo
of this machine.
3/20/2003
Updated the
Brother ProCal 514
page in the Wanted section to include a
photo. Many thanks to Mr. Charles Littell, III for providing the photo
of this interesting calculator.
3/20/2003
The Old Calculators Web Museum now has it's own domain,
"oldcalculatormuseum.com". Visitors can now use
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com
instead of the previous "http://www.geocities.com/oldcalculators"
as a means to access the site. The previous URL will continue to work
indefinitely, so there is no need to change bookmarks.
3/18/2003
Updated the
Tektronix Model 31 exhibit
to include some new photos.
3/17/2003
Added advertisement for
Toshiba BC-1411 to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Trimmed out entries older than one year old from this change log.
3/8/2003
Updated the
Sharp Compet 22 exhibit
to include information about the Sharp Compet 23.
Added the Sharp Compet 23
to the Wanted section.
Many thanks to Mr. Ramon On for providing a photo of his Compet 23.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the
Articles & Other Information
section.
3/4/2003
Updated the
Addo-X 9958
page in the Wanted section to include a
photo and some additional information. Many thanks to Mr. Andreas Zinn
for providing the photo of this great machine.
Updated the exhibit on the Burroughs
C-3350 exhibit to include a photo of the Addo-X 9958, which is
a very similar calculator marketed by Swedish company Addo-X as an OEM
customer of Sharp Corporation.
2/17/2003
Added new exhibit: Sony Sobax ICC-400W.
2/3/2003
Updated the
Casio 101
page in the Wanted section to include a
photo and some additional information. Many thanks to Mr. Gerhard Päselt
for providing the photo of this wonderful machine.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
1/29/2003
Major re-work of the
History of Compucorp essay in the
Articles & Other Information
section, adding significant new information and photos
provided by principals involved in Computer Design Corporation. Profound
thanks to Mr. Carlos Tomaszewski and Mr. Norman Grannis for sharing their
memories.
Added "Videos" section to the
Articles & Other Information
section, providing an index to the various video clips of calculators in
operation.
1/28/2003
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
1/8/2003
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
1/3/2003
Minor updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
12/30/2002
Released an improved
video of the SCM/Marchant Cogito
240SR calculator in operation.
Added a
video of the Friden STW-10
electro-mechanical calculator in operation.
12/29/2002
Updated the Commodore AL-1000
exhibit to add information about the AL-1000S, a follow-on machine with
built-in I/O interface for an external I/O typewriter.
Updated the Sony ICC-500W exhibit to include
additional information on published performance specifications, as well as
information about external power options available for the first generation
Sony calculators.
Updated the Sony ICC-1500W exhibit to include
additional information on published performance specifications.
12/26/2002
Status update on the "Coming Soon" exhibit for the IME 86.
12/24/2002
Updated the "Coming Soon" exhibit for the Olivetti Programma 101 to include additional photos.
12/21/2002
Added new exhibit: Singer/Friden EC1116.
Updated the "Coming Soon" exhibit for the Olivetti Programma 101 to include additional photos.
Removed Olivetti Programma 101 from Wanted page.
12/18/2002
Added coming soon machine: Compucorp 125E Scientist.
12/14/2002
Updated the Casio AL-2000
exhibit to include information on Commodore & Remington OEM sales of
this calculator.
Added link to
John Wolff's Calculating Machine Web Museum site to the
Links page.
12/9/2002
Added link to
Daniel Sancho's Evolution of Calculating Technology website to the
Links page.
Updated the "Coming Soon" exhibit for the Olivetti Programma 101.
12/6/2002
Updated
Tech Note for
the Wang 700-Series calculator LogiBloc Inventory to include
additional boards.
11/27/2002
Added
Tech Note for
the Wang 200/300-Series calculators that includes an inventory of the
LogiBlocs used in 200 & 300-series calculators, and their function.
11/24/2002
Added
Tech Note for
the Wang 700-Series calculators that includes an inventory of the
circuit boards used in 700-series calculators, and their function.
Added Front Cover of Operator's Guide
for the Texas Instruments TI-3500
to the Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Added Wang Labs Maintenance Contract Sticker to the Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
11/16/2002
Added coming soon exhibit: Olivetti Programma 101
11/15/2002
Added coming soon exhibit: Singer/Friden EC-1116.
Removed Singer/Friden EC-1116 from Wanted page.
Updated the Bohn Omnitrex-8
exhibit to include information on color theme variations on models of
this calculator.
11/13/2002
Updated link to Frank Boehm's "elektron" site in the Links section.
11/12/2002
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
11/4/2002
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Sanyo ICC-1122.
Special thanks to Katie Wasserman for donation of this calculator to the museum.
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator History page in the Articles & Other Information section.
11/3/2002
Added new exhibit: Friden 1117.
Updated the Wang 720C exhibit.
10/28/2002
Updated the FAQ
document in the Articles
section.
10/19/2002
Added cover of
Wang 700A Reference Manual to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
10/17/2002
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Wang 700A Advanced Programming Calculator.
Special thanks to Mr. Bob Shedd of
Kadant Web Systems, Inc. for donation of this calculator to the museum.
10/12/2002
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Monroe 630.
Special thanks to John Woldstad for donation of this calculator to the museum.
10/11/2002
Added
Tech Note for
the Wang 720C to include
information on Wang 700-series calculator architecture and microcode
structure.
10/7/2002
Added "Coming Soon" calculator: Sanyo ICC-0081 "Mini Calculator".
10/2/2002
Updated the Wang 370
page in the Wanted section to include an additional
photo, and to conform with the new Wanted page formatting.
Updated the Wang 380 page in
the Wanted section to include
an additional photo.
10/1/2002
Added advertisement for late '50's Late '50's Monroe Calculator to the
Advertising & Documentation Archive section.
Updates to the Links Page.
Updated the Tech Notes for
the Wang 360SE to include
information on transistor part numbers.
9/29/2002
Added the Logicon "Computer" to the
Wanted Page. Special thanks
to Dr. Norman Martin, the inventor of this purpose-built programmable
calculator to assist engineering computations at Logicon, Inc., for the
use of this photo, and providing information about this wonderful machine.
With the help of Dr. Martin, I am putting together an essay about this
machine. While it was never marketed as a commercial product, this machine
still holds a place in the history of desktop electronic calculating machines.
9/25/2002
Added a new story to the "Recollections & Reflections"
section of the Articles & Other Information
page, about the life and times of a long-time Friden employee, Mr. Dick
Ahrens. Ahrens was involved in the early days of electronic calculators at
Friden. His story outlines
the early days of Mr. Ahrens' employment at Friden, and highlights
some of his memories of the development, and the people behind the development,
of Friden's first electronic calculators. Heartfelt thanks to Dick for
sharing this wonderful story!
9/24/2002
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Sony ICC-400W.
9/22/2002
Added new "Tech Notes"
page documenting Wang Laboratories internal Integrated Circuit part
numbers.
Links to this page can be found in the Spec Sheets for the
Wang 720C and
Wang 600 calculator exhibits,
as well as in the index of Tech Notes in the Calculator Technology section of the
Articles and Other Information
page of the museum.
Profound thanks to Mr. Dennis McNurland for donating the
document that provided the source for this information.
9/21/2002
Numerous updates to the
Wanted page.
9/15/2002
Added Rockwell Calculator Line
Advertisement to the Advertising & Documentation
Archive section.
9/14/2002
Added new "Tech Notes"
page for outlining the Compucorp HTL Chipset Microcode Instruction Set.
Links to this page can be found in the individual calculator exhibits
and Spec. Sheets for said exhibits (including the
Monroe 1665 and
Compucorp 120, and others), as well as the article
The History of Compucorp
in the
Articles and Other Information
section of the museum.
9/10/2002
Added new exhibit: Canon Canola 164P.
9/4/2002
Added coming soon exhibit: TI Exactra 31.
8/28/2002
Updated the History of Compucorp
article in the
Articles & Other Information section. Added
photo of Compucorp 155 Surveyor. Thanks to Bob Smillie for providing this photo.
Added Compucorp 155 to the
Wanted Page
8/27/2002
Updated the Friden 1152 exhibit
to add photo of the "Olive" front panel insert.
8/25/2002
Added a wonderful new story in the "Recollections & Reflections"
section of the
Articles & Other Information
page. This story outlines
the early days of Dennis McNurland's employment at Wang Laboratories as a
product service technician. Sincere thanks to Dennis for sharing his
great story!
8/20/2002
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Canon Canola 164P.
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Lago Calc LC 119.
8/15/2002
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator
History page in the Articles & Other
Information section.
8/14/2002
Added Victor 1800-1721 to the
Wanted page. Special thanks to John Maus for
the images and information about his machine.
8/12/2002
Updated the
Brother Calther 412 exhibit.
8/11/2002
Updated the Friden 1152 exhibit
to include information about varying color front panels.
Updated the Sharp Compet 22 exhibit to add
information about Facit's OEM version of the Compet 22, the Facit 1124.
Numerous additions to the Wanted page.
8/6/2002
Added Hitachi KK-461 to the
Wanted page.
Added photo of the Hitachi KK-461 to the exhibit on the
Friden 1118. Thanks to Emil Dudek for the
photo of the Hitachi KK-461.
Added "Coming Soon" exhibit: Olympia CD-200
Updates to the Timeline of Calculator History
page in the Articles & Other Information section.