Dear listmembers, I am a fan of the Olivetti Programma 101, a transistor-technology desktop calculator that was launched in october 1965. This machine used a...
Francesco Bonomi
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Dec 6, 2000 8:55 pm
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... If it's a US patent, and you have the number, you can retrieve the full patent page images on line at: http://164.195.100.11/netahtml/srchnum.htm It's a...
Bill Burns
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Dec 6, 2000 9:21 pm
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Hello: I recently talked to Edward F. Alexander on the Telephone. He is a retired engineer who worked at one of the claculator companies. He has three old ...
Bob Otnes
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Dec 8, 2000 5:15 am
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I have seen suggestions of using a baking soda solution to clean off terminals corroded by leaking batteries. In practice I find that vinegar (a mild acid)...
Bob Patton
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Dec 10, 2000 1:45 am
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Bob, I'm not a chemist but I know the reasons why you should use vinegar for rechargeable batteries. The advise to use baking soda is for Lead-Acid batteries...
Joe
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Dec 10, 2000 3:28 am
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Hi, If the battery crud is from Ni-Cads' then an acid wash works pretty good. I've used vinegar and products like CLR and Coca-Cola ( cola drinks contain...
David H Quackenbush
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Dec 10, 2000 3:12 pm
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Does anybody have a Hughes Aircraft calculator-watch (LED) or perhaps a Hewlett Packard HP-01 calculator-watch which they might consider trading for some...
Andrew Davie
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Dec 11, 2000 8:14 am
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Andrew, I doubt that you will get many takers on your offer as these watches fetch well over $1000+ esp the Hughes and everyone wants one. Rarely when one...
Julian Burke
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Dec 11, 2000 2:55 pm
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Thanks for the note. I do disagree with your figures, though. The Hughes regularly goes for $250 or less on eBay (there are several there, now). One seller...
Andrew Davie
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Dec 11, 2000 10:26 pm
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HEllo, I have noticed recently that things are not bringing what they used to on Ebay. Julian ... there, ... aware...
Julian Burke
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Dec 12, 2000 4:18 am
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... I guess nostalgia ain't what it used to be. -- Andrew Davie adavie@... & adavie@... ICQ #3297382 Museum of Soviet Calculators @...
Andrew Davie
adavie@...
Dec 12, 2000 5:14 am
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I call them sub-scientifics. These 7-function calculators have 3 special keys: 1/x, x-squared and square-root. They flourished briefly in the mid to late...
Bob Patton
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Dec 15, 2000 1:25 am
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To the group, I have listed for sale The First Handheld LED Calculator, the Bowmar 901B, with No Reserve on eBay. Item number 523875836. Thank you, Skip...
Solberg
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Dec 16, 2000 12:14 am
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Hi to all Just to let you know I have for auction on eBay a fully working Compucorp 326 Scientist........... ...
David May
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Dec 17, 2000 5:11 pm
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Hi to all Please visit http://www.auctiva.com/showcase/as_4sale.asp?dbuid=47789 for current calc sales. Happy New Year - Dave...
David MAY
dave@...
Dec 30, 2000 4:48 pm
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I have a mechanical Burroughs adder. Can anyone tell me how I can find out the model number and when it was made? The unit has its original serial number on...
Roger E. Sagraves
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Jan 4, 2001 3:55 am
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Hi Roger.. Send me the serial number and I can tell you the age of machine. Also you can find lots of old Burroughs Manuals as well as an age list on our...
Ernie Jorgenson
ejorgens@...
Jan 5, 2001 1:24 am
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Hi to all I am auctioning three Sinclair's Calculators, a Panasonic, and a very rare Prinztronic Scientific Calculator. There is also a Sinclair Spectrum...
David MAY
dave@...
Jan 11, 2001 8:52 am
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To the group, I installed 3 month ago a new website covering the early calculators made or sold by Texas Instruments. You'll find a lot of pictures, technical ...
Joerg Woerner
joerg@...
Jan 21, 2001 9:26 pm
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A friend came across a Commodore Model RPN4921, which is RPN, not listed in the Complete Pocket Calculators, (nor the web update). something of a find I think!...
Drevloc@...
Jan 21, 2001 9:41 pm
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If I am not wrong, RPN stands for Reverse Polish Notation. Check your calcuator keys - the "=" key should be replaced by a "ENTER" key. Old Hewlett Packard...
James Chia
csw_co@...
Jan 22, 2001 12:24 am
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I see a lot of TI-55s in the used market. Most have no manual. I finally managed to get a manual and have prepared a brief summary of the possibly non-obvious...
Bob Patton
patton@...
Jan 25, 2001 1:05 am
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If you haven't made a visit to our website for a while you will find we have manuals for Marchant, Friden, Monroe, Curta, Millionaire, Remington, Burroughs,...
Ernie Jorgenson
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Jan 25, 2001 1:31 am
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Our URL is: http://users.lewiston.com/ejorgens/ I fail to post the URL in my previous e mail. Thanks Ernie Jorgenson Office Machine Americana 1740 Birch Ave ...
Ernie Jorgenson
ejorgens@...
Jan 25, 2001 3:38 am
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Hi calculator collectors, The Canon Pocketronic was the first "portable" calculator introduced by Canon, Inc. Later they brought the wonderful LE-10, does...
Joerg Woerner
joerg@...
Jan 25, 2001 11:31 am
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Hi Joerg and others, The Canon LE-10 is also one of mine favourites. My three LE-10 have date codes between 7149 and 7214 so I would guess that it was released...
Richard Schatz
rschatz@...
Jan 25, 2001 1:15 pm
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Hi, All: I have about 30 of my calcs up on my wall for display but the vast majority are in boxes waiting their turn to be shown. Is there any special way I ...
Floete@...
Jan 25, 2001 1:24 pm
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Hi all! After a year or two (or three?) of hoping I could make the time to complete an addendum to our Collector's Guide to Pocket Calculators book, I'm giving...
Guy Ball
mrcalc@...
Jan 25, 2001 7:08 pm
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Does anyone know anything about the Underwood 400a PD printing calculator? I have the chance to purchase one. I am looking for hints as to desirability,...
Frank Russo
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Jan 25, 2001 8:26 pm
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... I used to work for Olivetti and sold and serviced the 400. It uses a cartridge ribbon and dot matrix printer. Has a nice keyboard. Orig. sold for a couple...
